Business Segment Information (Details) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
		Aug. 28, 2016 USD ($) Regional_Segments	Aug. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Aug. 28, 2016 USD ($)	Aug. 30, 2015 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of operating segments | Regional_Segments		3
Net revenues		$ 1,185,111	$ 1,142,012	$ 3,253,198	$ 3,209,267
Operating income		144,908	114,773	319,533	269,833
Restructuring Charges		(627)	4,054	1,030	11,346
Interest expense		(19,170)	(17,138)	(54,483)	(62,363)
Loss on early extinguishment of debt		0	0	0	(14,002)
Other income (expense), net		4,679	(8,316)	6,755	(26,705)
Income before income taxes		130,417	89,319	271,805	166,763
Other Operating Income (Expense) [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Benefit from resolution of vendor dispute and reversal of liabilities		7,000		7,000
Americas [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues		723,853	713,148	1,884,349	1,909,011
Operating income	[1]	149,087	144,241	320,122	349,859
Europe [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues		282,525	258,486	799,637	758,124
Operating income	[2]	56,514	50,502	155,856	142,173
Gain on sale-leaseback of distribution center				6,100
Gain on sale of finishing and distribution facility					7,500
AMEA [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net revenues		178,733	170,378	569,212	542,132
Operating income		19,389	25,666	81,868	88,037
Regional operating income [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating income		224,990	220,409	557,846	580,069
Corporate and Other [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Other General and Administrative Expense		1,293	7,723	5,824	28,096
Other Selling, General and Administrative Expense		79,416	93,859	231,459	270,794
Corporate Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Corporate expenses		$ 80,082	$ 105,636	$ 238,313	$ 310,236

[1] Americas' operating income for the three- and nine- month periods ended ended August 28, 2016 includes the recognition of approximately $7.0 million benefit from resolution of a vendor dispute and related reversal of liabilities recorded in a prior period.

[2] Europe's operating income for the nine-month period ended August 28, 2016 includes a gain of $6.1 million related to the sale-leaseback of the Company's distribution center in the United Kingdom in the second quarter of 2016. Europe's operating income for the nine-month period ended August 30, 2015 includes a gain of $7.5 million related to the sale of the Company's finishing and distribution facility in Turkey in the second quarter of 2015.