Noncontrolling Interests (Details)	3 Months Ended
Oct. 27, 2019
Swire Pacific Limited [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage	60.00%
Campbell Cheong Chan Malaysia [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Ownership Percentage	70.00%
Acre Venture Partners [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
LLC ownership percentage	99.80%

The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Percentage of the Variable Interest Entity's (VIE) voting interest owned by (or beneficial interest in) the reporting entity (directly or indirectly).

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 810
-SubTopic 10
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-Paragraph 5A
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