Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Segment Information

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Segment Information
9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014
Segment Information [Abstract]  
Segment Information
Note 11.   Segment Information

The Company's products and operations consist of two principal businesses that are comprised of three operating segments each, as described under Nature of Operations (Note 1):  Memorialization (Cemetery Products, Funeral Home Products, Cremation) and Brand Solutions (Graphics Imaging, Marking and Fulfillment Systems, Merchandising Solutions).  Management evaluates segment performance based on operating profit (before income taxes) and does not allocate non-operating items such as investment income, interest expense, other income (deductions), net and minority interests.

Information about the Company's segments follows:

   
Three Months Ended
   
Nine Months Ended
 
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
 
 
 
2014
   
2013
   
2014
   
2013
 
Sales to external customers:
                       
Memorialization:
                       
Cemetery Products
  $ 58,622     $ 60,913     $ 161,307     $ 169,427  
Funeral Home Products
    58,056       58,523       179,793       187,276  
Cremation
    21,248       11,408       39,837       34,830  
      137,926       130,844       380,937       391,533  
Brand Solutions:
                               
Graphics Imaging
    81,008       78,505       233,958       219,459  
Marking and Fulfillment Systems
    25,719       23,653       70,087       63,918  
Merchandising Solutions
    35,330       17,650       71,783       57,741  
      142,057       119,808       375,828       341,118  
                                 
    $ 279,983     $ 250,652     $ 756,765     $ 732,651  


   
Three Months Ended
   
Nine Months Ended
 
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
 
 
 
2014
   
2013
   
2014
   
2013
 
Operating profit:
                       
Memorialization:
                       
Cemetery Products
  $ 9,982     $ 11,709     $ 24,170     $ 23,932  
Funeral Home Products
    7,986       12,089       23,948       29,533  
Cremation
    4,804       (67 )     4,967       1,405  
      22,772       23,731       53,085       54,870  
Brand Solutions:
                               
Graphics Imaging
    983       4,204       3,334       10,006  
Marking and Fulfillment Systems
    2,806       2,527       5,776       5,310  
Merchandising Solutions
    5,631       298       5,885       2,143  
      9,420       7,029       14,995       17,459  
                                 
    $ 32,192     $ 30,760     $ 68,080     $ 72,329