SEGMENT AND RELATED INFORMATION

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Segment and Related Information [Abstract]

Segment and Related Information

12. SEGMENT AND RELATED INFORMATION

The Company operates and is internally managed in two operating segments, Technology Products and Industrial Products. The Company's chief operating decision-maker is the Company's Chief Executive Officer. The Company evaluates segment performance based on income from operations before net interest, foreign exchange gains and losses, special (gains) charges and income taxes. Corporate costs not identified with the disclosed segments are grouped as “Corporate and other.” The chief operating decision-maker reviews assets and makes significant capital expenditure decisions for the Company on a consolidated basis only. The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those of the Company described in Note 1.

Financial information relating to the Company's operations by reportable segment was as follows (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2011			2010			2009
Net Sales:
Technology Products	$	3,358,754		$	3,337,635		$	2,966,657
Industrial Products		319,919			250,036			196,129
Corporate and other		3,366			2,318			3,209
Consolidated	$	3,682,039		$	3,589,989		$	3,165,995
Depreciation and Amortization Expense:
Technology Products	$	15,039		$	12,117		$	10,112
Industrial Products		1,261			1,556			1,476
Corporate and other		1,157			807			765
Consolidated	$	17,457		$	14,480		$	12,353
Operating Income (Loss):
Technology Products	$	67,954		$	65,006		$	88,617
Industrial Products		34,596			23,814			15,415
Corporate and other		(22,023	)		(20,075	)		(30,403	)
Consolidated	$	80,527		$	68,745		$	73,629
Total Assets
Technology Products	$	541,123		$	573,977		$	524,540
Industrial Products		163,766			136,909			103,370
Corporate and other		184,773			183,214			188,991
Consolidated	$	889,662		$	894,100		$	816,901

Financial information relating to the Company's operations by geographic area was as follows (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2011		2010		2009
Net Sales:
United States	$	2,354,677	$	2,329,530	$	2,129,643
United Kingdom		442,518		418,865		358,742
Other Europe		657,307		628,110		489,778
Other North America		227,537		213,484		187,832
Consolidated	$	3,682,039	$	3,589,989	$	3,165,995
Long-lived Assets:
United States	$	50,624	$	51,532	$	37,981
United Kingdom		15,433		15,953		17,223
Other Europe and Asia		2,524		3,417		8,515
Other North America		2,118		2,863		1,879
Consolidated	$	70,699	$	73,765	$	65,598

Net sales are attributed to countries based on location of selling subsidiary.

Financial information relating to the Company's entity-wide product category sales was as follows (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2011		%			2010		%			2009		%
Product Category:
Computers	$	1,048.9		29	%	$	879.2		25	%	$	721.2		23	%
Computer accessories & software		1,025.0		28	%		982.8		27	%		846.9		27	%
Consumer electronics		746.5		20	%		856.3		24	%		791.8		25	%
Computer components		453.8		12	%		551.0		15	%		550.4		17	%
Industrial products		319.9		9	%		250.0		7	%		196.1		6	%
Other		87.9		2	%		70.7		2	%		59.6		2	%
Consolidated	$	3,682.0		100.0	%	$	3,590.0		100	%	$	3,166.0		100.0	%