Business Segments (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of segment data

Segment data for the three and six months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 is as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,						Six Months Ended March 31,
	2019			2018			2019			2018
Net sales:
SBS	$	565,604		$	580,114		$	1,146,213		$	1,165,689
Beauty Systems Group ("BSG")		380,248			395,207			789,092			804,597
Total	$	945,852		$	975,321		$	1,935,305		$	1,970,286
Earnings before provision for income taxes:
Segment operating earnings:
SBS	$	86,715		$	90,328		$	176,706		$	176,922
BSG		56,518			59,949			118,849			124,514
Segment operating earnings		143,233			150,277			295,555			301,436
Unallocated expenses		(36,535	)		(32,416	)		(75,139	)		(68,233	)
Restructuring		5,814			(6,759	)		1,834			(11,969	)
Consolidated operating earnings		112,512			111,102			222,250			221,234
Interest expense		(23,821	)		(25,262	)		(48,310	)		(49,277	)
Earnings before provision for income taxes	$	88,691		$	85,840		$	173,940		$	171,957

Schedule of disaggregation of net sales by segment

Disaggregation of net sales by segment

SBS	Three Months Ended March 31,						Six Months Ended March 31,
	2019			2018			2019			2018
Hair color		29.1	%		26.9	%		28.3	%		26.6	%
Hair care		20.5	%		21.3	%		20.2	%		20.9	%
Skin and nail care		14.6	%		14.8	%		14.8	%		14.9	%
Styling tools		13.6	%		14.0	%		14.7	%		14.7	%
Salon supplies and accessories		7.5	%		7.5	%		7.3	%		7.3	%
Multicultural products		7.0	%		7.2	%		6.7	%		6.9	%
Other Beauty items		7.7	%		8.3	%		8.0	%		8.6	%
Total		100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%

BSG	Three Months Ended March 31,						Six Months Ended March 31,
	2019			2018			2019			2018
Hair color		40.3	%		38.7	%		39.1	%		37.8	%
Hair care		34.2	%		34.0	%		33.8	%		33.8	%
Skin and nail care		8.2	%		8.8	%		8.2	%		8.9	%
Styling tools		3.2	%		3.7	%		3.6	%		4.2	%
Other beauty items		6.6	%		6.6	%		6.1	%		6.1	%
Promotional items		7.5	%		8.2	%		9.2	%		9.2	%
Total		100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%		100.0	%