Segment Information

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Segment Information [Abstract]

Segment Information

Note 10.   Segment Information

The Company's products and operations consist of two principal businesses that are comprised of three operating segments each, as described under Nature of Operations (Note 1):  Memorialization (Cemetery Products, Funeral Home Products, Cremation) and Brand Solutions (Graphics Imaging, Marking Products, Merchandising Solutions).  Effective October 1, 2011, the Company's cremation casket manufacturing operations are included in the Funeral Home Products segment.  Prior period financial information has been reclassified to reflect the current presentation.  Management evaluates segment performance based on operating profit (before income taxes) and does not allocate non-operating items such as investment income, interest expense, other income (deductions), net, and noncontrolling interests.

Information about the Company's segments follows:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
	2012		2011		2012		2011
Sales to external customers:
Memorialization:
Cemetery Products	$	58,423	$	62,777	$	157,148	$	166,147
Funeral Home Products		56,115		59,713		176,453		188,762
Cremation		12,342		9,736		32,874		26,270
		126,880		132,226		366,475		381,179
Brand Solutions:
Graphics Imaging		62,429		68,481		197,711		193,342
Marking Products		19,310		15,746		53,449		43,187
Merchandising Solutions		18,859		15,058		52,601		41,298
		100,598		99,285		303,761		277,827
	$	227,478	$	231,511	$	670,236	$	659,006

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
	2012		2011		2012		2011
Operating profit:
Memorialization:
Cemetery Products	$	12,591	$	17,972	$	27,291	$	38,910
Funeral Home Products		6,936		6,970		20,751		22,888
Cremation		1,314		1,145		3,303		2,188
		20,841		26,087		51,345		63,986
Brand Solutions:
Graphics Imaging		2,588		6,120		11,300		15,745
Marking Products		2,862		1,780		6,275		4,693
Merchandising Solutions		1,222		1,094		2,805		1,108
		6,672		8,994		20,380		21,546
	$	27,513	$	35,081	$	71,725	$	85,532