Accrued Expenses

3 Months Ended

Mar. 02, 2012

Payables and Accruals [Abstract]

ACCRUED EXPENSES

ACCRUED EXPENSES

Accrued expenses as of March 2, 2012 and December 2, 2011 consisted of the following (in thousands):

	2012		2011
Accrued compensation and benefits	$	155,440	$	235,500
Sales and marketing allowances	52,633		58,156
Accrued corporate marketing	51,351		37,757
Taxes payable	20,255		26,732
Royalties payable	15,815		18,778
Accrued interest expense	5,448		21,010
Other	175,198		157,008
Accrued expenses	$	476,140	$	554,941

Other primarily includes general corporate accruals for local and regional expenses and technical support. Other is also comprised of deferred rent related to office locations with rent escalations and foreign currency liability derivatives.