| Component: (Network and Table) | |
|---|---|
| Network | 2415404 - Disclosure - Business Segments - Geographic Information, Based on Shipping Destination, Related to Revenue from External Customers (Detail) (http://www.wolverineworldwide.com/role/BusinessSegmentsGeographicInformationBasedOnShippingDestinationRelatedToRevenueFromExternalCustomersDetail) |
| Table | Revenue from External Customers by Products and Services [Table] |
| Reporting Entity [Axis] | 0000110471 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK) |
| Revenue from External Customer [Line Items] | Period [Axis] | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016-01-03 - 2016-12-31 | 2015-01-04 - 2016-01-02 | 2013-12-29 - 2015-01-03 | ||||||||||||||||
| Geographical [Axis] | Geographical [Axis] | Geographical [Axis] | ||||||||||||||||
| United States [Member] | Europe [Member] | CANADA | Other [Member] | Foreign [Member] | Geographical [Domain] | United States [Member] | Europe [Member] | CANADA | Other [Member] | Foreign [Member] | Geographical [Domain] | United States [Member] | Europe [Member] | CANADA | Other [Member] | Foreign [Member] | Geographical [Domain] | |
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