|**DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Tables)**                                                                                                                | 3 Months Ended                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
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|**Derivative Financial Instruments [Abstract]**                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
|Schedule of Derivative Instruments in Statement of Financial Position, Fair Value [Table Text Block]                                                         | The following table summarizes the fair value and presentation in the Consolidated Balance Sheets for the Company’s derivative financial instruments:(In millions)Asset Derivatives (Classified in Other Current Assets and Other Assets)Liability Derivatives (Classified in Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities)5/4/145/5/135/4/145/5/13Contracts designated as cash flow hedges:Foreign currency forward exchange contracts     (inventory purchases)$1.6$1.1$14.0$3.2Interest rate contracts2.6—5.94.1Total contracts designated as cash flow hedges4.21.119.97.3Undesignated contracts:Foreign currency forward exchange contracts     (inventory purchases)—0.1—0.6Foreign currency forward exchange contracts (intercompany loans)0.00.70.30.5Total undesignated contracts0.00.80.31.1Total$4.2$1.9$20.2$8.4
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|(In millions)                                                                                                                                                | Asset Derivatives (Classified in Other Current Assets and Other Assets)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
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|Contracts designated as cash flow hedges:                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
|Foreign currency forward exchange contracts     (inventory purchases)                                                                                        | $                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|Interest rate contracts                                                                                                                                      | 2.6                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|Total contracts designated as cash flow hedges                                                                                                               | 4.2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|Undesignated contracts:                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
|Foreign currency forward exchange contracts     (inventory purchases)                                                                                        | —                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|Foreign currency forward exchange contracts (intercompany loans)                                                                                             | 0.0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|Total undesignated contracts                                                                                                                                 | 0.0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
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|Schedule of Derivative Instruments, (Loss) Gain in Statement of Financial Performance [Table Text Block]                                                     | The following table summarizes the effect of the Company’s hedges designated as cash flow hedging instruments:(In millions)(Loss) Gain Recognized in Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income(Loss) Gain Reclassified from AOCI into (Expense) IncomeLocationAmountThirteen Weeks Ended5/4/145/5/135/4/145/5/13Foreign currency forward exchange contracts     (inventory purchases)$(12.3)$8.9Cost of goods sold$(3.4)$3.2Interest rate contracts(0.6)(0.2)Interest expense(1.9)(1.2)Total$(12.9)$8.7$(5.3)$2.0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
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|Foreign currency forward exchange contracts     (inventory purchases)                                                                                        |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
|Interest rate contracts                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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|Schedule of Other Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments, Statements of Financial Performance and Financial Position, Location [Table Text Block] | The following table summarizes the effect of the Company’s foreign currency forward exchange undesignated contracts:(In millions)(Loss) Gain Recognized in IncomeThirteen Weeks EndedLocation5/4/145/5/13Foreign currency forward exchange contracts (inventory purchases)Selling, general and administrative expenses$—$(0.3)Foreign currency forward exchange contracts (intercompany loans)Selling, general and administrative expenses(2.1)0.2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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