Business combination contingent cash consideration.

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- Definition

Business combination contingent consideration maximum cash payment.

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- Definition

Business combination sales thresholds achievement maturity date.

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- Definition

Valuation of finite lived intangible assets cash flows discounted rate.

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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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- Definition

Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 805
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)
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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 805
-SubTopic 30
-Section 30
-Paragraph 7
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This element represents the amount of revenue of the acquiree since the acquisition date included in the consolidated income statement for the reporting period.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-SubTopic 10
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- Definition

The cash inflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period (for example, cash that was held by the acquired business).

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 12
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Business Acquisitions and Investments - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)		3 Months Ended
	Oct. 26, 2017	Mar. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018
Minimum [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash flows discounted at rates	15.00%
Maximum [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash flows discounted at rates	17.00%
MAS Automotive Distribution Inc [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, percentage of outstanding stock acquired	100.00%
Business acquisition, total purchase price consideration	$ 67,276,000
Business acquisition, cash received	3,300,000
Net sales, included in consolidated statement of operations		$ 10,200,000
Estimated contingent payments	7,982,000		$ 8,100,000
Business combination maximum contingent consideration payment	$ 11,700,000
Business combination sales thresholds achievement maturity date	2020-12
MAS Automotive Distribution Inc [Member] \| Selling, General and Administrative Expeses [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated contingent payments			$ 100,000