Debt - Summary of Lines of Credit and Long-term Debt (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debtor-in-Possession Financing, Borrowings Outstanding	$ 87,734	$ 0
Lines of credit	25,143	32,929
Long-term debt	841,047
Credit facility	43,000
Capital lease obligations and other borrowings - Various %	4,265	6,124
Total debt	841,047	828,590
Total Debt Subject to Compromise	(506,749)	0
Less current portion	(333,395)	(35,361)
Long-term debt, net of current portion	903	793,229
Maximum cash borrowings and letters of credit	125,000
Letters of credit outstanding	39,000
Amount of remaining borrowing capacity available for letters of credit	6,000
Debtor-in-Possession Term Loan Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debtor-in-Possession Financing, Borrowings Outstanding	$ 70,000	0
Stated interest rate	12.00%
Debtor-in-Possession ABL Loan Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debtor-in-Possession Financing, Borrowings Outstanding	$ 17,734	0
Interest rate during period	4.50%
Eurofactor Line of Credit, 0.6% Floating Interest [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Lines of credit	$ 22,835	32,929
Interest rate during period	0.60%
Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Lines of credit	$ 2,308	0
Senior Secured Notes Due Two Zero One Seven [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt	$ 218,905	252,188
Stated interest rate	8.875%
Senior Secured Notes Due Two Zero One Eight [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt	$ 280,000	278,834
Stated interest rate	7.875%
Senior Notes Due Two Thousand And Twenty [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt	$ 225,000	222,582
Stated interest rate	10.00%
ABL Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Credit facility	$ 0	$ 35,933
Minimum [Member] | Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate during period	0.80%
Minimum [Member] | ABL Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate during period	2.10%
Maximum [Member] | Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate during period	1.90%
Maximum [Member] | ABL Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate during period	4.10%