FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2017

Schedule of Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis [Table Text Block]

The Company's assets and liabilities that were measured at fair value on a recurring basis are set forth by level within the fair value hierarchy in the following tables (in thousands):



	As of July 31, 2017
	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Total
Assets:
Deferred compensation plans:
Corporate-owned life insurance		$—		$109,713		$—		$109,713
Money market funds	2,267		—		—		2,267
Equity securities	2,430		—		—		2,430
Mutual funds	1,498		—		—		1,498
Other	1,368		—		—		1,368
Total assets		$7,563		$109,713		$—		$117,276

Liabilities:
Contingent consideration		$—		$—		$14,041		$14,041



	As of October 31, 2016
	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Total
Assets:
Deferred compensation plans:
Corporate-owned life insurance		$—		$86,004		$—		$86,004
Money market funds	2,515		—		—		2,515
Equity securities	1,832		—		—		1,832
Mutual funds	1,758		—		—		1,758
Other	1,043		50		—		1,093
Total assets		$7,148		$86,054		$—		$93,202

Liabilities:
Contingent consideration		$—		$—		$18,881		$18,881

Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring, Valuation Techniques [Table Text Block]

The Level 3 inputs used to derive the estimated fair value of the Company's contingent consideration liability as of July 31, 2017 were as follows:



	Fiscal 2016 Acquisition				Fiscal 2015 Acquisition
Compound annual revenue growth rate range	0	%	-	12%	4	%	-	20%
Weighted average discount rate	4.8%				1.6%

Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

Changes in the Company’s contingent consideration liability measured at fair value on a recurring basis using unobservable inputs (Level 3) for the nine months ended July 31, 2017 are as follows (in thousands):




Balance as of October 31, 2016		$18,881
Payment of contingent consideration	(7,039		)
Increase in accrued contingent consideration	1,227
Foreign currency transaction adjustments	972
Balance as of July 31, 2017		$14,041

Included in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet under the following captions:
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities		$7,014
Other long-term liabilities	7,027
		$14,041