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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Aug. 30, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES
INCOME TAXES
The effective income tax rate was 35.1% for the nine months ended August 30, 2015, compared to 28.7% for the same period ended August 24, 2014.
The increase in the effective tax rate in 2015 as compared to 2014 primarily reflected a shift in the mix of earnings to jurisdictions where the Company is subject to higher tax rates.
The effective tax rate in 2014 also included a tax benefit that the Company recorded as a result of reversing a deferred tax liability associated with the change in assertion during the period to indefinitely reinvest certain undistributed foreign earnings, partially offset by a correction recorded in the third quarter of 2014 associated with errors identified on previously-filed tax returns related to temporary differences. The Company determined that the amounts were not material to its previously issued financial statements.