Lines of Credit and Long-term Debt - Additional Information (Detail)	12 Months Ended										12 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2011 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2013 EMEA [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2013 EMEA [Member] EUR (€)	Oct. 31, 2013 2017 Notes [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2012 2017 Notes [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 2017 Notes [Member] EUR (€)	Oct. 31, 2013 U.S. and APAC [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2013 EMEA [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2013 ABL credit facility [Member] USD ($) Ratio	Oct. 31, 2013 ABL credit facility [Member] Minimum [Member]	Oct. 31, 2013 ABL credit facility [Member] Maximum [Member]	Oct. 31, 2013 ABL credit facility [Member] U.S. borrowers [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2013 European [Member] 2017 Notes [Member] USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum cash borrowings and letters of credit	$ 346,000,000													$ 230,000,000
Direct borrowings	49,000,000			22,000,000							27,408,000
Letters of credit outstanding	62,000,000			27,000,000	60,000,000
Amount of availability of remaining borrowings	177,000,000
Amount of remaining borrowing capacity available for letters of credit									116,000,000	55,000,000
Credit Facility term				3 years	3 years						5 years
Average borrowing rate				1.00%	1.00%
Lines of credit and long-term debt	831,300,000	757,969,000				274,952,000	258,732,000	200,000,000
Coupon interest rate of Senior Notes						8.875%
Due date of Senior Notes						Dec. 15, 2017
Note redemption price rate						104.40%
Recognized non-cash and non-operating charges of loans included in interest expense															14,000,000
Debt issuance costs capitalized															6,000,000
Debt issuance costs amortization period															7 years
Line of credit facility increase in additional borrowing	6,157,000	15,139,000	30,070,000								125,000,000
Sublimit for letters of credit under Revolving Facility											145,000,000
LIBOR rate plus a spread, minimum percentage											1.75%
LIBOR rate plus a spread, maximum percentage											2.25%
Base Rate plus a spread, percentage												0.75%	1.75%
Fixed charge coverage ratio, minimum											1.0
Fixed charge coverage ratio, maximum											1.0
Aggregate excess availability under the Revolving Facility, amount											$ 15,000,000
Aggregate excess availability under the Revolving Facility, as a percentage												10.00%	40.00%