Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Income Statement [Abstract]
Revenue	$ 144,245	$ 138,352
Program costs and discounts	(24,322)	(21,795)
Net revenues	119,923	116,557
Costs of sales	41,499	37,466
Gross profit	78,424	79,091
Distributor expense	37,384	36,696
Selling expense	18,682	15,944
General and administrative expense	40,943	41,245
Share based compensation expense	147	(116)
Depreciation and amortization	2,508	2,214
Loss (gain) on sale of assets	464	(657)
Impairment of goodwill and intangibles	6,719	192
Loss on extinguishment of debt	1,904	0
Impairment of assets held for sale	0	3,329
Operating loss	(30,327)	(19,756)
Gain on sale of marketable securities	(12)	(189)
Gain on acquisition of a business	0	(3,625)
Interest expense, net	4,172	2,588
Loss before income tax provision	(34,487)	(18,530)
Income tax provision	447	349
Net loss	(34,934)	(18,879)
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest	3,975	5,783
Net loss attributable to JRjr33, Inc.	$ (30,959)	$ (13,096)
Basic and diluted loss per share:
Weighted average common shares outstanding (in shares)	36,580,892	33,478,601
Loss per common share attributable to JRjr33, Inc., basic and diluted (in dollars per share)	$ (0.85)	$ (0.39)