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Accrued And Other Liabilities (Schedule Of Accrued Liabilities) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | May 31, 2019 | Sep. 04, 2018 | Aug. 31, 2018
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Line of Credit Facility [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Accrued advertising and sales promotion expenses |  | $ 10,249 |  | $ 11,972
Accrued professional services fees |  | 1,383 |  | 1,712
Accrued sales taxes and other taxes |  | 1,266 |  | 1,642
Accrued liability forward contract | [1] |  |  | 6,893
Other |  | 4,323 |  | 4,021
Total |  | 17,221 |  | 26,240
Other current assets |  | $ 6,097 |  | 13,337
Bank Of America [Member] |  |  |  |
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Accrued liability forward contract |  |  | $ 6,900 |
Other |  |  |  | 6,900
Other current assets |  |  |  | $ 6,900
[1] | This accrued liability as of August 31, 2018 relates to a foreign currency forward contract that the Company’s U.K. subsidiary entered into with Bank of America to sell U.S. Dollars and receive Pound Sterling. This foreign currency forward contract matured on August 30, 2018, but the settlement of the currencies in the amount of $6.9 million did not occur until September 4, 2018. As a result, as of August 31, 2018, the Company owed Bank of America $6.9 million which was recorded in accrued and other liabilities. Bank of America also owed the Company $6.9 million equivalent in Pound Sterling and this was recorded in other current assets as of August 31, 2018.

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