Segment reporting (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jul. 04, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Summary of segment information

Segment information is as follows:

	Three Months Ended					Six Months Ended
	July 4, 2015			June 28, 2014		July 4, 2015		June 28, 2014
Net sales:
Global Ceramic segment	$	789,802		796,724		1,509,630		1,491,818
Flooring NA segment	920,337			895,912		1,767,248		1,676,243
Flooring ROW segment	331,622			357,738		646,364		695,804
Intersegment sales	(28		)	(2,127	)	(332	)	(2,523	)
	$	2,041,733		2,048,247		3,922,910		3,861,342
Operating income (loss):
Global Ceramic segment	$	121,189		106,407		206,516		167,066
Flooring NA segment	95,143			76,602		19,951		123,955
Flooring ROW segment	53,052			47,398		97,693		78,864
Corporate and intersegment eliminations	(13,568		)	(8,159	)	(24,570	)	(16,902	)
	$	255,816		222,248		299,590		352,983

	July 4, 2015		December 31, 2014
Assets:
Global Ceramic segment	$	3,950,088	3,542,594
Flooring NA segment	3,182,465		2,587,151
Flooring ROW segment	2,710,895		1,909,487
Corporate and intersegment eliminations	322,222		246,312
	$	10,165,670	8,285,544