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Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Taxes [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Components Of Consolidated Deferred Tax Assets And Liabilities |
Fiscal Year |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Current deferred income tax assets (liabilities): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Bad debt allowance |  | $ | 6,605 |  |  | $ | 7,028 |
Returns allowance |  |  | 15,364 |  |  |  | 15,468 |
Inventory |  |  | 11,656 |  |  |  | 10,144 |
Warranty reserve |  |  | 2,078 |  |  |  | 1,054 |
Compensation |  |  | 7,707 |  |  |  | 2,894 |
Accrued liabilities |  |  | 5,951 |  |  |  | 3,536 |
Returns cost of sales |  |  | (6,613 | ) |  |  | (6,024 | )
Deferred rent |  |  | 1,560 |  |  |  | 789 |
Loss carry-forwards |  |  | 881 |  |  |  | 1,596 |
Other |  |  | 1,312 |  |  |  | 6,837 |
Total current deferred tax assets |  |  | 46,501 |  |  |  | 43,322 |
Valuation allowance |  |  | (698 | ) |  |  | (1,486 | )
Net current deferred income tax assets |  | $ | 45,803 |  |  | $ | 41,836 |
Long-term deferred income tax (liabilities) assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unrealized exchange losses |  |  | 2,858 |  |  |  | 2,520 |
State income tax and interest on tax contingencies |  |  | 0 |  |  |  | 925 |
Fixed assets |  |  | (35,413 | ) |  |  | (8,847 | )
Trade names and customer lists |  |  | (7,144 | ) |  |  | (7,168 | )
Compensation |  |  | 3,522 |  |  |  | 5,972 |
Deferred rent |  |  | 6,693 |  |  |  | 3,264 |
Loss carry-forwards |  |  | 2,275 |  |  |  | 2,375 |
Undistributed earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries |  |  | (57,324 | ) |  |  | (44,122 | )
Tax deductible foreign reserves |  |  | 1,460 |  |  |  | (1,229 | )
Other |  |  | 4,115 |  |  |  | 2,038 |
Total deferred income tax liabilities |  |  | (78,958 | ) |  |  | (44,272 | )
Valuation allowance |  |  | (2,495 | ) |  |  | (2,695 | )
Net long-term deferred income tax liabilities |  | $ | (81,453 | ) |  | $ | (46,967 | )
Total long-term deferred income tax assets |  |  | 4,875 |  |  |  | 926 |
Total deferred income tax liabilities |  |  | (86,328 | ) |  |  | (47,893 | )
Net long-term deferred income tax liabilities |  | $ | (81,453 | ) |  | $ | (46,967 | )
Schedule Of Operating Loss Carry-Forwards |
Expires 2012 through 2016 |  | $ | 947 |
Expires 2017 through 2021 |  |  | 1,004 |
Expires 2022 through 2026 |  |  | 1,496 |
Indefinite |  |  | 8,186 |
Total loss carry-forwards |  | $ | 11,633 |
Schedule Of Earnings Before Income Taxes For U.S. And Non-U.S. Based Operations |
Fiscal Year |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2009 |
U.S. |  | $ | 173,861 |  |  | $ | 154,318 |  |  | $ | 94,543 |
Non-U.S. |  |  | 277,698 |  |  |  | 229,892 |  |  |  | 125,355 |
Total |  | $ | 451,559 |  |  | $ | 384,210 |  |  | $ | 219,898 |
Schedule Of Provision For Income Taxes |
Fiscal Year |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2009 |
Current provision: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. federal |  | $ | 59,854 |  |  | $ | 54,820 |  |  | $ | 46,350 |
Non-U.S. |  |  | 55,407 |  |  |  | 44,613 |  |  |  | 22,629 |
State and local |  |  | 7,416 |  |  |  | 4,535 |  |  |  | 3,284 |
Total current |  |  | 122,677 |  |  |  | 103,968 |  |  |  | 72,263 |
Deferred provision: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. federal |  |  | 25,116 |  |  |  | 19,112 |  |  |  | 3,320 |
Non-U.S. |  |  | (4,680 | ) |  |  | (3,188 | ) |  |  | (39 | )
State and local |  |  | 1,044 |  |  |  | (572 | ) |  |  | 60 |
Total deferred |  |  | 21,480 |  |  |  | 15,352 |  |  |  | 3,341 |
Provision for income taxes |  | $ | 144,157 |  |  | $ | 119,320 |  |  | $ | 75,604 |
Reconciliation Of U.S. Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate To Provision For Income Taxes |
Fiscal Year |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2009 |
Tax at statutory rate |  |  | 35.0 | % |  |  | 35.0 | % |  |  | 35.0 | %
State, net of federal tax benefit |  |  | 1.2 |  |  |  | 0.9 |  |  |  | 0.8 |
Foreign rate differential |  |  | (12.0 | ) |  |  | (11.1 | ) |  |  | (9.2 | )
U.S. tax on foreign income |  |  | 6.7 |  |  |  | 9.8 |  |  |  | 8.7 |
Income tax contingencies |  |  | 0.7 |  |  |  | (3.7 | ) |  |  | (0.4 | )
Other |  |  | 0.3 |  |  |  | 0.2 |  |  |  | (0.5 | )
Provision for income taxes |  |  | 31.9 | % |  |  | 31.1 | % |  |  | 34.4 | %
Tabular Reconciliation Of Total Amounts Of Unrecognized Tax Benefits |
Fiscal Year |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |  |  | 2009 |
Balance at beginning of year |  | $ | 10,945 |  |  | $ | 35,426 |  |  | $ | 33,855 |
Gross increases tax positions in prior years |  |  | 5,963 |  |  |  | 2,680 |  |  |  | 4,676 |
Gross decreases tax positions in prior years |  |  | 0 |  |  |  | (27,799 | ) |  |  | (641 | )
Gross increases-current year tax positions |  |  | 1,192 |  |  |  | 842 |  |  |  | 2,428 |
Settlements |  |  | (119 | ) |  |  | (204 | ) |  |  | 0 |
Lapse in statute of limitations |  |  | 0 |  |  |  | 0 |  |  |  | (4,902 | )
Increase due to currency revaluation |  |  | (7 | ) |  |  | 0 |  |  |  | 10 |
Balance at end of year |  | $ | 17,974 |  |  | $ | 10,945 |  |  | $ | 35,426 |

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