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Supplemental Consolidated Balance Sheet and Statement of Operations Information | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
SUPPLEMENTAL CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET AND STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS INFORMATION [Abstract] |
Additional Financial Information Disclosures [Text Block] | SUPPLEMENTAL CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS AND STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS INFORMATION The following table summarizes the Company's other expense, net for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 (in thousands):
|  | Year Ended December 31,
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Interest income |  | $ | 1,564 |  |  | $ | 1,721 |  |  | $ | 2,522 |
Interest expense |  | (907 | ) |  | (291 | ) |  | — |
Gain on E-Commerce transaction |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 56,032 |
Impairments of investments |  | (2,036 | ) |  | (85,925 | ) |  | (50,553 | )
Loss on equity method investments |  | (459 | ) |  | (44 | ) |  | (9,925 | )
Foreign exchange (losses) gains, net |  | (31,526 | ) |  | (10,271 | ) |  | 1,403 |
Other |  | 11 |  |  | 147 |  |  | (3,238 | )
Other expense, net |  | $ | (33,353 | ) |  | $ | (94,663 | ) |  | $ | (3,759 | )
The following table summarizes the Company's prepaid expenses and other current assets as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 (in thousands):
| December 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013
Current portion of unamortized tax effects on intercompany transactions | $ | 14,193 |  |  | $ | 28,502 |
Finished goods inventories | 57,134 |  |  | 57,097 |
Prepaid expenses | 42,231 |  |  | 29,404 |
Restricted cash | 12,019 |  |  | 14,579 |
Income taxes receivable | 41,788 |  |  | 39,994 |
VAT receivable | 17,746 |  |  | 12,966 |
Prepaid marketing | 7,443 |  |  | 17,301 |
Other | 15,437 |  |  | 10,572 |
Total prepaid expenses and other current assets | $ | 207,991 |  |  | $ | 210,415 |
The following table summarizes the Company's accrued merchant and supplier payables as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 (in thousands):
| December 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013
Accrued merchant payables | $ | 632,605 |  |  | $ | 518,233 |
Accrued supplier payables(1) | 277,962 |  |  | 234,710 |
Total accrued merchant and supplier payables | $ | 910,567 |  |  | $ | 752,943 |
(1) | Amounts include payables to suppliers of inventories and providers of shipping and fulfillment services.
The following table summarizes the Company's accrued expenses as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 (in thousands):
| December 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013
Marketing | $ | 15,962 |  |  | $ | 12,001 |
Refunds reserve | 33,238 |  |  | 38,597 |
Payroll and benefits | 65,743 |  |  | 64,966 |
Customer credits | 44,463 |  |  | 44,728 |
Professional fees | 14,292 |  |  | 18,906 |
Other | 56,654 |  |  | 47,788 |
Total accrued expenses | $ | 230,352 |  |  | $ | 226,986 |
The following table summarizes the Company's other current liabilities as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 (in thousands):
| December 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013
Income taxes payable | $ | 14,461 |  |  | $ | 21,994 |
VAT payable | 33,436 |  |  | 37,627 |
Sales taxes payable | 9,042 |  |  | 10,412 |
Deferred revenue | 43,903 |  |  | 47,259 |
Capital lease obligations | 14,872 |  |  | 3,636 |
Other | 14,598 |  |  | 11,790 |
Total other current liabilities | $ | 130,312 |  |  | $ | 132,718 |
The following table summarizes the Company's other non-current liabilities as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 (in thousands):
| December 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013
Long-term tax liabilities | $ | 82,138 |  |  | $ | 109,286 |
Deferred rent | 13,200 |  |  | 9,148 |
Capital lease obligations | 23,387 |  |  | 5,665 |
Other | 17,559 |  |  | 7,598 |
Total other non-current liabilities | $ | 136,284 |  |  | $ | 131,697 |
The following table summarizes the components of accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax, as of December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 (in thousands):
| Foreign currency translation adjustments |  | Unrealized loss on available-for-sale securities |  | Pension liability adjustment |  | Total
Balance as of December 31, 2012 | $ | 12,393 |  |  | $ | 53 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 12,446 |
Other comprehensive income | 12,559 |  |  | (175 | ) |  | — |  |  | 12,384 |
Balance as of December 31, 2013 | 24,952 |  |  | (122 | ) |  | — |  |  | 24,830 |
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassification adjustments | 11,812 |  |  | (210 | ) |  | (1,500 | ) |  | 10,102 |
Reclassification adjustment for impairment included in net loss | — |  |  | 831 |  |  | — |  |  | 831 |
Other comprehensive income (loss) | 11,812 |  |  | 621 |  |  | (1,500 | ) |  | 10,933 |
Balance as of December 31, 2014 | $ | 36,764 |  |  | $ | 499 |  |  | $ | (1,500 | ) |  | $ | 35,763 |
The effects of amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income to net loss for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 are presented within the following line items in the consolidated statements of operations (in thousands):
|  | Year Ended December 31, |  | Consolidated Statements of Operations Line Item
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |
Other-than-temporary impairment of available-for-sale security |  | $ | 1,340 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | Other expense, net
Less: Tax effect |  | (509 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | Provision for income taxes
Reclassification adjustment |  | $ | 831 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  |

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