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	Nov. 29, 2012	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Jun. 21, 2013	Nov. 22, 2011	Nov. 22, 2011 Letter of Credit	Nov. 22, 2011 Swingline Loans	Nov. 29, 2012 Class A Variable Funding Note	Dec. 31, 2013 Variable Funding Notes	Nov. 27, 2012 Asset-backed Securities	Jun. 28, 2012 Revolver	Dec. 31, 2012 Revolver	Dec. 31, 2011 Revolver	Nov. 29, 2012 Hardy Way	Nov. 29, 2012 MG Icon	Nov. 29, 2012 Zoo York brand	Nov. 29, 2012 Peanuts Worldwide	Mar. 18, 2013 1.50% Convertible Notes	Mar. 12, 2013 1.50% Convertible Notes	Mar. 13, 2013 1.50% Convertible Notes	Mar. 31, 2013 1.50% Convertible Notes	Dec. 31, 2013 1.50% Convertible Notes		Dec. 31, 2012 1.50% Convertible Notes	Mar. 18, 2013 1.50% Convertible Notes Semi Annual Payment, First Payment	Mar. 18, 2013 1.50% Convertible Notes Semi Annual Payment, Second Payment	Mar. 13, 2013 1.50% Convertible Notes Long Call Option	Mar. 18, 2013 1.50% Convertible Notes Long Call Option	Dec. 31, 2013 1.50% Convertible Notes Long Call Option	Mar. 18, 2013 1.50% Convertible Notes Change of control or other fundamental change	Mar. 18, 2013 1.50% Convertible Notes Accounting change	Mar. 18, 2013 1.50% Convertible Notes Minimum	Mar. 18, 2013 1.50% Convertible Notes Maximum	May 23, 2011 2.50% Convertible Notes	May 17, 2011 2.50% Convertible Notes	Dec. 31, 2013 2.50% Convertible Notes		Dec. 31, 2012 2.50% Convertible Notes	Dec. 31, 2011 2.50% Convertible Notes	May 23, 2011 2.50% Convertible Notes Semi Annual Payment, First Payment	May 23, 2011 2.50% Convertible Notes Semi Annual Payment, Second Payment	May 23, 2011 2.50% Convertible Notes Long Call Option	Dec. 31, 2013 2.50% Convertible Notes Long Call Option	May 23, 2011 2.50% Convertible Notes Change of control or other fundamental change	May 23, 2011 2.50% Convertible Notes Accounting change	May 23, 2011 2.50% Convertible Notes Minimum	May 23, 2011 2.50% Convertible Notes Maximum	May 30, 2013 Ecko Note	Dec. 31, 2013 Ecko Note	Dec. 31, 2012 Ecko Note	Nov. 29, 2012 Senior Secured Notes	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Secured Notes	Jun. 21, 2013 Senior Secured Notes	Dec. 31, 2012 Senior Secured Notes	Nov. 29, 2012 Senior Secured Notes Due In Twenty Twelve	Nov. 29, 2012 Senior Secured Notes Due In Twenty Twelve Umbro Limited	Nov. 29, 2012 Senior Secured Notes Due In Two Thousand Thirteen	Jun. 20, 2007 1.875% Convertible Notes	Jun. 30, 2012 1.875% Convertible Notes	Jun. 20, 2007 1.875% Convertible Notes Lehman Brothers OTC Derivatives Inc	Jun. 30, 2007 1.875% Convertible Notes Long Call Option	Jun. 20, 2007 1.875% Convertible Notes Long Call Option	Jun. 30, 2012 1.875% Convertible Notes Long Call Option	Nov. 22, 2011 Revolving Credit Facility	Nov. 22, 2011 Revolving Credit Facility Peanuts Worldwide
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount of long term debt									$ 100,000,000										$ 400,000,000				$ 400,000,000												$ 300,000,000		$ 300,000,000													$ 90,000,000		$ 600,000,000	$ 836,900,000	$ 275,000,000					$ 287,500,000
Debt instrument, interest rate, stated percentage																			1.50%				1.50%		1.50%										2.50%		2.50%		2.50%											7.50%		4.229%		4.352%					1.875%
Commitment fee on the unused portion of the variable funding notes facility										0.50%
Debt Instrument anticipated repayment year and month										2018-01																																										2020-01
Additional interest rate										5.00%																																										5.00%
Ownership Percentage					50.00%										85.00%	50.00%	100.00%	80.00%
Debt instrument, quarterly payment																																																								10,500,000		4,800,000
Debt instrument, Maturity Date																																																				2043-01
Debt instrument description of interest																																																				If the Co-Issuers have not repaid or refinanced the Class A-2 Notes prior to the anticipated repayment date, additional interest will accrue on the Class A-2 Notes equal to the greater of (A) 5% per annum and (B) a per annum interest rate equal to the excess, if any, by which the sum of (i) the yield to maturity (adjusted to a quarterly bond-equivalent basis), on the anticipated repayment date of the United States treasury security having a term closest to 10 years plus (ii) 5% plus (iii) 3.4% exceeds the original interest rate.
Anticipated repayment date																																																				10 years
Excess interest rate on original interest rate																																																				3.40%						3.14%
Proceeds from issuance of debt instrument																																																								150,400,000		7,200,000
Payments of securitized financing transaction		3,838,000	20,941,000	3,381,000																																																				20,900,000
Payment for the acquisition of Brand																																																									218,300,000
Long term debt, current		61,250,000	52,000,000																																																		61,300,000
Cash, restricted cash		58,858,000	16,362,000																																																		52,400,000		12,500,000
Debt instrument, maturity date																			Mar. 15, 2018
Net proceeds received from issuance of debt		662,188,000	750,000,000	292,500,000															390,600,000																291,600,000																								281,100,000
Debt instrument, interest payment period																										--03-15	--09-15														--06-01	--12-01
Debt instrument, payment terms																			The 1.50% Convertible Notes bear interest at an annual rate of 1.50%, payable semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each year, beginning on September 15, 2013.																The 2.50% Convertible Notes bear interest at an annual rate of 2.50%, payable semi-annually in arrears on June 1 and December 1 of each year, beginning December 1, 2011.
Debt instrument, effective interest rate																			6.50%																7.25%
Debt instrument, conversion rate																			32.4052																32.5169
Principal amount of each convertible note																			1,000																1,000
Convertible notes, initial conversion price per share																			$ 30.86																$ 30.75
Percentage of closing price of the Company's common stock for at least 20 trading days in the 30 consecutive trading days																																	130.00%	98.00%													130.00%	98.00%
Redemption price percentage per principal amount																															100.00%	102.00%													100.00%	102.00%
Long term debt		1,427,319,000	911,718,000																				323,418,000	[1]													267,013,000	[2]	254,718,000												57,000,000		836,888,000		600,000,000
Non cash additional interest expense on convertible notes		24,838,000	20,099,000	23,057,000																			11,500,000														11,100,000		10,300,000	6,100,000
Cash interest expense for convertible notes																							4,700,000														7,500,000		7,500,000	4,500,000
Sale of 1.5% Convertible Notes, shares repurchased																			2,964,000
Sale of 1.5% Convertible Notes, shares repurchased value		3,707,000	1,195,000	3,185,000															69,000,000
Convertible notes, common stock option shares																													13,000,000														9,800,000																				10,400,000
Payment for the purchased call option																												84,100,000															58,700,000																			26,700,000	76,300,000
Deferred income tax related to convertible notes		57,346,000	35,732,000																									29,400,000		24,800,000													20,600,000	10,000,000																		26,700,000		0
Sold warrants, shares of common stock																					12,960,000														9,760,000																								3,600,000
Sold warrants, shares of common stock strike price per share																					35.5173														40.6175																								42.40
Sold warrants, shares of common stock exercise date																					Jun. 18, 2018														Sep. 01, 2016																								Sep. 28, 2012
Sold warrants, shares of common stock expiring date																					Sep. 01, 2018														Dec. 31, 2016																								Dec. 31, 2012
Proceeds received from sale of sold warrants		57,707,000		28,800,000																	57,700,000														28,800,000																								37,500,000
Adjustments to additional paid in capital due convertible note hedge and warrants																						3,000,000													(9,400,000)
Convertible notes, warrant strike price																				$ 35.5173																$ 40.6175
Percentage of premiums																				52.50%																75.00%
Selling price per share of common stock																				$ 23.29																$ 23.21
Debt instrument, maturity date, month and year																																			2016-06																								2012-06
Repayment of principal and interest																																																	52,700,000											290,200,000
Payment of long-term debt		95,113,000	491,765,000	211,784,000							11,000,000
Principal payment to Asset backed notes holders											10,800,000
Early termination fee on Asset backed securities											200,000
Revolving line of credit, aggregate principal amount						150,000,000
Sublimit for issuance of line of credit							10,000,000	10,000,000
Percentage of capital stock pledged as collateral																																																																	100.00%	80.00%
Proceeds from the Revolver												150,000,000
Revolving Line Of Credit Facility Payment	150,400,000
Principal payment under revolving credit	150,000,000
Accrued Interest on Revolving credit	400,000
Interest expense		$ 76,321,000	$ 46,576,000	$ 50,754,000									$ 1,800,000	$ 100,000
Sold warrants, percentage																																																													40.00%

[1] Reflects the net debt carrying amount of the 1.50% Convertible Notes in the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2013, in accordance with accounting for convertible notes. The principal amount owed to the holders of the 1.50% Convertible Notes is $400.0 million.

[2] Reflects the net debt carrying amount of the 2.50% Convertible Notes in the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2013, in accordance with accounting for convertible notes. The principal amount owed to the holders of the 2.50% Convertible Notes is $300.0 million.