Segment Information - Financial Information by Reporting Segments (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 28, 2013	Dec. 29, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 42,553,918	$ 37,827,299	$ 36,328,701
Income from operations	514,875	462,352	458,646
Stock-based compensation expense	(30,340)	(27,218)	(30,811)
Capital expenditures	95,639	92,300	122,188
Depreciation	80,435	49,705	44,732
Amortization of intangible assets	48,480	20,711	12,550
Identifiable assets	11,791,195	11,480,448
Long-lived assets	864,122	853,806
Brightpoint Transaction [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	4,526,395	1,041,374	0
Income from operations	46,512	11,290	0
Capital expenditures	14,948	4,245	0
Depreciation	27,525	4,643	0
Amortization of intangible assets	36,387	8,167	0
Identifiable assets	1,929,146	1,960,130
Long-lived assets	364,353	418,820
North America [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	16,433,994	15,880,103	15,250,560
Income from operations	296,263	283,689	281,155
Capital expenditures	62,513	64,529	91,873
Depreciation	34,282	26,677	27,520
Amortization of intangible assets	8,374	6,706	7,539
Identifiable assets	3,965,210	4,103,657
Long-lived assets	402,823	329,175
Europe [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	10,843,514	10,614,811	11,371,043
Income from operations	84,966	103,278	136,306
Capital expenditures	6,498	4,420	8,745
Depreciation	9,702	10,133	10,892
Amortization of intangible assets	2,002	3,857	2,313
Identifiable assets	3,630,667	2,883,678
Long-lived assets	45,951	50,498
Asia-Pacific [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	8,698,116	8,347,170	7,920,649
Income from operations	74,394	53,613	46,508
Capital expenditures	10,164	17,945	21,100
Depreciation	7,570	6,987	4,759
Amortization of intangible assets	830	1,079	1,797
Identifiable assets	1,429,984	1,880,431
Long-lived assets	42,548	45,898
Latin America [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	2,051,899	1,943,841	1,786,449
Income from operations	43,080	37,700	25,488
Capital expenditures	1,516	1,161	470
Depreciation	1,356	1,265	1,561
Amortization of intangible assets	887	902	901
Identifiable assets	836,188	652,552
Long-lived assets	$ 8,447	$ 9,415