Segment and Geographic Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

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



	Year Ended December 31,
	2019			2018			2017
Net sales:
United States	$	15,113.7		$	14,844.4		$	14,245.8
Canada	1,503.1			1,494.0			1,396.6
Corporate⁽¹⁾	53.7			56.9			45.2
Total	$	16,670.5		$	16,395.3		$	15,687.6

Income (loss) before income taxes:
United States	$	99.2		$	89.7		$	58.4
Canada	11.9			7.9			8.2
Corporate⁽²⁾	(33.7		)	(37.7		)	(38.2		)
Total	$	77.4		$	59.9		$	28.4

Interest expense, net⁽³⁾:
United States	$	56.6		$	54.7		$	47.1
Canada	1.5			1.0			1.0
Corporate⁽⁴⁾	(43.7		)	(42.0		)	(37.1		)
Total	$	14.4		$	13.7		$	11.0

Depreciation and amortization:
United States	$	42.6		$	42.1		$	37.5
Canada	2.6			2.3			2.4
Corporate⁽⁵⁾	15.7			15.1			14.5
Total	$	60.9		$	59.5		$	54.4

Capital expenditures:
United States	$	20.3		$	18.6		$	46.7
Canada	2.5			1.5			1.5
Total	$	22.8		$	20.1		$	48.2

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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, pension termination settlement, health care costs, insurance and workers’ compensation adjustments, elimination of overhead allocations and foreign exchange gains or losses. 2017 includes the recognition of $17.2 million of a pension termination settlement.


(3)	Includes $0.5 million, $0.3 million, and $0.3 million of interest income for 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.


(4)	Consists primarily of intercompany eliminations for interest.


(5)	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 for the Company’s product categories are as follows (in millions):