Business Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Aug. 25, 2013

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Reconciliation of Operating Profit (Loss) from Segments to Consolidated [Table Text Block]

Business segment information for the Company is as follows:

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	August 25, 2013			August 26, 2012			August 25, 2013			August 26, 2012
	(Dollars in thousands)
Net revenues:
Americas	$	710,212		$	679,098		$	2,023,253		$	1,931,561
Europe	275,211			265,922			824,915			809,271
Asia Pacific	155,861			155,836			538,692			572,142
Total net revenues	$	1,141,284		$	1,100,856		$	3,386,860		$	3,312,974
Operating income:
Americas	$	125,228		$	136,509		$	376,598		$	287,470
Europe	45,914			48,152			145,549			129,781
Asia Pacific	22,666			(4,719		)	104,233			55,193
Regional operating income	193,808			179,942			626,380			472,444
Corporate expenses(1)	75,722			93,155			227,202			229,816
Total operating income	118,086			86,787			399,178			242,628
Interest expense	(30,903		)	(32,160		)	(95,943		)	(103,144		)
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	—			—			(689		)	(8,206		)
Other income (expense), net	(10,661		)	(5,747		)	(5,425		)	6,122
Income before income taxes	$	76,522		$	48,880		$	297,121		$	137,400

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(1) Included in corporate expenses for the three- and nine-month periods ended August 26, 2012, is an $18.8 million impairment charge related to the Company's decision in the third quarter of 2012 to outsource distribution in Japan to a third-party and close its owned distribution center in that country.