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RESTRUCTURING RESERVES | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract] |
RESTRUCTURING RESERVES | RESTRUCTURING RESERVES The Company continues to evaluate performance and take restructuring actions such as the consolidation of the contact center network in the U.S., branch closures in the U.S. and Canada, the disposition of under performing assets in the U.S. and Canada and the wind-down of operations in Colombia which is part of the Other businesses. The purpose of these initiatives is to reduce costs in the U.S. and to streamline and focus on profitability in Canada and Other Businesses. The restructuring costs, net of gains, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 are as follows (in thousands of dollars):
| Three Months Ended September 30, 2017 |  | Three Months Ended September 30, 2016
| Cost of merchandise sold |  | Warehousing, marketing and administrative expenses |  | Total |  | Cost of merchandise sold |  | Warehousing, marketing and administrative expenses |  | Total
|  | Involuntary employee termination costs |  | Other charges (gains) |  |  |  | Involuntary employee termination costs |  | Other charges (gains) |
United States | $ | (100 | ) |  | $ | 10,917 |  |  | $ | (2,873 | ) |  | $ | 7,944 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3,511 |  |  | $ | 1,926 |  |  | $ | 5,437 |
Canada | — |  |  | 1,882 |  |  | 3,055 |  |  | 4,937 |  |  | 548 |  |  | 3,119 |  |  | 700 |  |  | 4,367 |
Other Businesses | 581 |  |  | 73 |  |  | (864 | ) |  | (210 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total | $ | 481 |  |  | $ | 12,872 |  |  | $ | (682 | ) |  | $ | 12,671 |  |  | $ | 548 |  |  | $ | 6,630 |  |  | $ | 2,626 |  |  | $ | 9,804 |
| Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017 |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
| Cost of merchandise sold |  | Warehousing, marketing and administrative expenses |  | Total |  | Cost of merchandise sold |  | Warehousing, marketing and administrative expenses |  | Total
|  | Involuntary employee termination costs |  | Other charges (gains) |  |  |  | Involuntary employee termination costs |  | Other charges (gains) |
United States | $ | (100 | ) |  | $ | 19,459 |  |  | $ | (17,634 | ) |  | $ | 1,725 |  |  | $ | 3,100 |  |  | $ | 18,342 |  |  | $ | (8,949 | ) |  | $ | 12,493 |
Canada | 2,574 |  |  | 9,842 |  |  | 14,093 |  |  | 26,509 |  |  | 11,452 |  |  | 13,194 |  |  | 700 |  |  | 25,346 |
Other Businesses | 581 |  |  | 3,595 |  |  | 37,124 |  |  | 41,300 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Unallocated | — |  |  | — |  |  |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 8,947 |  |  | 8,947 |
Total | $ | 3,055 |  |  | $ | 32,896 |  |  | $ | 33,583 |  |  | $ | 69,534 |  |  | $ | 14,552 |  |  | $ | 31,536 |  |  | $ | 698 |  |  | $ | 46,786 |
Other charges (gains) primarily includes gains from the sales of branches partially offset by asset write-downs in the U. S., assets write-downs in Canada and $16 million of accumulated foreign currency translations losses from the wind-down of Colombia reclassified from Accumulated other comprehensive losses to earnings in Other Businesses. The following summarizes the restructuring reserve activity (in thousands of dollars):
| Current assets write-downs |  | Fixed assets write - downs and disposals |  | Involuntary employee termination costs |  | Lease termination costs |  | Other costs |  | Total
Reserves as of December 30, 2016 | $ | 167 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 24,541 |  |  | $ | 3,125 |  |  | $ | 511 |  |  | $ | 28,344 |
Restructuring costs, net of (gains) | 9,775 |  |  | (5,987 | ) |  | 32,896 |  |  | 2,512 |  |  | 30,338 |  |  | 69,534 |
Cash (paid) received | (865 | ) |  | 18,793 |  |  | (24,370 | ) |  | (2,575 | ) |  | (5,620 | ) |  | (14,637 | )
Translation | (82 | ) |  | 3 |  |  | 843 |  |  | (11 | ) |  | (196 | ) |  | 557 |
Other | — |  |  | (12,809 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (17,230 | ) |  | (30,039 | )
Reserves as of September 30, 2017 | $ | 8,995 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 33,910 |  |  | $ | 3,051 |  |  | $ | 7,803 |  |  | $ | 53,759 |
The amounts incurred net of gains in connection with the restructuring activities are as follows (in thousands of dollars):
| Cumulative amount incurred to date |  | Additional amount expected
United States | $ | 61,814 |  |  | $ | — |
Canada | 26,509 |  |  | 11,270 |
Other Businesses | 41,300 |  |  | — |
Total | $ | 129,623 |  |  | $ | 11,270 |

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