Consolidated Statements of Equity (USD $) In Thousands	Common Stock [Member]	Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]	Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) [Member]	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Member]	Non-Controlling Interest [Member]	Total
Balance at Nov. 01, 2009	$ 530	$ 432,160	$ (26,546)	$ (6,389)	$ 49,941	$ 449,696
Balance (in shares) at Nov. 01, 2009	53,011
Net income	0	0	23,922	0	1,160	25,082
Other comprehensive income	0	0	0	13,451	3,041	16,492
Sale of common stock through employee stock option and purchase plan (in shares)	242
Sale of common stock through employee stock option and purchase plan	2	520	0	0	0	522
Restricted stock awards vestings and expense (in shares)	58
Restricted stock awards vestings and expense	1	509	0	0	0	510
Share-based compensation expense	0	1,374	0	0	0	1,374
Common stock warrants exercised (in shares)	468
Common stock warrants exercised	5	2,235	0	0	0	2,240
Common stock issuance costs	0	27	0	0	0	27
Balance at Oct. 31, 2010	538	436,825	(2,624)	7,062	54,142	495,943
Balance (in shares) at Oct. 31, 2010	53,779
Net income	0	0	16,229	0	3,979	20,208
Other comprehensive income	0	0	0	3,143	217	3,360
Common stock issued to extinguish debt (in shares)	5,229
Common stock issued to extinguish debt	52	45,585	0	0	0	45,637
Sale of common stock through employee stock option and purchase plan (in shares)	440
Sale of common stock through employee stock option and purchase plan	5	851	0	0	0	856
Restricted stock awards vestings and expense (in shares)	81
Restricted stock awards vestings and expense	1	1,035	0	0	0	1,036
Share-based compensation expense	0	1,422	0	0	0	1,422
Common stock warrants exercised (in shares)	122
Common stock warrants exercised	1	1,157	0	0	0	1,158
Repurchase of common stock by subsidiary	0	(201)	0	(34)	(9,629)	(9,864)
Balance at Oct. 30, 2011	597	486,674	13,605	10,171	48,709	559,756
Balance (in shares) at Oct. 30, 2011	59,651					59,651
Net income	0	0	27,868	0	1,987	29,855
Other comprehensive income	0	0	0	5,807	1,400	7,207
Sale of common stock through employee stock option and purchase plan (in shares)	277
Sale of common stock through employee stock option and purchase plan	3	542	0	0	0	545
Restricted stock awards vestings and expense (in shares)	108
Restricted stock awards vestings and expense	1	901	0	0	0	902
Share-based compensation expense	0	2,258	0	0	0	2,258
Common stock warrants exercised (in shares)	177
Common stock warrants exercised	1	1,051	0	0	0	1,052
Repurchase of common stock by subsidiary	0	1,985	0	(78)	(17,481)	(15,574)
Balance at Oct. 28, 2012	$ 602	$ 493,411	$ 41,473	$ 15,900	$ 34,615	$ 586,001
Balance (in shares) at Oct. 28, 2012	60,213					60,213