Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Minimum period in which customer credit and debit card transactions are settled	1 day
Maximum period in which customer credit and debit card transactions are settled	3 days
Proceeds due from customers of credit and debit card and PayPal transactions	$ 15.1	$ 13.3
Inventory
Average approximate inventory shrinkage, as percentage of consolidated net sales	1.00%	1.00%	1.00%

Represents the maximum number of days in which the customer credit and debit card transactions gets settled.

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- Definition

Represents the minimum number of days in which customer credit and debit card transactions gets settled.

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Represents the average inventory shrinkage, as a percentage of net sales over a certain period of time.

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Amount due the Entity as a result of customers utilizing point of sale debit or credit cards in exchange transactions with the entity which are short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. Generally, only investments with original maturities of three months or less qualify under that definition.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Glossary Cash Equivalents
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6507016

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