FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 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 October 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		$—		$113,220		$—		$113,220
Money market funds	3,972		—		—		3,972
Equity securities	2,895		—		—		2,895
Mutual funds	1,541		—		—		1,541
Other	1,246		—		—		1,246
Total assets		$9,654		$113,220		$—		$122,874

Liabilities:
Contingent consideration		$—		$—		$27,573		$27,573



	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 October 31, 2017 are as follows:



	Fiscal 2017 Acquisition			Fiscal 2016 Acquisition				Fiscal 2015 Acquisition
Compound annual revenue growth rate range	(8%)	-	4%	4	%	-	12%	8	%	-	13%
Weighted average discount rate	4.7%			3.4%				.8%

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) during fiscal 2017 and 2016 are as follows (in thousands):



	Liabilities
Balance as of October 31, 2015		$21,405
Increase in accrued contingent consideration	3,063
Contingent consideration related to acquisition	1,225
Payment of contingent consideration	(6,960		)
Foreign currency transaction adjustments	148
Balance as of October 31, 2016	18,881
Contingent consideration related to acquisition	13,797
Increase in accrued contingent consideration, net	1,100
Payment of contingent consideration	(7,039		)
Foreign currency transaction adjustments	834
Balance as of October 31, 2017		$27,573

Included in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheet under the following captions:
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities		$7,368
Other long-term liabilities	20,205
		$27,573