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Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage Held by Other Investors

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Lessee, Operating Lease, Annual Increase in Payments, Percent

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Lessee, Operating Lease Number Of Contracts

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Lessee, Operating Lease, Option to Reduce Square Footage, Percent

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Lessee, Operating Lease, Period of Notice Required to Exercise Option

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Lessee, Operating Lease, Period of Rent Abatement in DDMMYY

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Lessee, Operating Lease, Rent Abatement, Percent

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Term of lessee's operating lease renewal, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Term of lessee's operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of operating lease expense. Excludes sublease income.

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The cash outflow associated with the purchase of or advances to an equity method investments, which are investments in joint ventures and entities in which the entity has an equity ownership interest normally of 20 to 50 percent and exercises significant influence.

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Expenses recognized resulting from transactions (excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements) with related party.

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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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Purchases during the period (excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements) with related party.

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The cash outflow for the payment of a long-term borrowing made from a related party where one party can exercise control or significant influence over another party; including affiliates, owners or officers and their immediate families, pension trusts, and so forth. Alternate caption: Payments for Advances from Affiliates.

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Related Party Transactions (Details) - Marciano Entities $ in Thousands, $ in Thousands		1 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	Oct. 07, 2020 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2020 CAD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2020 USD ($) lease	Nov. 02, 2019 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2020
Related Party Transactions
Number of leases under related party lease agreements \| lease					4
Privately-Held Men's Footwear Company
Related Party Transactions
Minority interest				30.00%
Ownership percentage held by related party				45.00%			45.00%
Equity method investment				$ 857
Repayments of related party debt				$ 385
Option to increase ownership percentage					51.00%
Corporate Headquarters and Adjacent Parking Lot
Related Party Transactions
Initial renewal term (in years)	5 years
Renewal option (in years)	5 years
Annual rent uner related party lease	$ 7,400
Annual increase in payments as a percent	2.50%
Rent abatement as a percent	100.00%
Period of rent abatement (in months)	3 months
Option to reduce square footage as a percent	25.00%
Period of notice required to exercise option to reduce square footage (in months)	6 months
Warehouse and Administration Facilities \| Canada \| Subsequent Event
Related Party Transactions
Annual rent uner related party lease		$ 37	$ 49
Period of rent abatement (in months)		2 months	2 months
Related party leases
Related Party Transactions
Expenses under related party arrangement					$ 4,100	$ 3,800
Payments for aircraft charter
Related Party Transactions
Payments under related party transactions					$ 2,000	$ 300