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Goodwill and Other Intangibles (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Goodwill | The change in the carrying amount of goodwill by operating segment for 2013 and 2012 is shown below. Brand-specific goodwill held by foreign subsidiaries is allocated to the North America and American Girl operating segments selling those brands, thereby causing a foreign currency translation impact for these operating segments.
|  | North America |  |  | International |  |  | American Girl |  |  | Total |
|  | (In thousands) |
Balance at December 31, 2011 |  | $ | 393,905 |  |  | $ | 214,612 |  |  | $ | 213,622 |  |  | $ | 822,139 |
Acquisition |  |  | 151,348 |  |  |  | 100,898 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 252,246 |
Currency exchange rate impact |  |  | 1,645 |  |  |  | 4,659 |  |  |  | 109 |  |  |  | 6,413 |
Balance at December 31, 2012 |  |  | 546,898 |  |  |  | 320,169 |  |  |  | 213,731 |  |  |  | 1,080,798 |
Currency exchange rate impact |  |  | 697 |  |  |  | 1,487 |  |  |  | 257 |  |  |  | 2,441 |
Balance at December 31, 2013 |  | $ | 547,595 |  |  | $ | 321,656 |  |  | $ | 213,988 |  |  | $ | 1,083,239 |
Schedule of Identifiable Intangibles | Identifiable intangibles include the following:
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Nonamortizable identifiable intangibles |  | $ | 504,241 |  |  | $ | 617,223 |
Identifiable intangibles (net of amortization of $68.3 million and $64.9 million at December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively) |  |  | 176,579 |  |  |  | 88,786 |
|  | $ | 680,820 |  |  | $ | 706,009 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of goodwill by reportable segment and in total which includes a rollforward schedule. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=14024403&loc=d3e13816-109267 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=14024403&loc=d3e13854-109267 + Details
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