SEGMENT REPORTING | NOTE E. SEGMENT REPORTING We have two reportable segments, e-commerce and retail. The e-commerce segment has the following merchandising strategies: Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, West Elm, PBteen, Williams-Sonoma Home, Rejuvenation and Mark and Graham, which sell our products through our e-commerce websites and direct-mail catalogs. Our e-commerce merchandising strategies are operating segments, which have been aggregated into one reportable segment, e-commerce. The retail segment has the following merchandising strategies: Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, West Elm and Rejuvenation, which sell our products through our retail stores. Our retail merchandising strategies are operating segments, which have been aggregated into one reportable segment, retail. Management’s expectation is that the overall economic characteristics of each of our operating segments will be similar over time based on management’s judgment that the operating segments have had similar historical economic characteristics and are expected to have similar long-term financial performance in the future. These reportable segments are strategic business units that offer similar products for the home. They are managed separately because the business units utilize two distinct distribution and marketing strategies. Based on management’s best estimate, our operating segments include allocations of certain expenses, including advertising and employment costs, to the extent they have been determined to benefit both channels. These operating segments are aggregated at the channel level for reporting purposes due to the fact that our brands are interdependent for economies of scale and we do not maintain fully allocated income statements at the brand level. As a result, material financial decisions related to the brands are made at the channel level. Furthermore, it is not practicable for us to report revenue by product group. We use operating income to evaluate segment profitability. Operating income is defined as earnings (loss) before net interest income (expense) and income taxes. Unallocated costs before interest and income taxes include corporate employee-related costs, occupancy expenses (including depreciation expense), administrative costs and third-party service costs, primarily in our corporate administrative and systems departments. Unallocated assets include corporate cash and cash equivalents, prepaid expenses, the net book value of corporate facilities and related information systems, and other corporate long-lived assets. Income tax information by reportable segment has not been included as income taxes are calculated at a company-wide level and are not allocated to each reportable segment. Segment Information In thousands E-commerce Retail Unallocated Total Thirteen weeks ended July 31, 2016 Net revenues 1 $ 599,683 $ 559,346 $ — $ 1,159,029 Depreciation and amortization expense 7,989 21,339 12,801 42,129 Operating income (loss) 132,733 33,217 (82,674 ) 83,276 Capital expenditures 4,593 25,127 20,008 49,728 Thirteen weeks ended August 2, 2015 Net revenues 1 $ 569,913 $ 557,115 $ — $ 1,127,028 Depreciation and amortization expense 8,198 20,403 13,154 41,755 Operating income (loss) 122,461 40,503 (79,621 ) 83,343 Capital expenditures 4,582 23,265 18,618 46,465 Twenty-six weeks ended July 31, 2016 Net revenues 1 $ 1,175,917 $ 1,080,929 $ — $ 2,256,846 Depreciation and amortization expense 15,603 42,088 25,678 83,369 Operating income (loss) 2 264,278 63,342 (180,819 ) 146,801 Assets 3 627,532 1,051,184 694,848 2,373,564 Capital expenditures 8,442 38,879 30,556 77,877 Twenty-six weeks ended August 2, 2015 Net revenues 1 $ 1,102,486 $ 1,055,218 $ — $ 2,157,704 Depreciation and amortization expense 16,300 40,553 26,380 83,233 Operating income (loss) 250,035 68,629 (163,393 ) 155,271 Assets 3 658,803 1,101,441 635,727 2,395,971 Capital expenditures 8,518 43,193 35,138 86,849 1 Includes net revenues related to our international operations (including our operations in Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom and our franchise businesses) of approximately $80.0 million and $66.9 million for the thirteen weeks ended July 31, 2016 and August 2, 2015, respectively, and $149.7 million and $121.7 million for the twenty-six weeks ended July 31, 2016 and August 2, 2015, respectively. 2 Includes $13.2 million of severance-related reorganization charges due to a reduction of headcount in the first quarter of fiscal 2016, primarily in our corporate functions, which is recorded as selling, general and administrative expense within the unallocated segment. 3 Includes long-term assets related to our international operations of approximately $60.7 million and $60.0 million as of July 31, 2016 and August 2, 2015, respectively. |