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Information On Business Segments | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2020
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Information on Business Segments | 17. Information on Business Segments The Company has three operating business segments each of which is comprised of different geographic regions. The Company's three segments are as follows:
Operating Segment |  | Geography |  | Primary Brands |  | Primary Products
ACCO Brands North America |  | United States and Canada |  | Five Star®, Quartet®, AT-A-GLANCE®, GBC®, Swingline®, Kensington®, Mead®, and Hilroy® |  | School notebooks, planners, dry erase boards, storage and organization products (3-ring binders), stapling, punching, laminating, binding products, and computer accessories
ACCO Brands EMEA |  | Europe, Middle East and Africa |  | Leitz®, Rapid®, Esselte®, Kensington®, Rexel® GBC®, NOBO®, and Derwent® |  | Storage and organization products (lever-arch binders, sheet protectors, indexes), stapling, punching, laminating, shredding, do-it-yourself tools, dry erase boards, writing instruments and computer accessories
ACCO Brands International |  | Australia/N.Z., Latin America and Asia-Pacific |  | Tilibra®, GBC®, Barrilito®, Foroni®, Marbig®, Kensington®, Artline®*, Wilson Jones®, Quartet®, Spirax®, and Rexel® *Australia/N.Z. only |  | School notebooks, planners, dry erase boards, storage and organization products (binders, sheet protectors and indexes), stapling, punching, laminating, shredding, writing instruments, janitorial supplies and computer accessories
Each business segment designs, markets, sources, manufactures and sells recognized consumer and other end-user demanded branded products used in businesses, schools and homes. Product designs are tailored to end-user preferences in each geographic region, and where possible, leverage common engineering, design, and sourcing. Our product categories include storage and organization; stapling; punching; laminating, shredding and binding machines; dry erase boards; notebooks; calendars; computer accessories; and do-it-yourself tools, among others. Our portfolio includes both globally and regionally recognized brands. The revenue in North America and International segments includes significant sales of consumer products that have very important, seasonal selling periods related to back-to-school and calendar year-end. For North America and Mexico, back-to-school straddles the second and third quarters, and for Southern hemisphere it takes place in the fourth and first quarter. We expect sales of consumer products to become a greater percentage of our revenue because demand for consumer back-to-school products is growing faster than demand for most business-related and calendar products. Customers We distribute our products through a wide variety of retail and commercial channels to ensure that they are readily and conveniently available for purchase by consumers and other end-users, wherever they prefer to shop. These channels include mass retailers; e-tailers; discount, drug/grocery and variety chains; warehouse clubs; hardware and specialty stores; independent office product dealers; office superstores; wholesalers; and contract stationers. We also sell directly to commercial and consumer end-users through our e-commerce sites and our direct sales organization. Net sales by business segment for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 were as follows:
| Three Months Ended March 31,
(in millions) | 2020 |  | 2019
ACCO Brands North America | $ | 167.8 |  |  | $ | 160.4 |
ACCO Brands EMEA | 127.5 |  |  | 146.5 |
ACCO Brands International | 88.8 |  |  | 87.0 |
Net sales | $ | 384.1 |  |  | $ | 393.9 |
Operating income by business segment for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 was as follows:
| Three Months Ended March 31,
(in millions) | 2020 |  | 2019
ACCO Brands North America | $ | 7.6 |  |  | $ | 6.8 |
ACCO Brands EMEA | 12.0 |  |  | 15.9 |
ACCO Brands International | 5.9 |  |  | 5.6 |
Segment operating income | 25.5 |  |  | 28.3 |
Corporate | (8.1 | ) |  | (10.4 | )
Operating income(1) | 17.4 |  |  | 17.9 |
Interest expense | 8.6 |  |  | 10.4 |
Interest income | (0.3 | ) |  | (0.9 | )
Non-operating pension income | (1.5 | ) |  | (1.4 | )
Other income, net | (0.5 | ) |  | (0.2 | )
Income before income tax | $ | 11.1 |  |  | $ | 10.0 |
(1) Operating income as presented in the segment table above is defined as i) net sales; ii) less cost of products sold; iii) less selling, general and administrative expenses; iv) less amortization of intangibles; and v) less restructuring charges.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2134510 + Details
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