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Segment Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016 | Mar. 31, 2015 | Mar. 31, 2016 | Mar. 31, 2015
Revenues: |  |  |  |
Merchandise sales | $ 109,343 | $ 107,852 | $ 217,927 | $ 217,491
Jewelry scrapping sales | 12,780 | 18,399 | 22,401 | 36,933
Pawn service charges | 64,130 | 59,470 | 130,724 | 124,397
Consumer loan fees and interest | 15,616 | 18,544 | 28,804 | 37,515
Other revenues | 30 | 910 | 497 | 1,565
Total revenues | 201,899 | 205,175 | 400,353 | 417,901
Merchandise cost of goods sold | 68,332 | 72,492 | 134,591 | 144,970
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold | 11,085 | 14,354 | 19,161 | 29,029
Consumer loan bad debt | 8,683 | 4,761 | 21,286 | 13,276
Net revenues | 113,799 | 113,568 | 225,315 | 230,626
Operations | 80,282 | 77,190 | 165,888 | 157,277
Administrative | 15,621 | 14,800 | 35,604 | 27,352
Depreciation and amortization | 7,082 | 8,095 | 15,141 | 16,103
Loss on sale or disposal of assets | 649 | 387 | 682 | 643
Restructuring | 218 | 704 | 1,910 | 726
Interest expense | 8,449 | 11,296 | 17,641 | 23,330
Interest income | (127) | (512) | (267) | (1,043)
Equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliate | (1,877) | 3,678 | (3,932) | 1,484
Impairment of goodwill | 73,921 | 0 | 73,921 | 0
Other expense | 89 | 1,862 | 959 | 2,621
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes | (70,508) | (3,932) | (82,232) | 2,133
Segments |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |
Merchandise sales | 109,343 | 107,852 | 217,927 | 217,491
Jewelry scrapping sales | 12,780 | 18,399 | 22,401 | 36,933
Pawn service charges | 64,130 | 59,470 | 130,724 | 124,397
Consumer loan fees and interest | 15,616 | 18,544 | 28,804 | 37,515
Other revenues | 30 | 910 | 497 | 1,565
Total revenues | 201,899 | 205,175 | 400,353 | 417,901
Merchandise cost of goods sold | 68,332 | 72,492 | 134,591 | 144,970
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold | 11,085 | 14,354 | 19,161 | 29,029
Consumer loan bad debt | 8,683 | 4,761 | 21,286 | 13,276
Net revenues | 113,799 | 113,568 | 225,315 | 230,626
Operations | 80,282 | 77,190 | 165,888 | 157,277
Administrative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Depreciation and amortization | 4,338 | 5,496 | 9,267 | 10,949
Loss on sale or disposal of assets | 649 | 18 | 682 | 274
Restructuring | 304 | 0 | 1,727 | 0
Interest expense | 4,575 | 6,382 | 9,766 | 14,672
Interest income | (120) | (462) | (252) | (959)
Equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliate | (1,877) | 3,678 | (3,932) | 1,484
Impairment of goodwill | 73,921 |  | 73,921 |
Other expense | (197) | 1,561 | 696 | 2,176
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes | (48,076) | 19,705 | (32,448) | 44,753
Segments | U.S. Pawn |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |
Merchandise sales | 94,740 | 92,472 | 186,734 | 181,914
Jewelry scrapping sales | 11,599 | 17,391 | 21,199 | 34,398
Pawn service charges | 56,614 | 52,317 | 115,235 | 109,352
Consumer loan fees and interest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Other revenues | 49 | 224 | 242 | 408
Total revenues | 163,002 | 162,404 | 323,410 | 326,072
Merchandise cost of goods sold | 58,241 | 61,490 | 113,702 | 120,107
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold | 10,128 | 13,463 | 18,188 | 26,796
Consumer loan bad debt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Net revenues | 94,633 | 87,451 | 191,520 | 179,169
Operations | 61,240 | 57,920 | 124,785 | 117,427
Administrative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Depreciation and amortization | 3,042 | 3,607 | 6,602 | 7,059
Loss on sale or disposal of assets | 546 | 17 | 553 | 17
Restructuring | 91 | 0 | 982 | 0
Interest expense | 39 | 5 | 125 | 13
Interest income | 0 | (15) | (1) | (31)
Equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Impairment of goodwill | 0 |  | 0 |
Other expense | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes | 29,675 | 25,917 | 58,474 | 54,684
Segments | Mexico Pawn |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |
Merchandise sales | 14,603 | 14,883 | 31,189 | 34,463
Jewelry scrapping sales | 1,181 | 917 | 1,181 | 2,324
Pawn service charges | 7,516 | 7,153 | 15,489 | 15,045
Consumer loan fees and interest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Other revenues | (117) | 269 | 74 | 509
Total revenues | 23,183 | 23,222 | 47,933 | 52,341
Merchandise cost of goods sold | 10,090 | 10,680 | 20,888 | 24,164
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold | 957 | 820 | 957 | 2,081
Consumer loan bad debt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Net revenues | 12,136 | 11,722 | 26,088 | 26,096
Operations | 9,024 | 10,406 | 20,217 | 20,926
Administrative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Depreciation and amortization | 764 | 1,101 | 1,565 | 2,345
Loss on sale or disposal of assets | 103 | 1 | 129 | 257
Restructuring | 215 | 0 | 543 | 0
Interest expense | 38 | 1 | 78 | 2
Interest income | 0 | (24) | 0 | (24)
Equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Impairment of goodwill | 0 |  | 0 |
Other expense | (79) | 282 | 49 | 720
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes | 2,071 | (45) | 3,507 | 1,870
Segments | Grupo Finmart |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |
Merchandise sales | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Jewelry scrapping sales | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Pawn service charges | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Consumer loan fees and interest | 13,589 | 16,391 | 24,403 | 32,706
Other revenues | 98 | 49 | 181 | 105
Total revenues | 13,687 | 16,440 | 24,584 | 32,811
Merchandise cost of goods sold | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Consumer loan bad debt | 8,252 | 4,110 | 20,243 | 11,850
Net revenues | 5,435 | 12,330 | 4,341 | 20,961
Operations | 8,026 | 7,109 | 17,614 | 15,397
Administrative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Depreciation and amortization | 476 | 626 | 993 | 1,192
Loss on sale or disposal of assets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Restructuring | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Interest expense | 4,498 | 6,376 | 9,563 | 14,657
Interest income | (120) | (423) | (251) | (904)
Equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Impairment of goodwill | 73,921 |  | 73,921 |
Other expense | (124) | 1,272 | 644 | 1,446
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes | (81,242) | (2,630) | (98,143) | (10,827)
Segments | Other International |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |
Merchandise sales | 0 | 497 | 4 | 1,114
Jewelry scrapping sales | 0 | 91 | 21 | 211
Pawn service charges | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Consumer loan fees and interest | 2,027 | 2,153 | 4,401 | 4,809
Other revenues | 0 | 368 | 0 | 543
Total revenues | 2,027 | 3,109 | 4,426 | 6,677
Merchandise cost of goods sold | 1 | 322 | 1 | 699
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold | 0 | 71 | 16 | 152
Consumer loan bad debt | 431 | 651 | 1,043 | 1,426
Net revenues | 1,595 | 2,065 | 3,366 | 4,400
Operations | 1,992 | 1,755 | 3,272 | 3,527
Administrative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Depreciation and amortization | 56 | 162 | 107 | 353
Loss on sale or disposal of assets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Restructuring | (2) | 0 | 202 | 0
Interest expense | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Interest income | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliate | (1,877) | 3,678 | (3,932) | 1,484
Impairment of goodwill | 0 |  | 0 |
Other expense | 6 | 7 | 3 | 10
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes | 1,420 | (3,537) | 3,714 | (974)
Corporate, Non-Segment |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |
Merchandise sales | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Jewelry scrapping sales | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Pawn service charges | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Consumer loan fees and interest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Other revenues | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Total revenues | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Merchandise cost of goods sold | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Jewelry scrapping cost of goods sold | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Consumer loan bad debt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Net revenues | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Operations | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Administrative | 15,621 | 14,800 | 35,604 | 27,352
Depreciation and amortization | 2,744 | 2,599 | 5,874 | 5,154
Loss on sale or disposal of assets | 0 | 369 | 0 | 369
Restructuring | (86) | 704 | 183 | 726
Interest expense | 3,874 | 4,914 | 7,875 | 8,658
Interest income | (7) | (50) | (15) | (84)
Equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Impairment of goodwill | 0 |  | 0 |
Other expense | 286 | 301 | 263 | 445
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes | $ (22,432) | $ (23,637) | $ (49,784) | $ (42,620)

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