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Segment Information (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment | The following table summarizes operating income by reportable segment for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 (in thousands):
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Operating income (loss) (1) (2) (3): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
North America |  | $ | (6,995 | ) |  | $ | (24,470 | ) |  | $ | (33,811 | ) |  | $ | (97,688 | )
International |  | 5,782 |  |  | (370 | ) |  | 13,520 |  |  | (12,053 | )
Total operating income (loss) |  | $ | (1,213 | ) |  | $ | (24,840 | ) |  | $ | (20,291 | ) |  | $ | (109,741 | )
(1) | Includes stock-based compensation of $16.9 million and $24.8 million for North America and $1.4 million and $0.7 million for International for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $55.2 million and $81.2 million for North America and $4.1 million and $5.8 million for International for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
(2) | Includes acquisition-related (benefit) expense, net of $4.3 million for North America for the nine months ended September 30, 2016.
(3) | Includes restructuring charges of $7.0 million (which includes $0.8 million of stock-based compensation) and $1.0 million for North America and $4.5 million and $0.2 million for International for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively
Schedule of Segment Assets | The following table summarizes the Company's total assets by reportable segment as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 (in thousands):
| September 30, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016
North America (1) | $ | 877,353 |  |  | $ | 1,122,261 |
International (1) | 550,743 |  |  | 563,864 |
Assets of discontinued operations | — |  |  | 75,252 |
Consolidated total assets | $ | 1,428,096 |  |  | $ | 1,761,377 |
(1) | North America contains assets from the United States of $854.1 million and $1,057.6 million as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively. International contains assets from Ireland of $152.6 million and $203.2 million as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively. There were no other individual countries that represented more than 10% of consolidated total assets as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016
Third Party and Other and Direct Revenue | The following table summarizes revenue by reportable segment for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 (in thousands):
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
North America |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Local - Third-party and other |  | $ | 194,090 |  |  | $ | 176,223 |  |  | $ | 602,169 |  |  | $ | 552,515 |
Goods: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Third-party |  | 4,323 |  |  | 1,964 |  |  | 10,139 |  |  | 6,318 |
Direct |  | 197,501 |  |  | 283,855 |  |  | 666,093 |  |  | 878,629 |
Travel - Third-party |  | 18,300 |  |  | 21,239 |  |  | 61,082 |  |  | 63,554 |
Total North America revenue (1) |  | $ | 414,214 |  |  | $ | 483,281 |  |  | $ | 1,339,483 |  |  | $ | 1,501,016 |
International |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Local - Third-party and other |  | $ | 71,574 |  |  | $ | 64,282 |  |  | $ | 201,257 |  |  | $ | 201,145 |
Goods: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Third-party |  | 4,370 |  |  | 6,577 |  |  | 13,638 |  |  | 26,867 |
Direct |  | 134,507 |  |  | 118,891 |  |  | 384,734 |  |  | 342,107 |
Travel - Third-party |  | 9,801 |  |  | 13,524 |  |  | 31,599 |  |  | 37,615 |
Total International revenue (1) |  | $ | 220,252 |  |  | $ | 203,274 |  |  | $ | 631,228 |  |  | $ | 607,734 |
(1) | North America includes revenue from the United States of $410.5 million and $476.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $1,317.9 million and $1,477.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. International includes revenue from the United Kingdom of $82.2 million and $73.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and $222.1 million and $225.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. There were no other individual countries that represented more than 10% of consolidated total revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016. In prior periods, revenue was attributed to individual countries based on the domicile of the legal entities within the Company's consolidated group that undertook those transactions.
Gross Profit by Category | The following table summarizes gross profit by reportable segment for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 (in thousands):
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
North America |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Local - Third-party and other |  | $ | 162,914 |  |  | $ | 152,873 |  |  | $ | 511,865 |  |  | $ | 475,703 |
Goods: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Third-party |  | 3,205 |  |  | 1,509 |  |  | 7,719 |  |  | 5,201 |
Direct |  | 27,729 |  |  | 30,022 |  |  | 96,141 |  |  | 104,571 |
Travel - Third-party |  | 14,060 |  |  | 17,257 |  |  | 46,980 |  |  | 49,303 |
Total North America gross profit |  | $ | 207,908 |  |  | $ | 201,661 |  |  | $ | 662,705 |  |  | $ | 634,778 |
International |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Local - Third-party and other |  | $ | 67,860 |  |  | $ | 59,257 |  |  | $ | 189,357 |  |  | $ | 186,448 |
Goods: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Third-party |  | 3,639 |  |  | 5,698 |  |  | 11,800 |  |  | 23,249 |
Direct |  | 21,096 |  |  | 14,274 |  |  | 54,127 |  |  | 50,168 |
Travel - Third-party |  | 8,922 |  |  | 12,378 |  |  | 28,954 |  |  | 34,104 |
Total International gross profit |  | $ | 101,517 |  |  | $ | 91,607 |  |  | $ | 284,238 |  |  | $ | 293,969 |

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