COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES - OTHER COMMITMENTS (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Jul. 01, 2017 USD ($)
Product Purchases for Resale Commitments
Product purchases for resale commitments:
2018	$ 1,590,953
2019	338,805
2020	2,863
2021	1,451
Information Technology Services Commitments
Product purchases for resale commitments:
Remaining amount of long-term purchase commitment	445,100
Termination fee associated with long-term purchase commitment if terminated in next fiscal year	$ 70,500

The estimated fee that would be incurred if the long-term purchase commitment were terminated in the next fiscal year.

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The remaining minimum amount as of the balance sheet date the entity agreed to spend under the long-term purchase commitment.

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Amount of the fixed and determinable portion of the unrecorded unconditional purchase obligation maturing in the next fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 440
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77896938&loc=d3e25336-109308

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Amount of the fixed and determinable portion of the unrecorded unconditional purchase obligation maturing in the fourth fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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Amount of the fixed and determinable portion of the unrecorded unconditional purchase obligation maturing in the second fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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Amount of the fixed and determinable portion of the unrecorded unconditional purchase obligation maturing in the third fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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