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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Schedule of Estimated Useful Lives

The range of estimated useful lives is as follows:

Buildings and improvements			5 to 40 years
Service equipment			5 to 15 years
Furniture, office equipment, signs and fixtures			3 to 10 years

Property and equipment consisted of the following:

						December 31,
($ in millions)						2023						2022
Land						$	1,282.0					$	1,149.9
Building and improvements						2,274.2						2,027.8
Service equipment						222.2						185.8
Furniture, office equipment, signs and fixtures						742.5						650.3
						4,520.9						4,013.8
Less accumulated depreciation						(646.7)						(526.8)
						3,874.2						3,487.0
Construction in progress						107.2						87.6
						$	3,981.4					$	3,574.6

Schedule of Advertising Expense and Manufacturer Cooperative Advertising Credits

Advertising expense and manufacturer cooperative advertising credits were as follows:

						Year Ended December 31,
($ in millions)						2023						2022						2021
Advertising expense, gross						$	302.4					$	299.9					$	197.8
Manufacturer cooperative advertising credits						(54.2)						(46.3)						(35.6)
Advertising expense, net						$	248.2					$	253.6					$	162.2

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Disclosure of accounting policy for advertising costs that are expensed, indicating whether such costs are expensed as incurred or the first period in which the advertising takes place and the offsetting cash consideration received from a vendor arising from cooperative advertising arrangements against advertising expense when such consideration represents a reimbursement of a specific, incremental, identifiable cost incurred by the entity in selling the vendor's products or services.

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Tabular disclosure of physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, balances by class of assets, depreciation and depletion expense and method used, including composite depreciation, and accumulated deprecation.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-SubTopic 10
-Topic 360
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147482099/360-10-50-1

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