Segment and Geographic Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Information about the Company’s business operations based on geographic areas is as follows (in millions):



	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2017			2016			2017			2016
Net sales:
United States	$	3,904.6		$	3,591.0		$	10,539.9		$	9,634.3
Canada	394.5			387.7			1,045.1			1,030.2
Corporate ⁽¹⁾	11.6			15.2			30.6			28.1
Total	$	4,310.7		$	3,993.9		$	11,615.6		$	10,692.6

Income (loss) before income taxes:
United States	$	27.2		$	24.8		$	42.8		$	59.1
Canada	2.2			2.3			6.3			3.4
Corporate ⁽²⁾	(7.6		)	(6.9		)	(15.2		)	(6.7		)
Total	$	21.8		$	20.2		$	33.9		$	55.8

Interest expense:
United States	$	13.1		$	9.9		$	34.6		$	29.7
Canada	0.1			0.2			0.6			0.7
Corporate ⁽³⁾	(9.3		)	(8.6		)	(27.3		)	(27.1		)
Total	$	3.9		$	1.5		$	7.9		$	3.3

Depreciation and amortization:
United States	$	10.3		$	7.7		$	27.7		$	22.5
Canada	0.6			0.7			1.8			1.9
Corporate ⁽⁴⁾	4.4			3.0			10.1			6.8
Total	$	15.3		$	11.4		$	39.6		$	31.2

Capital expenditures:
United States	$	12.7		$	21.1		$	42.6		$	42.9
Canada	0.5			0.6			1.4			1.6
Total	$	13.2		$	21.7		$	44.0		$	44.5

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(1)	Consists primarily of external sales made by the Company’s consolidating warehouses, management service fee revenue, allowance for sales returns and certain other sales adjustments.


(2)	Consists primarily of expenses and other income, such as corporate incentives and salaries, LIFO expense, health care costs, insurance and workers’ compensation adjustments, elimination of overhead allocations and foreign exchange gains or losses.


(3)	Consists primarily of intercompany eliminations for interest.


(4)	Consists primarily of depreciation for the consolidation centers and amortization of intangible assets.

Identifiable assets by geographic area are as follows (in millions):

The net sales mix for the Company’s primary product categories is as follows (in millions):