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Segment Information | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Segment Information | Segment Information During the third quarter of 2013, we changed our reporting segments in response to organizational changes made that realigned our business units to reflect the clients served and how we review, analyze, measure and manage our operations. There were no changes to the Small & Medium Business Solutions group, but certain business activities within our Enterprise Business Solutions group were consolidated under a new reporting segment, Digital Commerce Solutions. Historical segment results have been recast to conform to our current presentation and to exclude discontinued operations (see Note 4). The principal products and services of each of our reporting segments are as follows: Small & Medium Business Solutions: North America Mailing: Includes the revenue and related expenses from the sale, rental and financing of mailing equipment and supplies for small and medium size businesses to efficiently create mail and evidence postage in the U.S. and Canada. International Mailing: Includes the revenue and related expenses from the sale, rental and financing of mailing equipment and supplies for small and medium size businesses to efficiently create mail and evidence postage in areas outside North America. Enterprise Business Solutions: Production Mail: Includes the worldwide revenue and related expenses from the sale, support and other professional services of our high-speed sorting and production print equipment and production mail systems to large enterprise clients to process inbound and outbound mail. Presort Services: Includes worldwide revenue and related expenses from presort mail services for our large enterprise clients to qualify large mail volumes for postal worksharing discounts. Digital Commerce Solutions: Digital Commerce Solutions: Includes the worldwide revenue and related expenses from (i) the sale and support services of non-equipment-based mailing, client relationship and communication and location intelligence software; (ii) direct marketing services for targeted clients; (iii) our digital mail delivery service offering (Volly TM); and (iv) our cross-border e-commerce solutions. Segment earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) is determined by deducting from segment revenue the related costs and expenses attributable to the segment. Segment EBIT excludes interest, taxes, general corporate expenses, restructuring charges and impairment charges, which are not allocated to a particular business segment. Management uses segment EBIT to measure profitability and performance at the segment level. Management presents segment EBIT because it believes segment EBIT provides investors with an analysis of the company's operating performance and underlying trends of the businesses. Segment EBIT may not be indicative of our overall consolidated performance and therefore, should be read in conjunction with our condensed consolidated results of operations. Revenue and EBIT by business segment was as follows:
| Revenues
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
North America Mailing | $ | 422,821 |  |  | $ | 447,920 |  |  | $ | 1,286,085 |  |  | $ | 1,362,709 |
International Mailing | 142,443 |  |  | 141,630 |  |  | 448,684 |  |  | 449,583 |
Small & Medium Business Solutions | 565,264 |  |  | 589,550 |  |  | 1,734,769 |  |  | 1,812,292 |
Production Mail | 116,477 |  |  | 114,889 |  |  | 360,352 |  |  | 337,582 |
Presort Services | 105,093 |  |  | 105,909 |  |  | 322,954 |  |  | 322,401 |
Enterprise Business Solutions | 221,570 |  |  | 220,798 |  |  | 683,306 |  |  | 659,983 |
Digital Commerce Solutions | 151,952 |  |  | 139,441 |  |  | 420,139 |  |  | 427,273 |
Total revenue | $ | 938,786 |  |  | $ | 949,789 |  |  | $ | 2,838,214 |  |  | $ | 2,899,548 |
| EBIT
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
North America Mailing | $ | 167,433 |  |  | $ | 168,934 |  |  | $ | 488,301 |  |  | $ | 514,975 |
International Mailing | 15,456 |  |  | 11,206 |  |  | 52,967 |  |  | 51,670 |
Small & Medium Business Solutions | 182,889 |  |  | 180,140 |  |  | 541,268 |  |  | 566,645 |
Production Mail | 10,620 |  |  | 10,125 |  |  | 34,239 |  |  | 28,439 |
Presort Services | 20,398 |  |  | 19,167 |  |  | 65,132 |  |  | 82,728 |
Enterprise Business Solutions | 31,018 |  |  | 29,292 |  |  | 99,371 |  |  | 111,167 |
Digital Commerce Solutions | 10,196 |  |  | 2,971 |  |  | 20,134 |  |  | 23,674 |
Total EBIT | 224,103 |  |  | 212,403 |  |  | 660,773 |  |  | 701,486 |
Reconciling items: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest, net (1) | (46,357 | ) |  | (45,088 | ) |  | (145,066 | ) |  | (142,853 | )
Unallocated corporate and other expenses | (50,196 | ) |  | (44,185 | ) |  | (170,340 | ) |  | (151,154 | )
Restructuring charges and asset impairments | (34,909 | ) |  | — |  |  | (53,940 | ) |  | 980 |
Income from continuing operations before income taxes | $ | 92,641 |  |  | $ | 123,130 |  |  | $ | 291,427 |  |  | $ | 408,459 |
(1) Includes financing interest expense, other interest expense and interest income.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 131 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8380-108599 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 32 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8933-108599 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 10 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8538-108599 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 26 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8844-108599 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 29 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8864-108599 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 34 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8981-108599 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 35 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8984-108599 Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 42 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9054-108599 Reference 10: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 40 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9031-108599 Reference 11: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 31 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8924-108599 Reference 12: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 41 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9038-108599 Reference 13: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 30 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8906-108599 Reference 14: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 33 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8971-108599 Reference 15: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 12 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8595-108599 + Details
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