SEGMENT REPORTING | NOTE E. SEGMENT REPORTING We have two reportable segments, e-commerce and retail. The e-commerce segment has the following merchandise 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 merchandise strategies are operating segments, which have been aggregated into one reportable segment, e-commerce. The retail segment, which includes our franchise operations, has the following merchandise strategies: Williams Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, West Elm and Rejuvenation, which sell our products through our retail stores. Our retail merchandise 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, deferred income taxes and other corporate long-lived assets. Income taxes are calculated at an entity level and are not allocated to our reportable segments. Segment Information In thousands E-commerce Retail Unallocated Total Thirteen weeks ended July 30, 2017 Net revenues 1 $ 630,793 $ 570,813 $ — $ 1,201,606 Depreciation and amortization expense 6,788 22,385 15,925 45,098 Operating income (loss) 135,139 34,592 (88,147 ) 81,584 Capital expenditures 8,119 23,288 19,167 50,574 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 Twenty-six weeks ended July 30, 2017 Net revenues 1 $ 1,211,303 $ 1,101,810 $ — $ 2,313,113 Depreciation and amortization expense 13,755 44,727 31,566 90,048 Operating income (loss) 2 267,143 56,306 (179,391 ) 144,058 Assets 3 672,522 1,129,925 677,413 2,479,860 Capital expenditures 10,989 39,785 31,953 82,727 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 1 Includes net revenues related to our international operations (including our operations in Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom and our franchise businesses) of approximately $80.6 million and $80.0 million for the thirteen weeks ended July 30, 2017 and July 31, 2016, respectively, and $150.0 million and $149.7 million for the twenty-six weeks ended July 30, 2017 and July 31, 2016, respectively. 2 Includes $5.7 million and $13.2 million of severance-related charges for the twenty-six weeks ended July 30, 2017 and July 31, 2016, respectively, primarily in our corporate functions, which is recorded in selling, general and administrative expenses within the unallocated segment. 3 Includes long-term assets related to our international operations of approximately $61.9 million and $60.7 million as of July 30, 2017 and July 31, 2016, respectively. |