Segment reporting (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2019

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Summary of segment information

Segment information is as follows:

	Three Months Ended					Nine Months Ended
	September 28, 2019			September 29, 2018		September 28, 2019		September 29, 2018
Net sales:
Global Ceramic segment	$	916,422		885,773		2,772,805		2,691,618
Flooring NA segment	1,001,908			1,047,540		2,907,327		3,055,468
Flooring ROW segment	600,855			612,487		1,866,028		1,787,930
Intersegment sales	—			—		—		—
Total	$	2,519,185		2,545,800		7,546,160		7,535,016
Operating income (loss):
Global Ceramic segment	$	84,410		118,716		286,886		366,893
Flooring NA segment	80,223			93,369		140,374		268,779
Flooring ROW segment	84,428			84,108		276,392		273,334
Corporate and intersegment eliminations	(8,841		)	(8,949	)	(31,242	)	(27,056	)
Total	$	240,220		287,244		672,410		881,950

	At September 28, 2019		At December 31, 2018
Assets:
Global Ceramic segment	$	5,385,279	5,194,030
Flooring NA segment	4,020,205		3,938,639
Flooring ROW segment	3,736,296		3,666,617
Corporate and intersegment eliminations	250,982		299,837
Total	$	13,392,762	13,099,123