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Notional Amount of Cash Flow Hedges

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Aggregate notional amount specified by the derivative(s). Expressed as an absolute value.

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Article 12

-Section 13

-Sentence Column B

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Date the entity entered into the derivative contract, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Aggregate net fair value of all derivative instruments designated as hedging instruments. Includes instruments designated as cash flow hedges, fair value hedges, and hedges of net investments in foreign operations.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 825

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 10

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Description of where the foreign currency derivatives are reported in the balance sheet.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 815

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 4A

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Fair value as of the balance sheet date of all foreign currency derivative liabilities designated as cash flow hedging instruments.

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Fair value as of the balance sheet date of interest rate derivative assets, net of interest rate derivative liabilities, which includes all such derivative instruments in hedging and nonhedging relationships that are recognized on the balance sheet.

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Derivatives (Details 1) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Derivatives (Details 1) (USD $)	Jan. 31, 2015	Nov. 01, 2014	Nov. 02, 2013	Nov. 03, 2012
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Contracts Period	one year or less
Derivative, Notional Amount	$ 500,000,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
Interest Rate Derivatives, at Fair Value, Net	38,100,000	1,700,000
Derivative, Inception Date		Oct. 28, 2014	Apr. 24, 2013
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts [Member] \| Accrued Liabilities [Member]
Fair value of hedging instruments
Balance Sheet Location, Forward foreign currency exchange contracts	Accrued liabilities
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts	17,170,000			10,584,000
Forward Contracts [Member]
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Derivative, Notional Amount	38,700,000	45,200,000
Notional Amount of Cash Flow Hedges	177,900,000	183,500,000
Derivative Instruments in Hedges, at Fair Value, Net	$ 700,000