Amount after tax of acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities.

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ACQUISITIONS (Details) $ in Thousands			12 Months Ended
ACQUISITIONS (Details) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($) Transaction	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Feb. 29, 2016 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2015 USD ($)
Assets
Goodwill			$ 583,005	$ 549,727
Fair value key assumptions
Goodwill expected to be deductible for income tax purposes			133,120	119,780
Health & Home
Assets
Goodwill			284,913	251,758
Nutritional Supplements
Acquisitions
Acquisition-related expenses incurred			3,610
Assets
Goodwill			$ 96,609	96,486
Vicks VapoSteam and VapoPad
Acquisitions
Number of Transactions in Acquisition \| Transaction	2
Purchase price	$ 42,750
Assets
Goodwill	$ 32,960
Vicks VapoSteam and VapoPad \| Customer relationships
Acquisitions
Expected weighted average lives of acquired finite-lived intangible assets	19 years 6 months
Vicks VapoSteam and VapoPad \| Customer relationships \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Assets
Finite-lived intangible assets	$ 1,040
Vicks VapoSteam and VapoPad \| Product formulations
Acquisitions
Expected weighted average lives of acquired finite-lived intangible assets	20 years
Vicks VapoSteam and VapoPad \| Product formulations \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Assets
Finite-lived intangible assets	$ 1,200
Vicks VapoSteam and VapoPad \| Trademarks \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Assets
Indefinite-lived intangible assets	$ 7,400
Healthy Directions
Acquisitions
Purchase price		$ 195,940
Acquisition-related expenses incurred				3,610
Acquisition-related expenses incurred after tax				$ 2,310
Assets
Receivables		257
Inventory		6,226
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		1,875
Property and equipment		5,962
Goodwill		95,308
Subtotal - assets		218,928
Liabilities
Accounts payable		6,479
Accrued expenses		13,964
Other long-term liabilities		2,542
Subtotal - liabilities		22,985
Net assets recorded		$ 195,943
Healthy Directions \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Income and market approaches \| Intangible assets
Fair value key assumptions
Discount rate (as a percent)		14.60%
Healthy Directions \| Customer relationships
Acquisitions
Expected weighted average lives of acquired finite-lived intangible assets			7 years
Assets
Finite-lived intangible assets		$ 43,800
Healthy Directions \| Customer Lists \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Income and market approaches \| Intangible assets
Fair value key assumptions
Customer attrition rates (as a percent)		14.00%
Healthy Directions \| Brand assets
Assets
Indefinite-lived intangible assets		$ 65,500
Healthy Directions \| Brand assets \| Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) \| Income and market approaches \| Intangible assets
Fair value key assumptions
Royalty rates (as a percent)		5.00%