Note 15. Business Segments and Foreign Operations

The Company evaluates the performance of its segments and allocates resources to them based on sales and operating income. The Company is organized on the basis of geographical area into the following three segments: the Americas; EMEA; and Asia-Pacific. Segment data does not include inter-segment revenues. Unallocated corporate expenses are general corporate overhead expenses not directly attributable to the operating segments and are reported separate from the Company’s identified segments. The corporate overhead costs include expenses for the Company’s accounting and finance, information technology, human resources, research and development, quality control and executive management functions, as well as all direct costs associated with public company compliance matters including legal, audit and other professional services costs.



							Unallocated
	Americas		EMEA		Asia-Pacific		Corporate (1)		Total
Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2017
Net sales	$	184,929	$	136,771	$	58,806	$	-	$	380,506
Income from operations	$	48,303	$	35,389	$	16,765	$	(24,548)	$	75,909
Depreciation and
amortization expense	$	4,270	$	2,090	$	254	$	155	$	6,769
Interest income	$	8	$	389	$	111	$	-	$	508
Interest expense	$	2,570	$	-	$	12	$	-	$	2,582

Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2016
Net sales	$	191,397	$	135,235	$	54,038	$	-	$	380,670
Income from operations	$	48,404	$	31,702	$	15,162	$	(23,920)	$	71,348
Depreciation and
amortization expense	$	4,071	$	2,084	$	280	$	30	$	6,465
Interest income	$	5	$	485	$	193	$	-	$	683
Interest expense	$	1,689	$	-	$	14	$	-	$	1,703

Fiscal Year Ended August 31, 2015
Net sales	$	187,344	$	136,847	$	53,959	$	-	$	378,150
Income from operations	$	46,674	$	30,173	$	12,602	$	(24,059)	$	65,390
Depreciation and
amortization expense	$	4,078	$	2,102	$	253	$	31	$	6,464
Interest income	$	9	$	417	$	158	$	-	$	584
Interest expense	$	1,197	$	-	$	8	$	-	$	1,205

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Unallocated corporate expenses are general corporate overhead expenses not directly attributable to any one of the operating segments. These expenses are reported separate from the Company’s identified segments and are included in Selling, General and Administrative expenses on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.

The Company’s Chief Operating Decision Maker does not review assets by segment as part of the financial information provided and therefore, no asset information is provided in the above table.

Net sales by product group are as follows (in thousands):



	Fiscal Year Ended August 31,
	2017		2016		2015
Maintenance products	$	342,295	$	339,974	$	333,306
Homecare and cleaning products		38,211		40,696		44,844
Total	$	380,506	$	380,670	$	378,150

Net sales and long-lived assets by geographic area are as follows (in thousands):



	Fiscal Year Ended August 31,
	2017		2016		2015
Net Sales by Geography:
United States	$	150,086	$	158,139	$	153,116
International		230,420		222,531		225,034
Total	$	380,506	$	380,670	$	378,150

Long-lived Assets by Geography (2) :
United States	$	23,346	$	6,419	$	5,955
International		6,093		5,126		5,421
Total	$	29,439	$	11,545	$	11,376

(2) Includes tangible assets and property and equipment, net, attributed to the geographic location in which such assets are located.