GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Schedule of Intangible Assets) (Details) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)
Finite-lived Intangible Assets [Rollforward]
Reclassification	$ 0
Accumulated Amortization Rollforward [Roll Forward]
Amortization	(20,050)
Intangible Assets (Excluding Goodwill) Rollforward [Rollforward]
December 31, 2017	617,163
Currency Translation	(15,994)
September 30, 2018	581,119
Trade names
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Rollforward]
December 31, 2017	403,594
Currency Translation	(13,740)
Reclassification	0
September 30, 2018	389,854
Trade names
Finite-lived Intangible Assets [Rollforward]
December 31, 2017	79,686
Currency Translation	0
Reclassification	(1,343)
September 30, 2018	78,343
Accumulated Amortization Rollforward [Roll Forward]
December 31, 2017	(40,888)
Amortization	(2,796)
Currency Translation	0
Reclassification	623
September 30, 2018	(43,061)
Customer relationships
Finite-lived Intangible Assets [Rollforward]
December 31, 2017	251,952
Currency Translation	(3,287)
Reclassification	1,343
September 30, 2018	250,008
Accumulated Amortization Rollforward [Roll Forward]
December 31, 2017	(77,194)
Amortization	(17,248)
Currency Translation	1,033
Reclassification	(623)
September 30, 2018	(94,032)
Non-compete agreements
Finite-lived Intangible Assets [Rollforward]
December 31, 2017	320
Currency Translation	0
Reclassification	0
September 30, 2018	320
Accumulated Amortization Rollforward [Roll Forward]
December 31, 2017	(307)
Amortization	(6)
Currency Translation	0
Reclassification	0
September 30, 2018	$ (313)

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