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SEGMENT RESULTS
6 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
SEGMENT RESULTS [Abstract]  
SEGMENT RESULTS

NOTE 10. 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 bleach products 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; naturally derived products under the Green Works® brand; and professional cleaning and disinfecting products under the Clorox®, Dispatch®, Aplicare®, HealthLink® and Clorox HealthcareTM brands.
  • 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 and natural personal care products marketed and sold in the United States. Products within this segment include dressings and sauces, primarily under the Hidden Valley®, K C Masterpiece® and Soy Vay® brands; water-filtration systems and filters under the Brita® brand; and natural personal care products under the Burt's Bees® and güd® brands.
  • International consists of products sold outside the United States. Products within this segment include laundry, home care, water-filtration, charcoal and cat litter products, dressings and sauces, plastic bags, wraps and containers and natural personal care products, 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®, Hidden Valley® and Burt's Bees® brands.

Certain non-allocated administrative costs, interest income, interest expense and various other non-operating income and expenses are reflected in Corporate. Corporate assets include cash and cash equivalents, other investments and deferred taxes.

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

  Net sales
  Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended
  12/31/2012   12/31/2011   12/31/2012   12/31/2011
Cleaning $ 425     $ 370     $ 897     $ 809  
Household   357       334       712       700  
Lifestyle   237       219       445       425  
International   306       298       609       592  
Total $ 1,325     $ 1,221     $ 2,663     $ 2,526  
   
  Earnings (losses) before income taxes
  Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended
  12/31/2012   12/31/2011   12/31/2012   12/31/2011
Cleaning $ 100     $ 78     $ 220     $ 186  
Household   56       34       106       76  
Lifestyle   70       69       126       124  
International   25       33       53       73  
Corporate   (63 )     (59 )     (123 )     (117 )
Total $ 188     $ 155     $ 382     $ 342  

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 25% and 26% for the three and six months ended December 31, 2012, respectively, and 26% for both the three and six months ended December 31, 2011.