ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, INVENTORY ADVANCES AND DUE TO FACTOR (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2013	Nov. 30, 2012
Accounts receivable, inventory advances and due to factor
Non-recourse receivables assigned to factor	$ 16,240,000	$ 20,964,000
Client recourse receivables	8,000	24,000
Total receivables assigned to factor	16,248,000	20,988,000
Allowance for customer credits	(2,159,000)	(2,442,000)
Net loan balance from factored accounts receivable	(10,952,000)	(14,166,000)
Net loan balance from inventory advances	(5,045,000)	(5,782,000)
Due to factor	(1,908,000)	(1,402,000)
Non-factored accounts receivable	2,979,000	1,369,000
Allowance for customer credits	(277,000)	(323,000)
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(220,000)	(234,000)
Accounts receivable, net of allowance	2,482,000	812,000
Risk of payment in the event of non-payment by the customers	8,000	24,000
Required notice period for termination of the agreement	60 days
Factoring rate of accounts for which the entity bore the credit risk (as a percent)	0.35%
Chase prime rate (as a percent)	3.25%
CIT
Accounts receivable, inventory advances and due to factor
Required notice period for termination of the agreement by factor	60 days
Required funding period for non-termination of the agreement	5 days
Factoring rate of accounts for which the factor bore the credit risk, upto a specified amount of invoices factored (as a percent)	0.55%
Factoring rate of accounts for which the factor bore the credit risk, over a specified amount of invoices factored (as a percent)	0.50%
Specified amount of invoices factored	40,000,000
Interest rate spread on base rate (as a percent)	0.25%
Description of base rate	Chase prime rate
Fee paid to open the letters of credit (as a percent)	0.25%
CIT | Maximum
Accounts receivable, inventory advances and due to factor
Advances available as a percentage of the value of certain eligible inventory	50.00%
Accounts receivable sold as a percentage of face amount	85.00%
Amount of advances on eligible inventory	6,000,000
Specified amount of invoices factored	$ 40,000,000