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ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES - Summary of acrued expenses (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
Feb. 28, 2015
Feb. 28, 2014
ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES    
Accrued compensation, benefits and payroll taxes $ 44,382us-gaap_EmployeeRelatedLiabilitiesCurrent $ 69,877us-gaap_EmployeeRelatedLiabilitiesCurrent
Accrued sales returns, discounts and allowances 24,271us-gaap_AccruedMarketingCostsCurrent 25,297us-gaap_AccruedMarketingCostsCurrent
Accrued warranty returns 23,553us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrualClassifiedCurrent 19,269us-gaap_ProductWarrantyAccrualClassifiedCurrent
Accrued advertising 18,930us-gaap_AccruedAdvertisingCurrent 16,414us-gaap_AccruedAdvertisingCurrent
Accrued product liability, legal and professional fees 6,001hele_AccruedProductLiabilityLegalAndProfessionalFeesCurrent 5,705hele_AccruedProductLiabilityLegalAndProfessionalFeesCurrent
Accrued royalties 7,683us-gaap_AccruedRoyaltiesCurrent 5,712us-gaap_AccruedRoyaltiesCurrent
Accrued property, sales and other taxes 6,850us-gaap_AccrualForTaxesOtherThanIncomeTaxesCurrent 6,835us-gaap_AccrualForTaxesOtherThanIncomeTaxesCurrent
Derivative liabilities, current 240us-gaap_DerivativeLiabilitiesCurrent 1,596us-gaap_DerivativeLiabilitiesCurrent
Liability for uncertain tax positions   453us-gaap_LiabilityForUncertainTaxPositionsCurrent
Other 9,291us-gaap_OtherAccruedLiabilitiesCurrent 5,530us-gaap_OtherAccruedLiabilitiesCurrent
Total accrued expenses and other current liabilities $ 141,201us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent $ 156,688us-gaap_AccruedLiabilitiesCurrent