Goodwill - Roll-forward of Goodwill (Detail) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
December 31, 2016	$ 1,387,628
Currency Exchange Rate Impact	2,292
March 31, 2017	1,389,920
North America
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
December 31, 2016	730,139
Currency Exchange Rate Impact	483
March 31, 2017	730,622
International
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
December 31, 2016	445,008
Currency Exchange Rate Impact	1,746
March 31, 2017	446,754
American Girl
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
December 31, 2016	212,481
Currency Exchange Rate Impact	63
March 31, 2017	$ 212,544

Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35741047&loc=d3e13816-109267

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 20
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6388280&loc=d3e13770-109266

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 20
-Section 45
-Paragraph 5
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64834752&loc=SL49117168-202975

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