The number of franchised outlets in operation at the balance sheet date when there are significant changes in franchisor-owned outlets or franchised outlets during the period.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 952
-SubTopic 605
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51665471&loc=d3e68639-108044

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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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Represents the number of weeks based on which the entity reports its annual results of operations.

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Represents the number of franchises closed during the period.

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Represents the number of franchises opened during the period.

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Organization and Business: (Details) - item	12 Months Ended
Organization and Business: (Details) - item	Dec. 26, 2015	Dec. 27, 2014	Dec. 28, 2013
Franchising activity
Number of weeks in a fiscal year	52	52	52
Franchising activity
Number of franchises in operation at the beginning of the period	1,092
OPENED	73
CLOSED	(15)
Number of franchises in operation at the end of the period	1,150	1,092
Plato's Closet \| US and Canada
Franchising activity
Number of franchises in operation at the beginning of the period	426
OPENED	31
CLOSED	(1)
Number of franchises in operation at the end of the period	456	426
Once Upon A Child \| US and Canada
Franchising activity
Number of franchises in operation at the beginning of the period	308
OPENED	20
CLOSED	(2)
Number of franchises in operation at the end of the period	326	308
Play It Again Sports \| US and Canada
Franchising activity
Number of franchises in operation at the beginning of the period	301
OPENED	7
CLOSED	(11)
Number of franchises in operation at the end of the period	297	301
Style Encore \| US
Franchising activity
Number of franchises in operation at the beginning of the period	24
OPENED	14
Number of franchises in operation at the end of the period	38	24
Music Go Round \| US
Franchising activity
Number of franchises in operation at the beginning of the period	33
OPENED	1
CLOSED	(1)
Number of franchises in operation at the end of the period	33	33