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Business Segments And Foreign Operations
 3 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 2011
Business Segments And Foreign Operations [Abstract]  
Business Segments And Foreign Operations

Note 14. Business Segments and Foreign Operations

The Company evaluates the performance of its segments and allocates resources to them based on sales, operating income and expected return. The Company is organized based on geographic location. Segment data does not include inter-segment revenues and incorporates corporate expenses into the Americas segment, with the exception of certain research and development expenses which the Europe segment started to incur during fiscal year 2011. All such corporate expenses are not allocated to other segments because the Company's segments are run independently. As a result, there are few costs that could be considered only corporate expenses that would qualify for allocation to other segments. The most significant portion of corporate expenses relates to the Americas segment both as a percentage of time and sales. Therefore, any allocation to other segments would be arbitrary.

The tables below present information about reportable segments and net sales by product line (in thousands):

 

$188,893 $188,893 $188,893 $188,893
As of and for the Three Months Ended November 30:    Americas         Europe         Asia-Pacific      Total  

2011

            

Net sales

    $ 40,628       $ 30,126       $ 14,191       $ 84,945   

Income from operations (1)

    $ 2,413       $ 4,809       $ 3,078       $ 10,300   

Depreciation and amortization expense

    $ 822       $ 356       $ 40       $ 1,218   

Interest income

    $ —         $ 29       $ 23       $ 52   

Interest expense

    $ 240       $ —         $ 2       $ 242   

Total assets

    $ 179,537       $ 91,831       $ 13,853       $ 285,221   

2010

            

Net sales

    $ 39,215       $ 30,757       $ 10,955       $ 80,927   

Income from operations (1)

    $ 4,178       $ 6,609       $ 2,535       $ 13,322   

Depreciation and amortization expense

    $ 622       $ 311       $ 45       $ 978   

Interest income

    $ 5       $ 26       $ 24       $ 55   

Interest expense

    $ 320       $ —         $ 2       $ 322   

Total assets

    $ 188,893       $ 84,821       $ 12,018       $ 285,732   

 

(1) Income from operations for the Americas segment included corporate expenses of $4.6 million and $4.5 million for the three months ended November 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Income from operations for the Europe segment included research and development expenses of $0.2 million for the three months ended November 30, 2011. Such research and development expenses for the Europe segment were not significant for the three months ended November 30, 2010.

 

Net Sales by Product Line:    Three Months Ended November 30,  
     2011      2010  

Multi-purpose maintenance products

    $ 70,811       $ 66,533   

Homecare and cleaning products

      14,134         14,394   
  

 

 

     

 

 

  

Total

    $ 84,945       $ 80,927