Accrued Expenses

9 Months Ended

Aug. 29, 2014

Payables and Accruals [Abstract]

ACCRUED EXPENSES

ACCRUED EXPENSES

Accrued expenses as of August 29, 2014 and November 29, 2013 consisted of the following (in thousands):

	2014		2013
Accrued compensation and benefits	$	309,507	$	318,219
Sales and marketing allowances	73,792		66,502
Accrued corporate marketing	27,522		22,801
Taxes payable	17,241		18,225
Royalties payable	12,300		14,778
Accrued interest expense	7,295		20,613
Other	183,022		195,801
Accrued expenses	$	630,679	$	656,939

Other primarily includes general corporate accruals for technical support and local and regional expenses, including our accrual for a loss contingency as of August 29, 2014. Other is also comprised of deferred rent related to office locations with rent escalations and foreign currency liability derivatives. See Note 12 for further information regarding the loss contingency.