Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2013

Certain information relating to the Company’s segments is set forth below:


	Years Ended January 31,
(in thousands)	2013			2012			2011
Net sales:
Americas	$	1,839,969		$	1,805,783		$	1,574,571
Asia-Pacific		810,420			748,214			549,197
Japan		639,185			616,505			546,537
Europe		432,167			421,141			360,831

Total reportable segments		3,721,741			3,591,643			3,031,136
Other		72,508			51,294			54,154

	$	3,794,249		$	3,642,937		$	3,085,290


Earnings (losses) from operations: *
Americas	$	345,917		$	387,951		$	340,331
Asia-Pacific		188,510			205,711			133,448
Japan		204,510			184,767			162,800
Europe		90,955			105,728			88,309

Total reportable segments		829,892			884,157			724,888
Other		(6,254	)		(5,247	)		3,358

	$	823,638		$	878,910		$	728,246

*	Represents earnings (losses) from operations before unallocated corporate expenses, other operating expense and interest expense, financing costs and other income, net.

Reconciliation of Segments' Earnings from Operations to Company's Consolidated Earnings from Operations Before Income Taxes

The following table sets forth reconciliations of the segments’ earnings from operations to the Company’s consolidated earnings from operations before income taxes:


	Years Ended January 31,
(in thousands)	2013			2012			2011
Earnings from operations for segments	$	823,638		$	878,910		$	728,246
Unallocated corporate expenses		(126,421	)		(127,765	)		(115,830	)
Other operating expense		—			(42,719	)		(17,635	)
Interest expense, financing costs and other income, net		(53,641	)		(43,475	)		(47,347	)

Earnings from operations before income taxes	$	643,576		$	664,951		$	547,434

Sales to Unaffiliated Customers and Long-Lived Assets by Geographic Areas

Sales to unaffiliated customers and long-lived assets by geographic areas were as follows:


	Years Ended January 31,
(in thousands)	2013		2012		2011
Net sales:
United States	$	1,696,502	$	1,687,478	$	1,484,505
Japan		639,185		616,505		546,537
Other countries		1,458,562		1,338,954		1,054,248

	$	3,794,249	$	3,642,937	$	3,085,290

Long-lived assets:
United States	$	630,805	$	597,124	$	529,763
Japan		28,971		32,030		31,729
Other countries		200,480		171,014		135,486

	$	860,256	$	800,168	$	696,978

Revenue from External Customers by Products and Services

Classes of Similar Products


	Years Ended January 31,
(in thousands)	2013		2012		2011
Net sales:
Statement, fine & solitaire jewelry	$	700,615	$	655,804	$	534,107
Engagement jewelry & wedding bands		1,093,411		1,058,921		853,488
Silver, gold & RUBEDO^® metal jewelry		1,146,716		1,108,182		985,754
Designer jewelry		531,469		501,290		437,514
All other		322,038		318,740		274,427

	$	3,794,249	$	3,642,937	$	3,085,290

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Tabular disclosure of all significant reconciling items in the reconciliation of total profit or loss from reportable segments, to the entity's consolidated income before income taxes, extraordinary items, and discontinued operations.

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Tabular disclosure of information concerning material long-lived assets (excluding financial instruments, customer relationships with financial institutions, mortgage and other servicing rights, deferred policy acquisition costs, and deferred taxes assets) located in identified geographic areas and/or the amount of revenue from external customers attributed to that country from which revenue is material. An entity may also provide subtotals of geographic information about groups of countries.

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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