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Business Acquisitions Pro Forma Amortization of Intangible Assets

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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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The pro forma net Income or Loss for the period as if the business combination or combinations had been completed at the beginning of a period.

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The number of businesses acquired by the entity during the period.

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The net result for the period of deducting operating expenses from operating revenues.

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Total revenue from sale of goods and services rendered during the reporting period, in the normal course of business, reduced by sales returns and allowances, and sales discounts.

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Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) Entity	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Nov. 02, 2015 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 2,256.3	$ 2,142.2	$ 5,993.5	$ 5,849.1
Operating earnings (loss)	249.7	230.1	408.5	483.4
Pro forma, Net income	112.3	112.7	$ 147.8	144.6
Number of other tuck-in acquisitions \| Entity			2
Waddington
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total value of the transaction of businesses acquisition						$ 1,350.0
Net sales	135.0		$ 135.0
Operating earnings (loss)	(1.0)		(1.0)
Pro forma, Amortization of acquired intangible assets	$ 9.7	$ 9.7	$ 29.1	29.1
Waddington \| Fair Market Value Adjustment for Manufacturers Profit in Inventory and Other Acquisition-related Costs
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Pro forma, Net income				$ 55.0
Visant Holding Corp \| Subsequent Event
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total value of the transaction of businesses acquisition					$ 1,500.0