Accrued Expenses

3 Months Ended

Mar. 03, 2017

Accrued expenses as of March 3, 2017 and December 2, 2016 consisted of the following (in thousands):



	2017		2016
Accrued compensation and benefits	$	272,303	$	339,487
Sales and marketing allowances	126,227		60,825
Accrued corporate marketing	59,050		55,218
Taxes payable	41,106		43,113
Royalties payable	24,221		25,089
Accrued interest expense	7,178		25,805
Other	232,927		190,093
Accrued expenses	$	763,012	$	739,630

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.