Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of operating segment information

The following tables present operating segment information for the three years ending September 30, 2015, 2014 and 2013, including reclassifications discussed in Note 1.

	Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2015
	U.S. Pawn			Mexico Pawn			Grupo Finmart			Other International			Total Segments			Corporate Items			Consolidated
	(in thousands)
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	$	334,635		$	65,408		$	—		$	2,075		$	402,118		$	—		$	402,118
Jewelry scrapping sales	54,343			3,267			—			363			57,973			—			57,973
Pawn service charges	216,211			30,993			—			—			247,204			—			247,204
Consumer loan fees and interest	—			—			68,114			9,952			78,066			—			78,066
Other revenues	945			1,021			255			787			3,008			—			3,008
Total revenues	606,134			100,689			68,369			13,177			788,369			—			788,369
Merchandise cost of goods sold	218,953			47,371			—			1,465			267,789			—			267,789
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	42,845			2,954			—			267			46,066			—			46,066
Consumer loan bad debt	—			—			26,446			3,125			29,571			—			29,571
Net revenues	344,336			50,364			41,923			8,320			444,943			—			444,943
Operating expenses (income):
Operations	244,232			43,927			32,664			6,780			327,603			—			327,603
Administrative	—			—			—			—			—			72,986			72,986
Depreciation and amortization	15,227			4,440			2,584			616			22,867			10,676			33,543
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets	995			258			—			(1		)	1,252			1,407			2,659
Interest expense	60			15			25,817			—			25,892			16,310			42,202
Interest income	(42		)	(78		)	(1,330		)	—			(1,450		)	(158		)	(1,608		)
Equity in net loss of unconsolidated affiliates	—			—			—			5,473			5,473			—			5,473
Impairment of investments	—			—			—			29,237			29,237			—			29,237
Restructuring	4,016			799			—			2,563			7,378			9,702			17,080
Other expense	—			1,988			4,424			7			6,419			192			6,611
Segment contribution (loss)	$	79,848		$	(985	)	$	(22,236	)	$	(36,355	)	$	20,272
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes													$	20,272		$	(111,115	)	$	(90,843	)

	Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2014
	U.S. Pawn			Mexico Pawn			Grupo Finmart			Other International			Total Segments			Corporate Items			Consolidated
	(in thousands)
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	$	325,337		$	60,302		$	—		$	2,383		$	388,022		$	—		$	388,022
Jewelry scrapping sales	89,471			6,302			—			468			96,241			—			96,241
Pawn service charges	217,891			30,487			—			—			248,378			—			248,378
Consumer loan fees and interest	—			—			53,377			10,325			63,702			—			63,702
Other revenues	1,377			1,016			1,145			411			3,949			—			3,949
Total revenues	634,076			98,107			54,522			13,587			800,292			—			800,292
Merchandise cost of goods sold	205,144			42,044			—			1,449			248,637			—			248,637
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	66,713			5,807			—			310			72,830			—			72,830
Consumer loan bad debt	5			—			19,605			2,441			22,051			—			22,051
Net revenues	362,214			50,256			34,917			9,387			456,774			—			456,774
Operating expenses (income):
Operations	236,225			48,907			32,184			8,605			325,921			—			325,921
Administrative	—			—			—			—			—			79,944			79,944
Depreciation and amortization	13,333			5,374			2,503			817			22,027			9,735			31,762
(Gain) loss on sale or disposal of assets	(6,809		)	27			—			(23		)	(6,805		)	964			(5,841		)
Interest expense	3			25			20,478			—			20,506			7,883			28,389
Interest income	(18		)	(3		)	(999		)	—			(1,020		)	(278		)	(1,298		)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates	—			—			—			(5,948		)	(5,948		)	—			(5,948		)
Impairment of investments	—			—			—			7,940			7,940			—			7,940
Restructuring	—			—			—			—			—			6,664			6,664
Other expense (income)	1			116			(121		)	109			105			375			480
Segment contribution (loss)	$	119,479		$	(4,190	)	$	(19,128	)	$	(2,113	)	$	94,048
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes													$	94,048		$	(105,287	)	$	(11,239	)

	Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2013
	U.S. Pawn			Mexico Pawn			Grupo Finmart			Other International			Total Segments			Corporate Items			Consolidated
	(in thousands)
Revenues:
Merchandise sales	$	308,462		$	57,564		$	—		$	2,059		$	368,085		$	—		$	368,085
Jewelry scrapping sales	122,484			8,540			—			651			131,675			—			131,675
Pawn service charges	221,775			29,579			—			—			251,354			—			251,354
Consumer loan fees and interest	—			—			42,527			9,334			51,861			—			51,861
Other revenues	1,438			1,017			1,959			2,136			6,550			—			6,550
Total revenues	654,159			96,700			44,486			14,180			809,525			—			809,525
Merchandise cost of goods sold	182,071			35,470			—			1,076			218,617			—			218,617
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold	88,212			7,496			—			407			96,115			—			96,115
Consumer loan bad debt	—			—			11,714			2,646			14,360			—			14,360
Net revenues	383,876			53,734			32,772			10,051			480,433			—			480,433
Operating expenses (income):
Operations	229,115			44,775			17,593			10,205			301,688			—			301,688
Administrative	—			—			—			—			—			70,493			70,493
Depreciation and amortization	12,111			4,706			2,227			849			19,893			8,203			28,096
Loss on sale or disposal of assets	105			17			—			45			167			1,133			1,300
Interest expense	52			85			11,929			—			12,066			4,123			16,189
Interest income	(7		)	(66		)	(669		)	—			(742		)	(250		)	(992		)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates	—			—			—			(13,240		)	(13,240		)	—			(13,240		)
Impairment of investments	—			—			—			43,198			43,198			—			43,198
Other expense (income)	1			33			(251		)	1,549			1,332			745			2,077
Segment contribution (loss)	$	142,499		$	4,184		$	1,943		$	(32,555	)	$	116,071
Income from continuing operations before income taxes													$	116,071		$	(84,447	)	$	31,624

Reconciliation of segment assets to consolidated

The following table presents separately identified segment assets:

	U.S. Pawn		Mexico Pawn		Grupo Finmart		Other International		Total
	(in thousands)
Assets as of September 30, 2015
Cash and cash equivalents	$	4,812	$	3,662	$	2,880	$	812	$	12,166
Restricted cash	—		—		14,992		—		14,992
Pawn loans	143,500		16,464		—		—		159,964
Consumer loans, net	—		—		31,824		2,396		34,220
Service charges and fees receivable, net	28,338		2,544		19,105		205		50,192
Inventory, net	107,568		16,502		—		14		124,084
Investment in unconsolidated affiliate	—		—		—		56,182		56,182
Property and equipment, net	42,717		12,985		1,656		815		58,173
Restricted cash, non-current	—		—		2,883		—		2,883
Non-current consumer loans, net	—		—		75,824		—		75,824
Goodwill	244,330		7,316		75,814		—		327,460
Intangibles, net	14,208		338		13,195		8		27,749
Total separately identified segment assets	$	585,473	$	59,811	$	238,173	$	60,432	$	943,889

	U.S. Pawn		Mexico Pawn		Grupo Finmart		Other International		Total
	(in thousands)
Assets as of September 30, 2014
Cash and cash equivalents	$	6,000	$	3,904	$	5,405	$	1,690	$	16,999
Restricted cash	—		—		63,495		—		63,495
Pawn loans	145,258		17,186		—		—		162,444
Consumer loans, net	—		—		39,769		2,596		42,365
Service charges and fees receivable, net	28,374		2,468		7,172		548		38,562
Inventory, net	114,793		22,790		—		582		138,165
Investment in unconsolidated affiliate	—		—		—		91,781		91,781
Property and equipment, net	50,660		21,987		1,707		2,544		76,898
Restricted cash, non-current	—		—		5,070		—		5,070
Non-current consumer loans, net	—		—		85,004		—		85,004
Goodwill	228,629		11,418		95,980		—		336,027
Intangibles, net	13,697		609		21,051		1,379		36,736
Total separately identified segment assets	$	587,411	$	80,362	$	324,653	$	101,120	$	1,093,546
	U.S. Pawn		Mexico Pawn		Grupo Finmart		Other International		Total
	(in thousands)
Assets as of September 30, 2013
Cash and cash equivalents	$	4,632	$	5,284	$	4,328	$	1,093	$	15,337
Restricted cash	—		—		9,176		—		9,176
Pawn loans	142,930		13,707		—		—		156,637
Consumer loans, net	—		—		29,367		2,890		32,257
Service charges and fees receivable, net	28,250		1,823		12,143		610		42,826
Inventory, net	120,814		23,833		—		548		145,195
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates	—		—		—		97,085		97,085
Property and equipment, net	52,804		26,191		2,007		3,245		84,247
Restricted cash, non-current	—		—		3,509		—		3,509
Non-current consumer loans, net	—		303		65,185		—		65,488
Goodwill	228,629		11,717		98,492		—		338,838
Intangibles, net	15,209		2,653		21,383		1,453		40,698
Total separately identified segment assets	$	593,268	$	85,511	$	245,590	$	106,924	$	1,031,293

The following table reconciles separately identified recorded segment assets, as shown above, to our consolidated total assets:

	September 30,
	2015		2014		2013
	(in thousands)
Total separately identified recorded segment assets	$	943,889	$	1,093,546	$	1,031,293
Corporate assets*	268,341		316,998		301,675
Total assets	$	1,212,230	$	1,410,544	$	1,332,968

* Fiscal years 2015, 2014 and 2013 include assets related to discontinued financial services of $4.6 million, $57.8 million and $153.2 million, respectively. See Note 2 for further discussion of discontinued operations.

Schedule of revenues by geographic information

The following tables provide geographic information required by FASB ASC 280-10-50-41:

	Fiscal Year Ended September 30,
	2015		2014		2013
	(in thousands)
Revenues:
United States	$	606,134	$	634,097	$	654,160
Mexico	169,058		152,629		141,186
Canada	13,177		13,566		12,640
United Kingdom	—		—		1,539
	$	788,369	$	800,292	$	809,525

Schedule of long-lived assets by geographic information

	September 30,
	2015		2014		2013
	(in thousands)
Long-lived assets:
United States	$	341,052	$	360,203	$	404,723
Mexico	111,610		153,214		162,914
Canada	826		3,787		4,755
United Kingdom	—		—		42,538
Other	—		1,359		42
	$	453,488	$	518,563	$	614,972