Segment reporting (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Oct. 01, 2016

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Summary of segment information

Segment information is as follows:

	Three Months Ended					Nine Months Ended
	October 1, 2016			October 3, 2015		October 1, 2016		October 3, 2015
Net sales:
Global Ceramic segment	$	822,040		791,538		2,425,560		2,301,168
Flooring NA segment	1,008,553			955,099		2,895,610		2,722,347
Flooring ROW segment	463,546			404,026		1,455,351		1,050,390
Intersegment sales	—			(7	)	—		(339	)
	$	2,294,139		2,150,656		6,776,521		6,073,566
Operating income (loss):
Global Ceramic segment	$	135,985		120,055		376,368		326,571
Flooring NA segment	170,507			125,910		364,804		145,861
Flooring ROW segment	81,757			55,471		262,356		153,164
Corporate and intersegment eliminations	(9,942		)	(12,702	)	(28,857	)	(37,272	)
	$	378,307		288,734		974,671		588,324

	October 1, 2016		December 31, 2015
Assets:
Global Ceramic segment	$	4,118,510	3,846,133
Flooring NA segment	3,354,286		3,164,525
Flooring ROW segment	2,851,227		2,805,246
Corporate and intersegment eliminations	96,570		118,496
	$	10,420,593	9,934,400