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Debt Instrument, Potential Increase (Decrease) on Basis Spread of Variable Rate

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Line of Credit Facility, Annual Fee On Outstanding Balance, Potential Increase

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Line Of Credit Facility, Reduction To Borrowing Capacity

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Line of Credit Facility, Annual Fee On Outstanding Balance

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Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Net First Lien Leverage Ratio

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Line of Credit Facility, Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio

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Line of Credit Facility, Potential Increase Of Unused Capacity, Commitment Fee Percentage

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Minimum For Notes Repayment, Refinanced, Converted, Discharged, or Prepaid, For Maturity Date Extension Trigger

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Payments for Excess Cash Flows

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Amount of amortization expense attributable to debt discount (premium) and debt issuance costs.

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Amount of short-term and long-term debt and lease obligation.

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Amount of the total principal payments made during the annual reporting period.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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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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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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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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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for available but unused credit capacity under the credit facility.

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The cash outflow to repay long-term debt that is wholly or partially secured by collateral. Excludes repayments of tax exempt secured debt.

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DEBT / INTEREST EXPENSE - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)		1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended
DEBT / INTEREST EXPENSE - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)	May 16, 2020	Apr. 30, 2020	Apr. 30, 2019	Nov. 30, 2018	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019	Feb. 28, 2019
FILO Term Loan \| Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument
Maximum borrowing capacity					$ 100,000,000	$ 81,000,000		$ 100,000,000
Fee on outstanding balance					1.50%
Commitment fee on undrawn portion of revolving credit facility					0.375%
Potential increase of unused capacity fee					0.50%
Line of credit facility, remaining borrowing capacity					$ 19,900,000
Line of credit outstanding					30,000,000.0
Reduction to borrowing ability					$ 26,600,000
FILO Term Loan \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Minimum
Debt Instrument
Potential increase on fee on outstanding balance					0.25%
FILO Term Loan \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Maximum
Debt Instrument
Potential increase on fee on outstanding balance					0.50%
FILO Term Loan \| Revolving Credit Facility \| LIBOR
Debt Instrument
Basis spread on variable rate					1.50%
FILO Term Loan \| Revolving Credit Facility \| LIBOR \| Minimum
Debt Instrument
Potential increase (decrease) on basis spread of variable rate					0.25%
FILO Term Loan \| Revolving Credit Facility \| LIBOR \| Maximum
Debt Instrument
Potential increase (decrease) on basis spread of variable rate					0.50%
FILO Term Loan \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Prime
Debt Instrument
Basis spread on variable rate					0.50%
FILO Term Loan \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Prime \| Minimum
Debt Instrument
Potential increase (decrease) on basis spread of variable rate					0.25%
FILO Term Loan \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Prime \| Maximum
Debt Instrument
Potential increase (decrease) on basis spread of variable rate					0.50%
FILO Term Loan \| Letter Of Credit
Debt Instrument
Line of credit outstanding					$ 4,500,000
FILO Asset-based Term Loan Facility \| FILO Term Loan \| Term Loan
Debt Instrument
Maximum borrowing capacity					$ 275,000,000.0
Effective interest rate					8.00%		8.80%
FILO Asset-based Term Loan Facility \| FILO Term Loan \| Term Loan \| LIBOR
Debt Instrument
Basis spread on variable rate					7.00%
FILO Asset-based Term Loan Facility \| FILO Term Loan \| Term Loan \| LIBOR \| Minimum
Debt Instrument
Basis spread on variable rate					6.50%
FILO Asset-based Term Loan Facility \| FILO Term Loan \| Term Loan \| Prime
Debt Instrument
Basis spread on variable rate					6.00%
FILO Asset-based Term Loan Facility \| FILO Term Loan \| Term Loan \| Prime \| Minimum
Debt Instrument
Basis spread on variable rate					5.50%
Amended Term Loan Facility Due March 2021 \| Term Loan Facility
Debt Instrument
Minimum for notes repayment, refinanced, converted, discharged, or prepaid, For maturity date extension trigger					$ 50,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility \| Term Loan
Debt Instrument
Effective interest rate					12.50%
Line of credit facility, remaining borrowing capacity					$ 12,500,000
Maximum net first lien leverage ratio					4.25
Minimum fixed charge coverage ratio					1.00
Revolving Credit Facility \| Term Loan Facility
Debt Instrument
Effective interest rate					4.00%
Notes \| Term Loan Facility
Debt Instrument
Minimum for notes repayment, refinanced, converted, discharged, or prepaid, For maturity date extension trigger					$ 50,000,000
Notes \| Term Loan Facility \| Forecast
Debt Instrument
Minimum for notes repayment, refinanced, converted, discharged, or prepaid, For maturity date extension trigger	$ 50,000,000
Notes \| Convertible Senior Notes
Debt Instrument
Borrowings outstanding					156,427,000	156,400,000	$ 154,675,000
Amortization of discount and debt issuance costs					217,000	244,000
Tranche B-2 Term Loan, FILO Term Loan and Revolving Credit Facility
Debt Instrument
Amortization of discount and debt issuance costs					12,400,000
Tranche B-1
Debt Instrument
Payments on term loan facility					0	147,312,000
Tranche B-2
Debt Instrument
Payments on term loan facility					11,719,000	114,000,000
Tranche B-2 \| Amended Term Loan Facility Due March 2021 \| Term Loan Facility
Debt Instrument
Borrowings outstanding					434,800,000	$ 434,800,000
Annual principal payment					$ 43,000,000
Effective interest rate					10.10%		10.60%
Payments on term loan facility				$ 100,000,000
Tranche B-2 \| Amended Term Loan Facility Due March 2021 \| Term Loan Facility \| Initial Rate
Debt Instrument
Mandatory prepayment, percent of excess cash flows					75.00%
Tranche B-2 \| Amended Term Loan Facility Due March 2021 \| Term Loan Facility \| Reduced Rate
Debt Instrument
Mandatory prepayment, percent of excess cash flows					50.00%
Payments for excess cash flows			$ 9,800,000
Tranche B-2 \| Amended Term Loan Facility Due March 2021 \| Term Loan Facility \| Reduced Rate \| Forecast
Debt Instrument
Payments for excess cash flows		$ 25,900,000
Tranche B-2 \| Amended Term Loan Facility Due March 2021 \| Term Loan Facility \| LIBOR
Debt Instrument
Basis spread on variable rate					8.75%
Tranche B-2 \| Amended Term Loan Facility Due March 2021 \| Term Loan Facility \| LIBOR \| Minimum
Debt Instrument
Basis spread on variable rate					8.25%
Tranche B-2 \| Amended Term Loan Facility Due March 2021 \| Term Loan Facility \| LIBOR \| Maximum
Debt Instrument
Basis spread on variable rate					9.25%
Tranche B-2 \| Amended Term Loan Facility Due March 2021 \| Term Loan Facility \| Prime
Debt Instrument
Basis spread on variable rate					7.75%
Tranche B-2 \| Amended Term Loan Facility Due March 2021 \| Term Loan Facility \| Prime \| Minimum
Debt Instrument
Basis spread on variable rate					7.25%
Tranche B-2 \| Amended Term Loan Facility Due March 2021 \| Term Loan Facility \| Prime \| Maximum
Debt Instrument
Basis spread on variable rate					8.25%