Debt - Additional Information (Detail)	12 Months Ended					12 Months Ended				12 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2013 EMEA [Member] EUR (€)	Oct. 31, 2014 EMEA [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2014 2017 Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 2017 Notes [Member] EUR (€)	Oct. 31, 2014 U.S. and APAC [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2014 EMEA [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2014 ABL credit facility [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2014 ABL credit facility [Member] Minimum [Member]	Oct. 31, 2014 ABL credit facility [Member] Maximum [Member]	Oct. 31, 2014 ABL credit facility [Member] U.S. borrowers [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2014 European [Member] 2017 Notes [Member] USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum cash borrowings and letters of credit	$ 187,000,000			€ 60,000,000									$ 230,000,000
Direct borrowings	69,000,000
Letters of credit outstanding	24,000,000				5,000,000
Amount of availability of remaining borrowings	74,000,000
Amount of remaining borrowing capacity available for letters of credit								59,000,000	21,000,000
Credit Facility term				3 years						5 years
Lines of credit and long-term debt	795,661,000						200,000,000
Interest rate of senior notes						8.875%
Due date of Senior Notes						Dec. 15, 2017
Note redemption price rate						104.40%
Debt issuance costs capitalized														6,000,000
Debt issuance costs amortization period														7 years
Line of credit facility increase in additional borrowing	57,413,000	6,157,000	15,139,000							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%