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Segment Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2020 | Mar. 31, 2019 | Mar. 31, 2020 | Mar. 31, 2019
Revenues: |  |  |  |
Total revenues | $ 223,283 | $ 214,730 | $ 445,718 | $ 430,425
Net revenues | 127,365 | 127,690 | 257,434 | 257,739
Segment and corporate expenses (income): |  |  |  |
Operations | 88,372 | 89,766 | 178,997 | 180,642
Administrative | 14,620 | 14,964 | 32,109 | 28,129
Depreciation and amortization | 7,762 | 7,012 | 15,495 | 13,860
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets and other | 261 | (823) | 1,005 | 3,619
Interest expense | 5,881 | 8,589 | 11,210 | 17,380
Interest income | (941) | (3,126) | (1,784) | (6,465)
Equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliates | (1,184) | (431) | 4,713 | 688
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets | 47,060 | 0 | 47,060 | 0
Impairment of investment in unconsolidated affiliates | 0 | 6,451 | 0 | 19,725
Other (income) expense | (361) | 269 | (290) | (117)
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes | (34,105) | 5,019 | (31,081) | 278
Segments |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |
Total revenues | 223,283 | 214,730 | 445,718 | 430,425
Net revenues | 127,365 | 127,690 | 257,434 | 257,739
Segment and corporate expenses (income): |  |  |  |
Operations | 88,372 | 89,766 | 178,997 | 180,642
Administrative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Depreciation and amortization | 5,051 | 4,554 | 9,851 | 9,052
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets and other | (123) | (823) | (95) | 3,619
Interest expense | 556 | 182 | 718 | 283
Interest income | (369) | (431) | (757) | (850)
Equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliates | (1,184) | (431) | 4,713 | 688
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets | 47,060 |  | 47,060 |
Impairment of investment in unconsolidated affiliates |  | 6,451 |  | 19,725
Other (income) expense | (289) | 291 | (223) | 187
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes | (11,709) | 28,131 | 17,170 | 44,393
Segments | U.S. Pawn |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |
Total revenues | 173,837 | 166,389 | 339,434 | 332,317
Net revenues | 100,751 | 98,890 | 200,229 | 200,160
Segment and corporate expenses (income): |  |  |  |
Operations | 67,619 | 67,475 | 135,678 | 135,435
Administrative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Depreciation and amortization | 2,711 | 2,982 | 5,576 | 6,017
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets and other | 0 | (1) | 0 | 2,852
Interest expense | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Interest income | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets | 10,000 |  | 10,000 |
Impairment of investment in unconsolidated affiliates |  | 0 |  | 0
Other (income) expense | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes | 20,421 | 28,434 | 48,975 | 55,856
Segments | Latin America Pawn |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |
Total revenues | 48,149 | 47,118 | 103,594 | 95,104
Net revenues | 25,805 | 27,984 | 55,539 | 55,466
Segment and corporate expenses (income): |  |  |  |
Operations | 18,469 | 18,223 | 38,452 | 36,419
Administrative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Depreciation and amortization | 1,940 | 1,495 | 3,829 | 2,917
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets and other | (123) | (838) | (95) | 751
Interest expense | 402 | 50 | 430 | 79
Interest income | (369) | (431) | (757) | (850)
Equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets | 35,936 |  | 35,936 |
Impairment of investment in unconsolidated affiliates |  | 0 |  | 0
Other (income) expense | (309) | 29 | (242) | (97)
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes | (30,141) | 9,456 | (22,014) | 16,247
Segments | Lana |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |
Total revenues | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0
Net revenues | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0
Segment and corporate expenses (income): |  |  |  |
Operations | 724 | 1,523 | 2,074 | 3,613
Administrative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Depreciation and amortization | 377 | 0 | 389 | 0
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets and other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Interest expense | 0 | 0 | (36) | 0
Interest income | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets | 0 |  | 1,124 |
Impairment of investment in unconsolidated affiliates |  | 0 |  | 0
Other (income) expense | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes | (1,098) | (1,523) | (3,547) | (3,613)
Segments | Other International |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |
Total revenues | 1,294 | 1,223 | 2,686 | 3,004
Net revenues | 806 | 816 | 1,662 | 2,113
Segment and corporate expenses (income): |  |  |  |
Operations | 1,560 | 2,545 | 2,793 | 5,175
Administrative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Depreciation and amortization | 23 | 77 | 57 | 118
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets and other | 0 | 16 | 0 | 16
Interest expense | 154 | 132 | 324 | 204
Interest income | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliates | (1,184) | (431) | 4,713 | 688
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets | 1,124 |  | 0 |
Impairment of investment in unconsolidated affiliates |  | 6,451 |  | 19,725
Other (income) expense | 20 | 262 | 19 | 284
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes | (891) | (8,236) | (6,244) | (24,097)
Corporate Items |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |
Total revenues | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Net revenues | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Segment and corporate expenses (income): |  |  |  |
Operations | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Administrative | 14,620 | 14,964 | 32,109 | 28,129
Depreciation and amortization | 2,711 | 2,458 | 5,644 | 4,808
Loss (gain) on sale or disposal of assets and other | 384 | 0 | 1,100 | 0
Interest expense | 5,325 | 8,407 | 10,492 | 17,097
Interest income | (572) | (2,695) | (1,027) | (5,615)
Equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets | 0 |  | 0 |
Impairment of investment in unconsolidated affiliates |  | 0 |  | 0
Other (income) expense | (72) | (22) | (67) | (304)
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes | (22,396) | (23,112) | (48,251) | (44,115)
Merchandise |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |
Total revenues | 129,830 | 121,260 | 256,558 | 242,284
Cost of revenues | 85,776 | 77,800 | 169,852 | 154,912
Merchandise | Segments |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |
Total revenues | 129,830 | 121,260 | 256,558 | 242,284
Cost of revenues | 85,776 | 77,800 | 169,852 | 154,912
Merchandise | Segments | U.S. Pawn |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |
Total revenues | 102,447 | 96,632 | 197,801 | 191,735
Cost of revenues | 65,286 | 60,928 | 126,650 | 120,076
Merchandise | Segments | Latin America Pawn |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |
Total revenues | 27,383 | 24,628 | 58,757 | 50,549
Cost of revenues | 20,490 | 16,872 | 43,202 | 34,836
Merchandise | Segments | Lana |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |
Total revenues | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Cost of revenues | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Merchandise | Segments | Other International |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |
Total revenues | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Cost of revenues | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Merchandise | Corporate Items |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |
Total revenues | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Cost of revenues | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Jewelry scrapping |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |
Total revenues | 11,878 | 10,380 | 21,406 | 19,661
Cost of revenues | 9,617 | 8,833 | 17,371 | 16,883
Jewelry scrapping | Segments |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |
Total revenues | 11,878 | 10,380 | 21,406 | 19,661
Cost of revenues | 9,617 | 8,833 | 17,371 | 16,883
Jewelry scrapping | Segments | U.S. Pawn |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |
Total revenues | 9,659 | 7,916 | 15,776 | 14,468
Cost of revenues | 7,800 | 6,571 | 12,555 | 12,081
Jewelry scrapping | Segments | Latin America Pawn |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |
Total revenues | 2,219 | 2,464 | 5,630 | 5,193
Cost of revenues | 1,817 | 2,262 | 4,816 | 4,802
Jewelry scrapping | Segments | Lana |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |
Total revenues | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Cost of revenues | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Jewelry scrapping | Segments | Other International |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |
Total revenues | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Cost of revenues | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Jewelry scrapping | Corporate Items |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |
Total revenues | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Cost of revenues | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Pawn service charges |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |
Total revenues | 80,222 | 81,799 | 164,947 | 165,318
Pawn service charges | Segments |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |
Total revenues | 80,222 | 81,799 | 164,947 | 165,318
Pawn service charges | Segments | U.S. Pawn |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |
Total revenues | 61,700 | 61,798 | 125,790 | 126,023
Pawn service charges | Segments | Latin America Pawn |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |
Total revenues | 18,522 | 20,001 | 39,157 | 39,295
Pawn service charges | Segments | Lana |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |
Total revenues | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Pawn service charges | Segments | Other International |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |
Total revenues | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Pawn service charges | Corporate Items |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |
Total revenues | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Other |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |
Total revenues | 1,353 | 1,291 | 2,807 | 3,162
Cost of revenues | 525 | 407 | 1,061 | 891
Other | Segments |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |
Total revenues | 1,353 | 1,291 | 2,807 | 3,162
Cost of revenues | 525 | 407 | 1,061 | 891
Other | Segments | U.S. Pawn |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |
Total revenues | 31 | 43 | 67 | 91
Cost of revenues | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Other | Segments | Latin America Pawn |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |
Total revenues | 25 | 25 | 50 | 67
Cost of revenues | 37 | 0 | 37 | 0
Other | Segments | Lana |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |
Total revenues | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0
Cost of revenues | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Other | Segments | Other International |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |
Total revenues | 1,294 | 1,223 | 2,686 | 3,004
Cost of revenues | 488 | 407 | 1,024 | 891
Other | Corporate Items |  |  |  |
Revenues: |  |  |  |
Total revenues | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
Cost of revenues | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0

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