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Debt instrument, tender offer sub-limit.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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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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Percentage price of original principal amount of debt at which debt can be redeemed by the issuer.

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Face (par) amount of the original debt instrument that was repurchased.

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Difference between the fair value of payments made and the carrying amount of debt which is extinguished prior to maturity.

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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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Short-term Borrowings and Long-term Debt - ABL Facility and Canadian sub-facility (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2018
Debt Instruments
Tender offers commenced	$ 100,000
Gain on extinguishment of debt	500	$ 473	$ (876)
Write off of unamortized debt issuance costs	$ 700
Senior notes due Dec. 2025
Debt Instruments
Interest rate (as a percent)	5.625%	5.625%
Debt instrument repurchased, aggregate principal amount	$ 57,500	$ 57,500
Total tender offer price	98.00%
Gain from discount paid under face value	$ 1,200
Senior notes due Nov. 2023
Debt Instruments
Interest rate (as a percent)	5.50%	5.50%
Tender offer, sublimit	$ 25,000
Debt instrument repurchased, aggregate principal amount	$ 2,600	$ 2,600
Total tender offer price	100.00%
Sally Holdings, LLC
Debt Instruments
Revolving credit facility	$ 481,900	$ 481,900
Sally Holdings, LLC \| ABL facility
Debt Instruments
Debt instrument term		5 years