ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE ARRANGEMENTS: (Tables)
 6 Months Ended
May 31, 2014
Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets [Abstract]  
Schedule of Net Sales Financed through Financing Agreement [Table Text Block]
The following table summarizes the net sales financed through the flooring agreements and the flooring fees incurred: 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
 
May 31, 2014
 
May 31, 2013
 
May 31, 2014
 
May 31, 2013
Net sales financed
$
351,439

 
$
219,602

 
$
633,429

 
$
405,937

Flooring fees(1)
1,922

 
1,217

 
3,492

 
2,444

____________________________________
(1)
Flooring fees are included within “Interest expense and finance charges, net.”