Lessee Operating Lease Annual Rent

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Lessee, Operating Lease, Extension Term

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Lessee Operating Lease Increase In Annual Base Rent Percent

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Lessee, Operating Lease, Number Of Renewal Options

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Lessee Operating Lease Reduction In Purchase Price From Deferred Issuance Of Letter Of Credit

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Sale Lease back Period To Provide Letter Of Credit To The Buyer Lessor From Closing Date

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Sale Lease back Transaction Initial Annual Base Rent

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Sale Lease back Transaction Initial Lease Terms

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Amount of gain (loss) on sale or disposal of assets, including but not limited to property plant and equipment, intangible assets and equity in securities of subsidiaries or equity method investee.

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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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Term of lessee's operating lease renewal, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Term of lessee's operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of loss from impairment of right-of-use asset from operating lease.

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Amount of cash outflow from operating lease, excluding payments to bring another asset to condition and location necessary for its intended use.

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Amount of cash inflow from contractual arrangement with the lender, including but not limited to, letter of credit, standby letter of credit and revolving credit arrangements.

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Amount of increase in right-of-use asset obtained in exchange for operating lease liability.

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Amount of gain (loss) on sale and leaseback transaction from transfer of asset accounted for as sale.

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Leases - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
Leases - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	Jul. 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2020 USD ($) renewal_option	Jan. 29, 2022 USD ($)	Jan. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Feb. 01, 2020 USD ($)
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Issued a letter of credit					$ 0.0	$ 150.0	$ 0.0
Gain on sale of assets					0.0	32.4	$ 0.0
Cash outflows					262.3	251.4
ROU assets obtained in exchange for operating lease obligations					205.4	132.5
Impairment charges					1.3	$ 2.9
Australian Headquarters in Eagle Farm, Queensland
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Sale and leaseback transaction, gain (loss), net			$ 27.0
Sale lease back transaction initial lease terms			10 years
Sale lease back transaction initial annual base rent			$ 1.7
Canadian Headquarters In Brampton Ontario
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Sale and leaseback transaction, gain (loss), net		$ 16.7
Sale lease back transaction initial lease terms		5 years
Sale lease back transaction initial annual base rent		$ 0.9
Corporate Headquarters
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Sale and leaseback transaction, gain (loss), net				$ 28.5
Initial term				10 years
Number of renewal options \| renewal_option				3
Renewal term				5 years
Annual rent				$ 1.7
Annual base rent percent increase				2.25%
Sale leaseback, provide letter of credit to the buyer-lessor from closing date, period				18 months
Reduction in purchase price from deferred issuance of letter of credit				$ 2.8
Issued a letter of credit					$ 2.8
Office Space and Refurbishment Center
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Sale and leaseback transaction, gain (loss), net				$ 15.2
Initial term				2 years
Renewal term	5 years
Extension term	3 years