Segment Information

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Segment Information [Abstract]

Segment Information

Note 11.   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 and Fulfillment Systems, Merchandising Solutions).  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 minority interests.

Information about the Company's segments follows:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
	2014		2013		2014		2013
Sales to external customers:
Memorialization:
Cemetery Products	$	58,622	$	60,913	$	161,307	$	169,427
Funeral Home Products		58,056		58,523		179,793		187,276
Cremation		21,248		11,408		39,837		34,830
		137,926		130,844		380,937		391,533
Brand Solutions:
Graphics Imaging		81,008		78,505		233,958		219,459
Marking and Fulfillment Systems		25,719		23,653		70,087		63,918
Merchandising Solutions		35,330		17,650		71,783		57,741
		142,057		119,808		375,828		341,118
	$	279,983	$	250,652	$	756,765	$	732,651

	Three Months Ended					Nine Months Ended
	June 30,					June 30,
	2014		2013			2014		2013
Operating profit:
Memorialization:
Cemetery Products	$	9,982	$	11,709		$	24,170	$	23,932
Funeral Home Products		7,986		12,089			23,948		29,533
Cremation		4,804		(67	)		4,967		1,405
		22,772		23,731			53,085		54,870
Brand Solutions:
Graphics Imaging		983		4,204			3,334		10,006
Marking and Fulfillment Systems		2,806		2,527			5,776		5,310
Merchandising Solutions		5,631		298			5,885		2,143
		9,420		7,029			14,995		17,459
	$	32,192	$	30,760		$	68,080	$	72,329