Business Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Aug. 26, 2012

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Reconciliation of Operating Profit (Loss) from Segments to Consolidated [Table Text Block]

Business segment information for the Company is as follows:

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	August 26, 2012			August 28, 2011			August 26, 2012			August 28, 2011
	(Dollars in thousands)
Net revenues:
Americas	$	679,098		$	717,586		$	1,931,561		$	1,908,846
Europe	265,922			275,127			809,271			867,839
Asia Pacific	155,836			211,304			572,142			640,947
Total net revenues	$	1,100,856		$	1,204,017		$	3,312,974		$	3,417,632
Operating income:
Americas	$	136,509		$	111,485		$	287,470		$	269,118
Europe	48,152			31,316			129,781			140,129
Asia Pacific	(4,719		)	26,450			55,193			89,242
Regional operating income	179,942			169,251			472,444			498,489
Corporate expenses(1)	93,155			88,352			229,816			253,740
Total operating income	86,787			80,899			242,628			244,749
Interest expense	(32,160		)	(30,208		)	(103,144		)	(98,589		)
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	—			—			(8,206		)	—
Other income (expense), net	(5,747		)	(5,779		)	6,122			(12,744		)
Income before income taxes	$	48,880		$	44,912		$	137,400		$	133,416

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(1) Included in corporate expenses for the three- and nine-month periods ended August 26, 2012, is a $18.8 million impairment charge related to the Company's decision in the third quarter to outsource distribution in Japan to a third-party and close its owned distribution center in that country.