SEGMENTS AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Feb. 01, 2020

Schedule of net sales by country and sales by product category

Our net sales by country and sales by product category are as follows (in thousands):


	Fiscal Year
	2019		2018		2017
Net Sales:
United States⁽¹⁾	$	4,597,262	$	4,783,903	$	4,856,275
Canada		474,775		488,041		505,685
Total	$	5,072,037	$	5,271,944	$	5,361,960

Sales by Product Category:
General crafts	$	2,389,745	$	2,604,905	$	2,685,787
Home décor and seasonal		1,167,418		1,230,054		1,177,069
Custom and ready-made framing		816,869		801,075		875,944
Papercrafting		698,005		635,910		623,160
Total	$	5,072,037	$	5,271,944	$	5,361,960

(1)

In March 2018 we closed our Aaron Brothers stores and in January 2019 we closed our Pat Catan’s stores. For fiscal 2018 and 2017, Pat Catan’s net sales totaled approximately $109.6 million and $113.4 million, respectively. For fiscal 2018 and fiscal 2017 Aaron Brothers net sales totaled approximately $12.9 million and $110.4 million, respectively.

Schedule of total assets by country

Our total assets by country are as follows (in thousands):


	Fiscal Year
	2019		2018
Total Assets:
United States ⁽¹⁾	$	3,527,374	$	1,949,836
Canada		310,721		178,500
Total	$	3,838,095	$	2,128,336

(1)

In fiscal 2019, we wrote-off $40.1 million of assets in connection with the impairments taken on our Darice wholesale business and $2.6 million of assets in connection with the closure our Pat Catan’s stores. In fiscal 2018, we wrote-off $97.8 million of assets in connection with the closure of our Aaron Brothers and Pat Catan’s stores.