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Debt (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		9 Months Ended
Debt (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jul. 29, 2010	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt		$ 322,022	$ 323,234
9.5% senior secured notes, net of discount		$ 307,000	$ 306,200
Senior secured notes, interest (in hundredths)		9.50%	9.50%
9.5% senior secured notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
9.5% senior secured notes, net of discount		$ 307,000	$ 306,200
Senior secured notes, interest (in hundredths)		9.50%	9.50%
ABL Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowed amount from credit facility		$ 15,000	$ 17,000
Excess availability of facility as a percentage of commitment to maintain fixed charge coverage ratio, minimum (in hundredths)		10.00%
Minimum ratio of adjusted EBITDA		1.00
Credit facility principal amount	$ 75,000	$ 100,000
Increase the availability under facility	$ 25,000
Credit facility maturity date	Jul. 29, 2015	Jul. 11, 2018
Aggregate availability subject to certain conditions	$ 100,000
Interest rate terms		Borrowings under the ABL Facility bear interest through maturity at a variable rate based upon, at our option, either LIBOR or the base rate (which is the greatest of one-half of 1.00% in excess of the federal funds rate, 1.00% in excess of the one-month LIBOR rate and the Agent’s prime rate), plus, in each case, an applicable margin.
Unused line fee if utilization under the facility is greater than or equal to 50% (in hundredths)	0.50%	0.25%
Unused line fee if utilization under the facility is less than 50.0% (in hundredths)	0.75%	0.375%
Utilization percentage of commitments (in hundredths)	50.00%	50.00%
ABL Credit Facility [Member] \| LIBOR [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread (in hundredths)		3.50%
ABL Credit Facility [Member] \| Base Rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread (in hundredths)		2.75%
ABL Credit Facility [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility principal amount		$ 90,000
ABL Credit Facility [Member] \| First-in Last-out Term Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility principal amount		10,000
Increase the availability under facility		$ 50,000
ABL Credit Facility [Member] \| First-in Last-out Term Facility [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| LIBOR [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread (in hundredths)		2.75%
ABL Credit Facility [Member] \| First-in Last-out Term Facility [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Base Rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread (in hundredths)		1.00%
ABL Credit Facility [Member] \| First-in Last-out Term Facility [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| LIBOR [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread (in hundredths)		3.25%
ABL Credit Facility [Member] \| First-in Last-out Term Facility [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Base Rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread (in hundredths)		1.50%
ABL Credit Facility [Member] \| Swingline Loans [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate availability subject to certain conditions	$ 10,000	$ 10,000
ABL Credit Facility [Member] \| Letter of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate availability subject to certain conditions	$ 20,000	$ 20,000
ABL Credit Facility [Member] \| Other Advances [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| LIBOR [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread (in hundredths)		1.75%
ABL Credit Facility [Member] \| Other Advances [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Base Rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread (in hundredths)		0.00%
ABL Credit Facility [Member] \| Other Advances [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| LIBOR [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread (in hundredths)		2.25%
ABL Credit Facility [Member] \| Other Advances [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Base Rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread (in hundredths)		0.50%