Segment Data | Segment Data The Company currently operates three business segments, retail, direct and manufacturing. The operating segments are segments of the Company for which separate financial information is available and for which operating results are evaluated regularly by executive management in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. The Company's management evaluates segment operating results based on several indicators. The primary key performance indicators are sales and operating income for each segment. The table below represents key financial information for each of the Company's business segments as well as corporate costs. The retail segment primarily includes the Company's retail stores. The retail segment generates revenue primarily through the sale of VMS products through Vitamin Shoppe and Super Supplements retail stores in the United States and Puerto Rico. The direct segment generates revenue through the sale of VMS products primarily through the Company's websites. The Company's websites offer customers online access to a full assortment of approximately 17,000 SKUs. The manufacturing segment supplies the retail and direct segments, along with various third parties, with finished products for sale. Corporate costs represent all other expenses not allocated to the retail, direct or manufacturing segments which include, but are not limited to: human resources, legal, retail management, direct management, finance, information technology, depreciation (primarily related to assets utilized by the retail and direct business segments as well as corporate assets) and amortization, and various other corporate level activity related expenses. Intercompany sales transactions are eliminated in consolidation. The Company’s segments are designed to allocate resources internally and provide a framework to determine management responsibility. The accounting policies of the segments are consistent with those described in Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the Fiscal 2015 Form 10-K. The Company has allocated $165.3 million , $45.3 million and $32.6 million of its recorded goodwill to the retail, direct and manufacturing segments, respectively. The Company does not have identifiable assets separated by segment, with the exception of the identifiable assets of the manufacturing segment which were $89.9 million and $88.4 million as of September 24, 2016 and December 26, 2015, respectively. Capital expenditures for the manufacturing segment for the nine months ended September 24, 2016 and September 26, 2015 were approximately $1.9 million and $3.0 million , respectively. At September 24, 2016 and December 26, 2015 , long lived assets of the manufacturing segment were $59.5 million and $60.4 million , respectively. Depreciation and amortization expense, included in selling, general and administrative expenses, for the manufacturing segment during the three months ended September 24, 2016 and September 26, 2015 was approximately $0.5 million and $0.4 million , respectively. Depreciation and amortization expense, included in selling, general and administrative expenses, for the manufacturing segment during the nine months ended September 24, 2016 and September 26, 2015 was approximately $1.4 million and $1.1 million , respectively. The following table contains key financial information of the Company’s business segments (in thousands): Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended September 24, 2016 September 26, 2015 September 24, 2016 September 26, 2015 Net sales: Retail $ 270,756 $ 270,213 $ 847,058 $ 836,396 Direct 30,321 31,254 98,946 96,444 Manufacturing 24,357 20,693 65,695 67,185 Segment net sales 325,434 322,160 1,011,699 1,000,025 Elimination of intersegment revenues (10,547 ) (8,274 ) (27,321 ) (26,966 ) Net sales $ 314,887 $ 313,886 $ 984,378 $ 973,059 Income (Loss) from operations: Retail $ 45,397 $ 47,890 $ 152,529 $ 155,562 Direct 4,498 5,324 14,184 15,976 Manufacturing (1) (734 ) (222 ) (2,818 ) (1,433 ) Corporate costs (2) (28,888 ) (29,635 ) (95,636 ) (92,229 ) Income from operations $ 20,273 $ 23,357 $ 68,259 $ 77,876 (1) Manufacturing loss from operations for the nine months ended September 26, 2015 includes a $1.4 million charge for accounts receivable for one wholesale customer which were deemed uncollectible. (2) Corporate costs include (in thousands): Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended September 24, 2016 September 26, 2015 September 24, 2016 September 26, 2015 Depreciation and amortization expenses $ 8,828 $ 9,323 $ 27,462 $ 27,359 Canada stores closing costs (a) (906 ) — 2,057 — Cost reduction project (b) 2,269 — 3,761 — Super Supplements conversion costs (c) — — 1,275 — Reinvention strategy costs (d) — 1,026 541 1,026 Management realignment charges (e) — — — 2,174 Integration costs (f) — 617 — 1,387 (a) Charges primarily related to lease terminations. The credit during the three months ended September 24, 2016 relates to a reversal of lease liabilities previously accrued. (b) Outside consulting costs relating to a project to identify and implement cost reduction opportunities. (c) Costs primarily related to the closure of the Seattle distribution center. (d) The costs represent outside consultants fees in connection with the Company’s “reinvention strategy”. (e) Management realignment charges primarily consist of severance, sign-on bonuses, recruiting and relocation costs. (f) Represents integration costs related to the acquisition of Nutri-Force, consisting primarily of professional fees. |