Compensation expense related to sale of business.

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Impairment losses related to other facility costs.

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Impairment losses related to prior acquisition.

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Impairment of right-of-use operating leases and related assets associated with exited facilities.

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Other facility costs.

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Retention and severance incurred and paid.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of loss from impairment of right-of-use asset from operating lease.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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Date the exit and disposal activities were completed or are expected to be completed, in YYYY-MM-DD format.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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Amount of expenses for special or contractual termination benefits provided to current employees involuntarily terminated under a benefit arrangement associated exit or disposal activities pursuant to an authorized plan. Excludes expenses related to one-time termination benefits, a discontinued operation or an asset retirement obligation.

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Exit Activities - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
U.K. and Belgium
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Exit activity completed date	Dec. 31, 2023
Indirect and Selling Expenses
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Compensation expense related to sale of business	$ 0.6
Certain Non-Core Commercial Marketing Businesses
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Impairment of right-of-use operating leases and related assets associated with exited facilities		$ 8.2
Retention and severance paid		1.3
Certain Non-Core Commercial Marketing Businesses \| Indirect and Selling Expenses
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Other facility costs		4.8
Certain Non-Core Commercial Marketing Businesses \| Direct Costs
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Retention and severance		2.3
Wind-down of Non-core Commercial Marketing and Communication Businesses \| U.K. and Belgium
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Retention and severance incurred and paid	2.5
Divestiture of Non-core Commercial Marketing Businesses \| Direct Costs
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Retention and severance	1.9	$ 1.7
Wind Down and Divestiture of Commercial Marketing Businesses
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Impairment losses related to prior acquisition	0.9
Impairment losses related to right-of-use operating leases	3.0
Impairment losses related to other facility costs	$ 2.4