Accrued Expenses

6 Months Ended

May. 29, 2015

Payables and Accruals [Abstract]

ACCRUED EXPENSES

ACCRUED EXPENSES

Accrued expenses as of May 29, 2015 and November 28, 2014 consisted of the following (in thousands):

	2015		2014
Accrued compensation and benefits	$	296,599	$	320,679
Sales and marketing allowances	55,214		75,627
Accrued corporate marketing	46,683		28,369
Taxes payable	20,847		24,658
Royalties payable	15,013		15,073
Accrued interest expense	27,411		22,621
Other	186,017		196,839
Accrued expenses	$	647,784	$	683,866

Other primarily includes general corporate accruals and local and regional expenses, including our accrual for a loss contingency. 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.