Accrued Expenses

9 Months Ended

Sep. 02, 2016

Payables and Accruals [Abstract]

ACCRUED EXPENSES

ACCRUED EXPENSES

Accrued expenses as of September 2, 2016 and November 27, 2015 consisted of the following (in thousands):

	2016		2015
Accrued compensation and benefits	$	312,861	$	312,776
Sales and marketing allowances	60,945		66,876
Accrued corporate marketing	51,929		38,512
Taxes payable	37,461		27,996
Royalties payable	20,313		23,334
Accrued interest expense	6,993		26,538
Other	175,776		183,852
Accrued expenses	$	666,278	$	679,884

Other primarily includes general corporate accruals including restructuring charges, and local and regional expenses. Other is also comprised of deferred rent related to office locations with rent escalations and foreign currency liability derivatives.