Note 19 - Segment Information - Segment Information by Segment (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended															12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2019		Nov. 30, 2019	Aug. 31, 2019	Jun. 01, 2019	Mar. 02, 2019	[2]	Feb. 23, 2019	Nov. 24, 2018		Aug. 25, 2018	May 26, 2018	[4]	Feb. 24, 2018	[5]	Nov. 30, 2019	Nov. 24, 2018	Nov. 25, 2017
Sales revenue	$ 113,637	[1]		$ 109,419	$ 108,190	$ 120,841			$ 116,647	[3]	$ 112,956	$ 116,980		$ 110,272		$ 452,087	$ 456,855	$ 452,503
Income (loss) from Operations	(5,645)	[1]		$ 3,400	$ 701	$ 949			2,047	[3]	$ 4,324	$ 5,663		$ 2,050		(595)	14,084	27,018
Asset impairment charges																(4,431)	(469)	0
Goodwill impairment																(1,926)	0	0
Early retirement program								$ (835)								(835)	0	0
Litigation expense			$ (700)													(700)	0	0
Lease exit costs																(149)	(301)	(0)
Depreciation and amortization																13,500	13,203	13,312
Capital expenditures																17,750	18,301	15,500
Identifiable Assets	275,766		275,766						291,641							275,766	291,641	293,748
Wholesale Segment [Member]
Sales revenue																261,105	255,958	249,193
Goodwill impairment																0
Retail Segment [Member]
Goodwill impairment																(1,926)
Logistical Services [Member]
Goodwill impairment																0
Operating Segments [Member] | Wholesale Segment [Member]
Sales revenue																261,105	255,958	249,193
Income (loss) from Operations																11,456	12,274	19,121
Depreciation and amortization																3,178	3,038	2,648
Capital expenditures																5,650	4,194	4,875
Identifiable Assets	144,392		144,392						144,209							144,392	144,209	152,181
Operating Segments [Member] | Retail Segment [Member]
Sales revenue																268,693	268,883	268,264
Operating Segments [Member] | Logistical Services [Member]
Sales revenue																80,074	82,866	83,030
Income (loss) from Operations																1,855	1,398	2,962
Depreciation and amortization																4,019	4,069	4,309
Capital expenditures																3,627	1,338	2,517
Identifiable Assets	39,377		39,377						51,191							39,377	51,191	51,381
Operating Segments [Member] | Company-owned Retail Stores [Member]
Income (loss) from Operations																(7,009)	(312)	3,490
Depreciation and amortization																6,303	6,096	6,355
Capital expenditures																8,473	12,769	8,108
Identifiable Assets	$ 91,997		$ 91,997						$ 96,241							91,997	96,241	90,186
Intersegment Eliminations [Member]
Income (loss) from Operations																1,144	1,494	1,445
Intersegment Eliminations [Member] | Logistical Services [Member]
Sales revenue																(31,852)	(28,480)	(28,624)
Intersegment Eliminations [Member] | Furniture and Accessories [Member]
Sales revenue																$ (125,933)	$ (122,372)	$ (119,360)

[1] Loss from operations includes a charge for the impairment of goodwill of $1,926 (see Note 8) and charges of $4,431, $700 and $149 for impairment of long-lived assets, litigation costs and lease termination costs, respectively (see Note 15).

[2] Income from operations includes a charge of $835 charge arising from certain eligible employees’ acceptance of voluntary early retirement package (see Note 15).

[3] Income from operations includes a $469 asset impairment charge related to our Torrance, California retail store and a $301 charge for lease exit costs related to the closing of a store in San Antonio, Texas (see Note 15). Net income includes a $704 tax benefit arising from the final adjustment to our interim estimates of the impact of reduced federal income tax rates on the valuation of our deferred tax assets (see Note 14).

[4] Income from operations includes a gain of $165 from the sale of our Spring, Texas retail store (see Note 15). Net income includes a benefit of $155 in income tax expense arising from additional adjustments to the remeasurement of our deferred tax assets resulting from the Act (see Note 14).

[5] Net loss includes a $2,157 charge to income tax expense arising from the remeasurement of our deferred tax assets due to the reduction in the Federal statutory income tax rate included in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (see Note 14).