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Segment Information (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Dec. 27, 2014
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Net revenues by segment | Net revenues and operating income for each of the Company's reportable segments are as follows:
|  | Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
|  | December 27, 2014 |  | December 28, 2013 |  | December 27, 2014 |  | December 28, 2013
|  | (millions)
Net revenues: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Wholesale |  | $ | 837 |  |  | $ | 840 |  |  | $ | 2,488 |  |  | $ | 2,503 |
Retail |  | 1,149 |  |  | 1,130 |  |  | 3,115 |  |  | 2,953 |
Licensing |  | 47 |  |  | 45 |  |  | 132 |  |  | 127 |
Total net revenues |  | $ | 2,033 |  |  | $ | 2,015 |  |  | $ | 5,735 |  |  | $ | 5,583 |
Net operating income by segment |
|  | Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
|  | December 27, 2014 |  | December 28, 2013 |  | December 27, 2014 |  | December 28, 2013
|  | (millions)
Operating income: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Wholesale |  | $ | 207 |  |  | $ | 217 |  |  | $ | 634 |  |  | $ | 667 |
Retail |  | 194 |  |  | 221 |  |  | 499 |  |  | 521 |
Licensing |  | 42 |  |  | 40 |  |  | 120 |  |  | 115 |
|  | 443 |  |  | 478 |  |  | 1,253 |  |  | 1,303 |
Unallocated corporate expenses |  | (127 | ) |  | (130 | ) |  | (401 | ) |  | (398 | )
Gain on acquisition of Chaps(a) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 16 |
Unallocated restructuring and other charges(b) |  | (1 | ) |  | (14 | ) |  | (7 | ) |  | (16 | )
Total operating income |  | $ | 315 |  |  | $ | 334 |  |  | $ | 845 |  |  | $ | 905 |
(a) | See Note 5 for further discussion of the gain on acquisition of Chaps.
(b) | The fiscal periods presented include certain unallocated restructuring and other charges (see Note 9), which are detailed below:
|  |  | Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
|  |  | December 27, 2014 |  | December 28, 2013 |  | December 27, 2014 |  | December 28, 2013
|  |  | (millions)
| Restructuring charges, net: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Wholesale-related |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (3 | ) |  | $ | — |
| Retail-related |  | (1 | ) |  | — |  |  | (4 | ) |  | — |
| Corporate operations-related |  | — |  |  | (4 | ) |  | — |  |  | (6 | )
| Unallocated restructuring charges, net |  | $ | (1 | ) |  | $ | (4 | ) |  | $ | (7 | ) |  | $ | (6 | )
| Other charges (see Note 9) |  | — |  |  | (10 | ) |  | — |  |  | (10 | )
| Unallocated restructuring and other charges |  | $ | (1 | ) |  | $ | (14 | ) |  | $ | (7 | ) |  | $ | (16 | )
Restructuring and other costs [Table Text Block] |
|  |  | Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
|  |  | December 27, 2014 |  | December 28, 2013 |  | December 27, 2014 |  | December 28, 2013
|  |  | (millions)
| Restructuring charges, net: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Wholesale-related |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (3 | ) |  | $ | — |
| Retail-related |  | (1 | ) |  | — |  |  | (4 | ) |  | — |
| Corporate operations-related |  | — |  |  | (4 | ) |  | — |  |  | (6 | )
| Unallocated restructuring charges, net |  | $ | (1 | ) |  | $ | (4 | ) |  | $ | (7 | ) |  | $ | (6 | )
| Other charges (see Note 9) |  | — |  |  | (10 | ) |  | — |  |  | (10 | )
| Unallocated restructuring and other charges |  | $ | (1 | ) |  | $ | (14 | ) |  | $ | (7 | ) |  | $ | (16 | )
Depreciation and amortization by segment | Depreciation and amortization expense for the Company's reportable segments is as follows:
|  | Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
|  | December 27, 2014 |  | December 28, 2013 |  | December 27, 2014 |  | December 28, 2013
|  | (millions)
Depreciation and amortization: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Wholesale |  | $ | 17 |  |  | $ | 16 |  |  | $ | 51 |  |  | $ | 49 |
Retail |  | 42 |  |  | 33 |  |  | 113 |  |  | 93 |
Unallocated corporate expenses |  | 19 |  |  | 18 |  |  | 55 |  |  | 51 |
Total depreciation and amortization |  | $ | 78 |  |  | $ | 67 |  |  | $ | 219 |  |  | $ | 193 |
Net revenues by geographic location | Net revenues by geographic location of the reporting subsidiary are as follows:
|  | Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
|  | December 27, 2014 |  | December 28, 2013 |  | December 27, 2014 |  | December 28, 2013
|  | (millions)
Net revenues(a): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
The Americas(b) |  | $ | 1,390 |  |  | $ | 1,386 |  |  | $ | 3,838 |  |  | $ | 3,836 |
Europe |  | 409 |  |  | 395 |  |  | 1,221 |  |  | 1,120 |
Asia(c) |  | 234 |  |  | 234 |  |  | 676 |  |  | 627 |
Total net revenues |  | $ | 2,033 |  |  | $ | 2,015 |  |  | $ | 5,735 |  |  | $ | 5,583 |
(a) | Net revenues for certain of the Company's licensed operations are included within the geographic location of the reporting subsidiary which holds the respective license.
(b) | Includes the U.S., Canada, and Latin America. Net revenues earned in the U.S. were $1.317 billion and $3.647 billion during the three-month and nine-month periods ended December 27, 2014, respectively, and $1.320 billion and $3.656 billion during the three-month and nine-month periods ended December 28, 2013, respectively.
(c) | Also includes Australia and New Zealand.

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