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Goodwill and Other Intangibles (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Goodwill | The change in the carrying amount of goodwill by operating segment for 2014 and 2013 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, 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 |
Acquisition |  |  | 176,182 |  |  |  | 144,148 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 320,330 |
Currency exchange rate impact |  |  | (2,264 | ) |  |  | (6,569 | ) |  |  | (768 | ) |  |  | (9,601 | )
Balance at December 31, 2014 |  | $ | 721,513 |  |  | $ | 459,235 |  |  | $ | 213,220 |  |  | $ | 1,393,968 |
Schedule of Identifiable Intangibles | Identifiable intangibles include the following:
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
|  | (In thousands) |
Nonamortizable identifiable intangibles |  | $ | 498,517 |  |  | $ | 504,241 |
Identifiable intangibles (net of amortization of $103.6 million and $68.3 million at December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively) |  |  | 240,227 |  |  |  | 176,579 |
|  | $ | 738,744 |  |  | $ | 680,820 |

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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=35741047&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=35741047&loc=d3e13854-109267 + Details
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