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Segment Results
6 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Segment Results [Abstract]  
Segment Results

NOTE 11. SEGMENT RESULTS

The Company operates through strategic business units that are aggregated into four reportable segments: Cleaning, Household, Lifestyle and International.

  • Cleaning consists of laundry, home care and professional products marketed and sold in the United States. Products within this segment include laundry additives, including bleaches under the Clorox® brand and Clorox 2® stain fighter and color booster; home care products, primarily under the Clorox®, Formula 409®, Liquid-Plumr®, Pine-Sol®, S.O.S® and Tilex® brands; and naturally derived home care products under the Green Works® brand.
     
  • Household consists of charcoal, cat litter and plastic bags, wraps and container products marketed and sold in the United States. Products within this segment include plastic bags, wraps and containers, under the Glad® brand; cat litter products under the Fresh Step®, Scoop Away® and Ever Clean® brands; and charcoal products under the Kingsford® and Match Light® brands.
     
  • Lifestyle consists of food products, water-filtration systems and filters marketed and sold in the United States and all natural personal care products. Products within this segment include dressings and sauces, primarily under the Hidden Valley® and K C Masterpiece® brands; water-filtration systems and filters under the Brita® brand; and all natural personal care products under the Burt's Bees® and güd brands.
     
  • International consists of products sold outside the United States, excluding natural personal care products. Products within this segment include laundry, home care, water-filtration, charcoal and cat litter products, dressings and sauces, plastic bags, wraps and containers, and insecticides, primarily under the Clorox®, Javex®, Glad®, PinoLuz®, Ayudin®, Limpido®, Clorinda®, Poett®, Mistolin®, Lestoil®, Bon Bril®, Nevex®, Brita®, Green Works®, Pine-Sol®, Agua Jane®, Chux®, Kingsford®, Fresh Step®, Scoop Away®, Ever Clean®, K C Masterpiece® and Hidden Valley® brands.

Certain nonallocated administrative costs, interest income, interest expense and various other nonoperating income and expenses are reflected in Corporate. Corporate assets include cash and cash equivalents, the Company's headquarters and research and development facilities, information systems hardware and software, pension balances and other investments.

The table below presents reportable segment information and a reconciliation of the segment information to the Company's net sales and earnings (losses) from continuing operations before income taxes, with amounts that are not allocated to the operating segments reflected in Corporate.

Net sales
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
12/31/2011 12/31/2010 12/31/2011 12/31/2010
Cleaning       $     370       $     354       $     809       $     803
Household 334 320 700 674
Lifestyle 230 218 444 419
International 287 287 573 549
Total Company $ 1,221 $ 1,179 $ 2,526 $ 2,445
 
Earnings (losses) from continuing
operations before income taxes
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
12/31/2011 12/31/2010 12/31/2011 12/31/2010
Cleaning $ 78 $ 64 $ 186 $ 185
Household 34 25 76 78  
Lifestyle 70 (192 ) 124 (134 )
International 32   41     73   81
Corporate   (59 ) (50 ) (117 )   (120 )
Total Company $ 155 $ (112 ) $ 342 $ 90

All intersegment sales are eliminated and are not included in the Company's reportable segments' net sales.

Net sales to the Company's largest customer, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and its affiliates, as a percentage of consolidated net sales, were 26% for both the three and six months ended December 31, 2011, and 25% and 26% for the three and six months ended December 31, 2010, respectively.

For the three and six months ended December 31, 2010, the earnings (losses) from continuing operations before income taxes for the Lifestyle segment included a $258 non-cash goodwill impairment charge for the Burt's Bees business.