Other Intangible Assets (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended			3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 01, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012	Feb. 03, 2012	Feb. 01, 2013 Patents Y	Oct. 31, 2012 Patents Y	Feb. 01, 2013 Non-compete agreements Y	Oct. 31, 2012 Non-compete agreements Y	Feb. 01, 2013 Customer-related Y	Oct. 31, 2012 Customer-related Y	Feb. 01, 2013 Developed technology Y	Oct. 31, 2012 Developed technology Y	Feb. 01, 2013 Trade names Y	Oct. 31, 2012 Trade names Y	Feb. 01, 2013 Other	Oct. 31, 2012 Other
Other Intangible Assets
Estimated life, low end of range (in years)				1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5
Estimated life, high end of range (in years)				13	13	10	10	13	13	10	10	5	5
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 54,218,000	$ 54,250,000		$ 9,593,000	$ 9,593,000	$ 6,308,000	$ 6,303,000	$ 8,289,000	$ 8,312,000	$ 27,713,000	$ 27,727,000	$ 1,515,000	$ 1,515,000	$ 800,000	$ 800,000
Accumulated Amortization	(28,493,000)	(27,066,000)		(8,167,000)	(8,031,000)	(3,872,000)	(3,656,000)	(4,017,000)	(3,826,000)	(11,002,000)	(10,196,000)	(635,000)	(557,000)	(800,000)	(800,000)
Net	25,725,000	27,184,000		1,426,000	1,562,000	2,436,000	2,647,000	4,272,000	4,486,000	16,711,000	17,531,000	880,000	958,000
Non-amortizable - trade names	4,881,000	4,881,000										4,881,000	4,881,000
Total other intangible assets, gross	59,099,000	59,131,000
Total other intangible assets, net	30,606,000	32,065,000	34,820,000
Amortization expense for intangible assets	1,500,000
Estimated amortization expense
Fiscal 2013 (remainder)	4,300,000
Fiscal 2014	5,300,000
Fiscal 2015	5,100,000
Fiscal 2016	4,600,000
Fiscal 2017	3,700,000
Fiscal 2018	1,700,000
After fiscal 2018	$ 1,000,000