Accrued Expenses (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 01, 2013

Payables and Accruals [Abstract]

Accrued Expenses

Accrued expenses as of March 1, 2013 and November 30, 2012 consisted of the following (in thousands):

	2013		2012
Accrued compensation and benefits	$	171,123	$	242,887
Sales and marketing allowances	79,081		87,916
Accrued corporate marketing	40,574		39,503
Taxes payable	16,724		26,164
Royalties payable	8,154		10,040
Accrued interest expense	5,039		20,796
Other	184,770		162,834
Accrued expenses	$	505,465	$	590,140

Other primarily includes general corporate accruals for local and regional expenses and technical support. Other is also comprised of deferred rent related to office locations with rent escalations and foreign currency liability derivatives.