Accrued Expenses (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 03, 2017

Payables and Accruals [Abstract]

Accrued Expenses

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