Carrying Amount of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jul. 04, 2015	Jan. 03, 2015
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 242,453	$ 225,883
Accumulated Amortization	175,041	156,723
Capitalized software costs
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Gross Carrying Amount	115,496	107,581
Accumulated Amortization	79,853	72,590
Trademarks
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Gross Carrying Amount	10,863	10,836
Accumulated Amortization	10,325	10,213
Website development costs
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Gross Carrying Amount	104,592	95,717
Accumulated Amortization	74,045	63,405
Other
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Gross Carrying Amount	7,009	7,014
Accumulated Amortization	6,852	6,825
Trademarks and Other Intangible Assets
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Gross Carrying Amount	237,960	221,148
Accumulated Amortization	171,075	153,033
Franchise Rights
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets
Gross Carrying Amount	4,493	4,735
Accumulated Amortization	$ 3,966	$ 3,690

Accumulated amount of amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 350

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