|**DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Tables)**                                                                                                                | 9 Months Ended                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
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|**Derivative Financial Instruments [Abstract]**                                                                                                              |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|Schedule of Derivative Instruments in Statement of Financial Position, Fair Value [Table Text Block]                                                         | The following table summarizes the fair value and presentation in the Consolidated Balance Sheets for the Company’s derivative financial instruments:Asset Derivatives (Classified in Other Current Assets and Other Assets)Liability Derivatives (Classified in Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities)11/3/1310/28/1211/3/1310/28/12Contracts designated as cash flow hedges:Foreign currency forward exchange contracts  (inventory purchases)$1,244$3,725$9,172$2,567Interest rate contracts2,314—8,1906,066Total contracts designated as cash flow hedges3,5583,72517,3628,633Undesignated contracts:Foreign currency forward exchange contracts  (inventory purchases)——5630Foreign currency forward exchange contracts (intercompany loans)881—1790Total undesignated contracts881—73120Total$4,439$3,725$17,435$8,753                
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|Contracts designated as cash flow hedges:                                                                                                                    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|Foreign currency forward exchange contracts  (inventory purchases)                                                                                           | $                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
|Interest rate contracts                                                                                                                                      | 2,314                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
|Total contracts designated as cash flow hedges                                                                                                               | 3,558                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
|Undesignated contracts:                                                                                                                                      |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|Foreign currency forward exchange contracts  (inventory purchases)                                                                                           | —                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
|Foreign currency forward exchange contracts (intercompany loans)                                                                                             | 881                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|Total undesignated contracts                                                                                                                                 | 881                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
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|Schedule of Derivative Instruments, (Loss) Gain in Statement of Financial Performance [Table Text Block]                                                     | The following table summarizes the effect of the Company’s hedges designated as cash flow hedging instruments:(Loss) Gain Recognized in Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income         (Effective Portion)(Loss) Gain Reclassified from AOCI into (Expense) Income (Effective Portion)LocationAmountThirteen Weeks Ended11/3/1310/28/1211/3/1310/28/12Foreign currency forward exchange contracts  (inventory purchases)$(8,003)$(2,079)Cost of goods sold$(1,793)$8,294Interest rate contracts(3,888)(432)Interest expense(1,999)(1,095)Total$(11,891)$(2,511)$(3,792)$7,199Thirty-Nine Weeks Ended11/3/1310/28/1211/3/1310/28/12Foreign currency forward exchange contracts (inventory purchases)$2,587$2,837Cost of goods sold$1,108$11,925Interest rate contracts(4,994)(1,434)Interest expense(4,176)(3,275)Total$(2,407)$1,403$(3,068)$8,650
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|Foreign currency forward exchange contracts  (inventory purchases)                                                                                           |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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|Foreign currency forward exchange contracts (inventory purchases)                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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|Schedule of Other Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments, Statements of Financial Performance and Financial Position, Location [Table Text Block] | The following table summarizes the effect of the Company’s foreign currency forward exchange contracts that were not designated as cash flow hedges:(Loss) Gain Recognized in IncomeThirteen Weeks EndedLocation11/3/1310/28/12Foreign currency forward exchange contracts (inventory purchases)Selling, general and administrative expenses$(214)$504Foreign currency forward exchange contracts (intercompany loans)Selling, general and administrative expenses(1,328)574Thirty-Nine Weeks EndedLocation11/3/1310/28/12Foreign currency forward exchange contracts (inventory purchases)Selling, general and administrative expenses$135$1,183Foreign currency forward exchange contracts (intercompany loans)Selling, general and administrative expenses(1,366)(650)                                                                    
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|Foreign currency forward exchange contracts (inventory purchases)                                                                                            | Selling, general and administrative expenses                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|Foreign currency forward exchange contracts (intercompany loans)                                                                                             | Selling, general and administrative expenses                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
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