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Segment Information | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Segment Information | Segment Information Small & Medium Business Solutions: North America Mailing: Includes the revenue and related expenses from the sale, rental, financing and servicing of mailing equipment and supplies for small and medium 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, financing and servicing of mailing equipment and supplies for small and medium 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 of production mail inserting and sortation equipment, high-speed production print systems, supplies and related support services to large enterprise clients to process inbound and outbound mail. Presort Services: Includes 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 of non-equipment-based mailing, customer information management, location intelligence and customer engagement solutions and related support services; (ii) shipping and global ecommerce solutions; and (iii) direct marketing services for targeted clients. We determine segment earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) 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 asset 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 believes segment EBIT provides a useful measure of our 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 consolidated results of operations. The following tables provide information about our reportable segments.
| Revenues
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
North America Mailing | $ | 1,491,927 |  |  | $ | 1,555,585 |  |  | $ | 1,643,855 |
International Mailing | 572,440 |  |  | 602,582 |  |  | 601,629 |
Small & Medium Business Solutions | 2,064,367 |  |  | 2,158,167 |  |  | 2,245,484 |
Production Mail | 462,199 |  |  | 511,544 |  |  | 480,718 |
Presort Services | 456,556 |  |  | 430,469 |  |  | 429,804 |
Enterprise Business Solutions | 918,755 |  |  | 942,013 |  |  | 910,522 |
Digital Commerce Solutions | 838,382 |  |  | 691,155 |  |  | 667,707 |
Total revenue | $ | 3,821,504 |  |  | $ | 3,791,335 |  |  | $ | 3,823,713 |
Geographic Data: |  |  |  |  |
United States | $ | 2,743,957 |  |  | $ | 2,654,301 |  |  | $ | 2,669,074 |
Outside United States | 1,077,547 |  |  | 1,137,034 |  |  | 1,154,639 |
Total | $ | 3,821,504 |  |  | $ | 3,791,335 |  |  | $ | 3,823,713 |
| EBIT
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
North America Mailing | $ | 642,521 |  |  | $ | 640,830 |  |  | $ | 646,979 |
International Mailing | 88,710 |  |  | 71,516 |  |  | 75,844 |
Small & Medium Business Solutions | 731,231 |  |  | 712,346 |  |  | 722,823 |
Production Mail | 47,543 |  |  | 55,000 |  |  | 48,981 |
Presort Services | 98,230 |  |  | 83,259 |  |  | 106,170 |
Enterprise Business Solutions | 145,773 |  |  | 138,259 |  |  | 155,151 |
Digital Commerce Solutions | 83,725 |  |  | 54,777 |  |  | 53,242 |
Total EBIT | 960,729 |  |  | 905,382 |  |  | 931,216 |
Reconciling items: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest, net | (169,450 | ) |  | (186,987 | ) |  | (184,675 | )
Unallocated corporate expenses | (229,785 | ) |  | (217,458 | ) |  | (216,457 | )
Restructuring charges and asset impairments, net | (84,560 | ) |  | (84,344 | ) |  | (17,176 | )
Other expense, net | (45,738 | ) |  | (32,639 | ) |  | (1,138 | )
Income from continuing operations before income taxes | $ | 431,196 |  |  | $ | 383,954 |  |  | $ | 511,770 |
| Depreciation and amortization
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
North America Mailing | $ | 68,291 |  |  | $ | 81,238 |  |  | $ | 104,957 |
International Mailing | 30,629 |  |  | 29,515 |  |  | 26,804 |
Small & Medium Business Solutions | 98,920 |  |  | 110,753 |  |  | 131,761 |
Production Mail | 7,740 |  |  | 15,740 |  |  | 12,227 |
Presort Services | 28,462 |  |  | 29,999 |  |  | 26,753 |
Enterprise Business Solutions | 36,202 |  |  | 45,739 |  |  | 38,980 |
Digital Commerce Solutions | 33,654 |  |  | 24,361 |  |  | 30,167 |
Total for reportable segments | 168,776 |  |  | 180,853 |  |  | 200,908 |
Reconciliation to consolidated amount: |  |  |  |  |
Unallocated amount | 29,312 |  |  | 14,052 |  |  | 16,785 |
Discontinued operations | — |  |  | 16,338 |  |  | 37,863 |
Consolidated depreciation and amortization | $ | 198,088 |  |  | $ | 211,243 |  |  | $ | 255,556 |
| Capital expenditures
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
North America Mailing | $ | 67,596 |  |  | $ | 57,973 |  |  | $ | 78,511 |
International Mailing | 13,966 |  |  | 25,386 |  |  | 29,642 |
Small & Medium Business Solutions | 81,562 |  |  | 83,359 |  |  | 108,153 |
Production Mail | 801 |  |  | 2,875 |  |  | 12,339 |
Presort Services | 17,457 |  |  | 12,512 |  |  | 17,220 |
Enterprise Business Solutions | 18,258 |  |  | 15,387 |  |  | 29,559 |
Digital Commerce Solutions | 12,467 |  |  | 25,562 |  |  | 4,794 |
Total for reportable segments | 112,287 |  |  | 124,308 |  |  | 142,506 |
Reconciliation to consolidated amount: |  |  |  |  |
Unallocated amount | 68,269 |  |  | 4,876 |  |  | 1,231 |
Discontinued operations | — |  |  | 8,328 |  |  | 32,849 |
Consolidated capital expenditures | $ | 180,556 |  |  | $ | 137,512 |  |  | $ | 176,586 |
| Assets
| December 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
North America Mailing | $ | 2,614,123 |  |  | $ | 2,767,743 |  |  | $ | 2,863,233 |
International Mailing | 687,233 |  |  | 856,073 |  |  | 866,620 |
Small & Medium Business Solutions | 3,301,356 |  |  | 3,623,816 |  |  | 3,729,853 |
Production Mail | 266,831 |  |  | 305,428 |  |  | 386,338 |
Presort Services | 346,850 |  |  | 343,206 |  |  | 369,405 |
Enterprise Business Solutions | 613,681 |  |  | 648,634 |  |  | 755,743 |
Digital Commerce Solutions | 1,212,105 |  |  | 1,242,013 |  |  | 1,291,670 |
Total for reportable segments | 5,127,142 |  |  | 5,514,463 |  |  | 5,777,266 |
Reconciliation to consolidated amount: |  |  |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | 1,079,145 |  |  | 907,806 |  |  | 913,276 |
Short-term investments | 32,121 |  |  | 31,128 |  |  | 36,611 |
Other corporate assets | 247,285 |  |  | 217,913 |  |  | 278,731 |
Discontinued operations | — |  |  | 101,398 |  |  | 854,007 |
Consolidated assets | $ | 6,485,693 |  |  | $ | 6,772,708 |  |  | $ | 7,859,891 |
Identifiable long-lived assets: |  |  |  |  |
United States | $ | 391,311 |  |  | $ | 351,772 |  |  | $ | 483,422 |
Outside United States | 94,160 |  |  | 119,545 |  |  | 143,147 |
Total | $ | 485,471 |  |  | $ | 471,317 |  |  | $ | 626,569 |

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