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Impact of New Accounting Principle, Property and Equipment

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Impact of New Accounting Principle, Right-of-use Asset

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Impact of New Accounting Principles, Deferred Tax Assets

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Impact of New Accounting Principles, Reserve for Doubtful Accounts

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Number of Stock-based Compensation Plans

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Tax Impact of Cumulative Adjustments,, Deferred Tax Liabilities

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Amount after tax of increase (decrease) to equity or (increase) decrease to net assets, resulting from the cumulative effect adjustment of a new accounting principle applied in the period of adoption.

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Amount of defined benefit plan cost (credit), classified as other.

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Amount of increase (decrease) from effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents, and cash and cash equivalents restricted to withdrawal or usage; held in foreign currencies. Excludes amounts for disposal group and discontinued operations. Cash includes, but is not limited to, currency on hand, demand deposits with banks or financial institutions, and other accounts with general characteristics of demand deposits. Cash equivalents include, but are not limited to, 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.

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Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues.

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Useful life of long lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Examples include, but not limited to, land, buildings, machinery and equipment, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment.

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Amount of cash restricted as to withdrawal or usage. Cash includes, but is not limited to, currency on hand, demand deposits with banks or financial institutions, and other accounts with general characteristics of demand deposits.

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Nature of Operations and Accounting Policies Nature of Operations and Accounting Policies (Narrative) (Details) (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 29, 2019 USD ($) plan segments	Dec. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Jan. 01, 2018 USD ($)
Number of Stock-based Compensation Plans \| plan	1
Number of Operating Segments \| segments	2
Operating Cycle	52
Defined Benefit Plan, Other Cost (Credit)	$ 25,300	$ 11,500	$ (9,200)
Effect of Exchange Rate on Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	(447)	(8,004)	21,703
Restricted Cash	$ 17	$ 3,204	$ 236
Accounting Standards Update 2016-13 [Member]
Cumulative Effect of New Accounting Principle in Period of Adoption				$ 1,300	$ 13,289
Impact of New Accounting Principles, Deferred Tax Assets				500
Impact of New Accounting Principles, Reserve for Doubtful Accounts				$ (1,700)
Accounting Standards Update 2018-02 [Member]
Cumulative Effect of New Accounting Principle in Period of Adoption						$ 0
Accounting Standards Update 2016-16 [Member]
Cumulative Effect of New Accounting Principle in Period of Adoption						(2,062)
Accounting Standards Update 2016-02 [Member]
Cumulative Effect of New Accounting Principle in Period of Adoption					(13,300)
Impact of New Accounting Principle, Right-of-use Asset					199,500
Impact of New Accounting Principle, Lease Liabilities					(147,100)
Impact of New Accounting Principle, Property and Equipment					(34,600)
Tax Impact of Cumulative Adjustments, Deferred Tax Liabilities					$ (4,600)
Accounting Standards Update 2014-09 [Member]
Cumulative Effect of New Accounting Principle in Period of Adoption						$ 10,209
Minimum [Member] \| Building [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life, Maximum	10 years
Minimum [Member] \| Tools, Dies and Molds [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life, Maximum	3 years
Maximum [Member] \| Building [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life, Maximum	40 years
Maximum [Member] \| Machinery and Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life, Maximum	8 years