Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 27, 2015

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Components Of Intangible Assets

The following table reflects the components of intangible assets as of December 27, 2015 and December 28, 2014:

		December 27, 2015				December 28, 2014
(amounts in thousands)	Amortizable Life (years)	Gross Amount		Gross Accumulated Amortization		Gross Amount		Gross Accumulated Amortization
Finite-lived intangible assets:
Customer lists	6 to 20	$	75,649	$	61,095	$	79,110	$	58,873
Trade names	1 to 30	24,598		16,937		27,172		18,031
Patents, license agreements	3 to 14	55,053		51,422		58,060		52,448
Internal-use software	3 to 7	24,489		17,348		24,034		14,758
Other	2 to 6	6,968		6,896		7,029		6,867
Total amortized finite-lived intangible assets		186,757		153,698		195,405		150,977
Indefinite-lived intangible assets:
Trade names		14,718		—		20,512		—
Total identifiable intangible assets		$	201,475	$	153,698	$	215,917	$	150,977

Estimated Future Amortization Expense

Estimated amortization expense for each of the five succeeding years is anticipated to be:

(amounts in thousands)
2016	$	10,507
2017	$	9,416
2018	$	3,517
2019	$	2,498
2020	$	1,730

Changes In Carrying Amount Of Goodwill

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by segments are as follows:

(amounts in thousands)	Merchandise Availability Solutions			Apparel Labeling Solutions		Retail Merchandising Solutions			Total
Balance as of December 29, 2013	$	159,157		$	2,116	$	24,591		$	185,864
Translation adjustments	(9,511		)	—		(2,784		)	(12,295		)
Balance as of December 28, 2014	$	149,646		$	2,116	$	21,807		$	173,569
Translation adjustments	(7,233		)	—		(2,226		)	(9,459		)
Balance as of December 27, 2015	$	142,413		$	2,116	$	19,581		$	164,110

Schedule Of Components Of Goodwill

The following table reflects the components of goodwill as of December 27, 2015 and December 28, 2014:

	December 27, 2015						December 28, 2014
(amounts in thousands)	Gross Amount		Accumulated Impairment Losses		Goodwill, Net		Gross Amount		Accumulated Impairment Losses		Goodwill, net
Merchandise Availability Solutions	$	175,602	$	33,189	$	142,413	$	192,303	$	42,657	$	149,646
Apparel Labeling Solutions	82,747		80,631		2,116		84,407		82,291		2,116
Retail Merchandising Solutions	110,977		91,396		19,581		124,127		102,320		21,807
Total goodwill	$	369,326	$	205,216	$	164,110	$	400,837	$	227,268	$	173,569