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	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Oct. 24, 2014	Mar. 20, 2015 Customer	Dec. 31, 2014
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Business acquisition, Agreement date	Oct. 24, 2014
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Working capital adjustments included in business acquisitions cash consideration			12,940
Revenues	16,873
RPM Direct LLC and RPM Data Solutions LLC [Member]
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Business acquisition, Agreement date	Mar. 20, 2015
Business acquisition, cash consideration				47,000
Revenues	1,191
Fair value of earn-out payment				2,844
Business acquisition, Number of restricted shares of common stock issued				122,131
Business acquisition, aggregate fair value amount of restricted shares of common stock				4,150
Aggregate fair value of restricted stock units granted				3,850
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Number of consumers				250,000,000
Acquisition related costs	303
RPM Direct LLC and RPM Data Solutions LLC [Member] \| United States [Member]
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Number of consumers				120,000,000
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