Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Segment Information (Table) [Abstract]

Segment information for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 is as follows (in thousands):



	Three Months Ended September 30, 2013
	Core U.S.		RAC Acceptance		International			Franchising		Total
Revenue	$	608,333	$	123,798	$	14,968		$	7,681	$	754,780
Gross profit	442,971		74,083		10,739			1,539		529,332
Operating profit (loss)	44,943		18,855		(7,665		)	399		56,532
Depreciation of property assets	16,401		1,323		1,677			20		19,421
Amortization and write-down of intangibles	497		142		—			—		639
Capital expenditures	22,340		2,819		3,781			—		28,940



	Three Months Ended September 30, 2012
	Core U.S.		RAC Acceptance		International			Franchising		Total
Revenue	$	634,575	$	83,838	$	10,871		$	10,030	$	739,314
Gross profit	460,353		49,737		7,516			1,735		519,341
Operating profit (loss)	69,544		7,259		(9,046		)	356		68,113
Depreciation of property assets	15,981		936		1,475			20		18,412
Amortization and write-down of intangibles	583		897		967			—		2,447
Capital expenditures	22,056		1,191		1,536			—		24,783



	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013
	Core U.S.		RAC Acceptance		International			Franchising		Total
Revenue	$	1,897,586	$	368,454	$	41,398		$	27,134	$	2,334,572
Gross profit	1,365,980		209,960		29,628			5,062		1,610,630
Operating profit (loss)	179,608		52,384		(20,384		)	1,644		213,252
Depreciation of property assets	48,319		3,574		4,701			60		56,654
Amortization and write-down of intangibles	2,267		427		—			—		2,694
Capital expenditures	57,537		7,021		9,203			—		73,761



	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012
	Core U.S.		RAC Acceptance		International			Franchising		Total
Revenue	$	2,016,761	$	248,626	$	27,480		$	31,399	$	2,324,266
Gross profit	1,444,824		137,524		19,125			5,258		1,606,731
Operating profit (loss)	244,215		17,024		(23,617		)	1,552		239,174
Depreciation of property assets	47,689		2,620		4,366			69		54,744
Amortization and write-down of intangibles	1,606		2,690		967			—		5,263
Capital expenditures	59,089		3,582		10,432			—		73,103



Segment information – selected balance sheet data (in thousands):
	September 30, 2013
	Core U.S.		RAC Acceptance		International		Franchising		Total
Rental merchandise, net
On rent	$	574,871	$	261,967	$	17,742	$	—	$	854,580
Held for rent	205,674		3,579		8,135		—		217,388
Total assets	2,513,251		351,407		71,443		1,209		2,937,310



	December 31, 2012
	Core U.S.		RAC Acceptance		International		Franchising		Total
Rental merchandise, net
On rent	$	597,771	$	209,964	$	14,152	$	—	$	821,887
Held for rent	189,526		2,979		6,412		—		198,917
Total assets	2,508,370		292,070		65,954		2,711		2,869,105

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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