Segment Data

The presentation of segment information reflects the manner in which management organizes segments for making operating decisions and assessing performance. On this basis, the company has determined it has three reportable business segments: Professional, Residential, and Distribution. The Distribution segment, which consists of a wholly-owned domestic distributorship, has been combined with the company’s corporate activities and elimination of intersegment revenues and expenses that is shown as "Other" in the following tables due to the insignificance of the segment.

The following tables present the summarized financial information concerning the company’s reportable segments:



(Dollars in thousands)
Three Months Ended August 3, 2018	Professional		Residential		Other			Total
Net sales	$	482,494	$	166,513	$	6,814		$	655,821
Intersegment gross sales	6,772		90		(6,862		)	—
Earnings (loss) before income taxes	$	97,716	$	16,002	$	(20,443	)	$	93,275



(Dollars in thousands)
Three Months Ended August 4, 2017	Professional		Residential		Other			Total
Net sales	$	468,564	$	152,127	$	7,252		$	627,943
Intersegment gross sales	6,577		78		(6,655		)	—
Earnings (loss) before income taxes	$	97,368	$	11,360	$	(20,345	)	$	88,383



(Dollars in thousands)
Nine Months Ended August 3, 2018	Professional		Residential		Other			Total
Net sales	$	1,546,536	$	521,189	$	11,622		$	2,079,347
Intersegment gross sales	23,894		253		(24,147		)	—
Earnings (loss) before income taxes	338,607		58,019		(67,800		)	328,826
Total assets	$	919,800	$	207,930	$	407,027		$	1,534,757



(Dollars in thousands)
Nine Months Ended August 4, 2017	Professional		Residential		Other			Total
Net sales	$	1,451,269	$	550,651	$	14,629		$	2,016,549
Intersegment gross sales	23,767		270		(24,037		)	—
Earnings (loss) before income taxes	314,545		62,965		(71,253		)	306,257
Total assets	$	852,919	$	207,452	$	509,173		$	1,569,544

The following table presents the details of the Other segment operating loss before income taxes:



	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
(Dollars in thousands)	August 3, 2018			August 4, 2017			August 3, 2018			August 4, 2017
Corporate expenses	$	(21,597	)	$	(22,174	)	$	(67,094	)	$	(72,385	)
Interest expense	(4,676		)	(4,750		)	(14,214		)	(14,309		)
Other income	5,830			6,579			13,508			15,441
Total Other segment operating loss before income taxes	$	(20,443	)	$	(20,345	)	$	(67,800	)	$	(71,253	)