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GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 01, 2017
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Goodwill and Intangible Assets | GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS Goodwill The following table reflects changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by our new reportable segments (in thousands):
| PeopleReady |  | PeopleManagement |  | PeopleScout |  | Total Company
Balance at December 26, 2014 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill before impairment | $ | 106,304 |  |  | $ | 64,875 |  |  | $ | 116,886 |  |  | $ | 288,065 |
Accumulated impairment loss | (46,210 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (46,210 | )
Goodwill, net | 60,094 |  |  | 64,875 |  |  | 116,886 |  |  | 241,855 |
Acquired goodwill | — |  |  | 39,102 |  |  | — |  |  | 39,102 |
Foreign currency translation | — |  |  | — |  |  | (12,462 | ) |  | (12,462 | )
Balance at December 25, 2015 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill before impairment | 106,304 |  |  | 103,977 |  |  | 104,424 |  |  | 314,705 |
Accumulated impairment loss | (46,210 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (46,210 | )
Goodwill, net | 60,094 |  |  | 103,977 |  |  | 104,424 |  |  | 268,495 |
Acquired goodwill and other (1) | — |  |  | (3,831 | ) |  | 25,491 |  |  | 21,660 |
Impairment loss | — |  |  | (50,700 | ) |  | (15,169 | ) |  | (65,869 | )
Foreign currency translation | — |  |  | — |  |  | (63 | ) |  | (63 | )
Balance at January 1, 2017 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Goodwill before impairment | 106,304 |  |  | 100,146 |  |  | 129,852 |  |  | 336,302 |
Accumulated impairment loss | (46,210 | ) |  | (50,700 | ) |  | (15,169 | ) |  | (112,079 | )
Goodwill, net | $ | 60,094 |  |  | $ | 49,446 |  |  | $ | 114,683 |  |  | $ | 224,223 |
(1) Effective January 4, 2016, we acquired the RPO business of Aon Hewitt, which has been integrated into our PeopleScout service line, and is part of our PeopleScout reportable segment. Accordingly, the goodwill associated with the acquisition has been assigned to our PeopleScout reportable segment based on our preliminary purchase price allocation. For additional information see Note 2: Acquisitions. Effective December 1, 2015, we acquired SIMOS, which is part of our PeopleManagement reportable segment. The amount presented includes year-to-date adjustments to the preliminary SIMOS purchase accounting for goodwill. Refer to Note 17: Segment Information for further details regarding our change in reportable segments during fiscal 2016. Intangible assets Finite-lived intangibles The following table presents our purchased finite-lived intangible assets (in thousands):
| January 1, 2017 |  | December 25, 2015
| Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Carrying Amount |  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Carrying Amount
Finite-lived intangible assets (1): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Customer relationships (2) | $ | 165,725 |  |  | $ | (54,676 | ) |  | $ | 111,049 |  |  | $ | 161,376 |  |  | $ | (36,846 | ) |  | $ | 124,530 |
Trade names/trademarks (3) | 4,378 |  |  | (3,385 | ) |  | 993 |  |  | 5,179 |  |  | (3,447 | ) |  | 1,732 |
Non-compete agreements | 1,400 |  |  | (1,097 | ) |  | 303 |  |  | 1,800 |  |  | (1,177 | ) |  | 623 |
Technologies | 17,009 |  |  | (9,683 | ) |  | 7,326 |  |  | 17,310 |  |  | (6,536 | ) |  | 10,774 |
Total finite-lived intangible assets | $ | 188,512 |  |  | $ | (68,841 | ) |  | $ | 119,671 |  |  | $ | 185,665 |  |  | $ | (48,006 | ) |  | $ | 137,659 |
(1) | Excludes assets that are fully amortized.
(2) | Balance at January 1, 2017, is net of impairment loss of $28.9 million.
(3) | Balance at January 1, 2017, is net of impairment loss of $4.3 million.
Finite-lived intangible assets include customer relationships and technologies of $34.9 million and $0.4 million, respectively, based on our preliminary purchase price allocation relating to our acquisition of the RPO business of Aon Hewitt. Refer to Note 2: Acquisitions, for additional information regarding this acquisition. Amortization expense of our finite-lived intangible assets was $25.1 million, $19.9 million, and $12.0 million for the years ended January 1, 2017, December 25, 2015, and December 26, 2014, respectively. The following table provides the estimated future amortization of finite-lived intangible assets as of January 1, 2017 (in thousands):
2017 | $ | 19,939 |
2018 | 19,339 |
2019 | 18,058 |
2020 | 16,156 |
2021 | 12,842 |
Thereafter | 33,337 |
Total future amortization | $ | 119,671 |
Indefinite-lived intangibles We also held indefinite-lived trade names/trademarks of $6.0 million and $16.2 million as of January 1, 2017 and December 25, 2015, respectively. We began amortizing $5.7 million of previously indefinite-lived trade names over their remaining estimated useful lives of three years, which commenced as of December 26, 2015. In addition, we recorded an impairment charge of $4.5 million, which is discussed in detail below. Impairments We evaluate goodwill annually for impairment at the reporting unit level and whenever circumstances occur indicating that goodwill might be impaired. These events or circumstances could include a significant change in the business climate, operating performance indicators, competition, loss of customers, or sale or disposition of a significant portion of a reporting unit. We monitor the existence of potential impairment indicators throughout the fiscal year. Annual impairment test The impairment test involves comparing the fair value of each reporting unit to its carrying value, including goodwill. We consider our service lines to be our reporting units for goodwill impairment testing. Our service lines are Labor Ready, Spartan Staffing, CLP Resources, PlaneTechs, Centerline, Staff Management, SIMOS, PeopleScout, hrX, and Staff Management (MSP). Fair value reflects the price that a market participant would be willing to pay in a potential sale of the reporting unit. If the fair value exceeds carrying value, we conclude that no goodwill impairment has occurred. If the carrying value of the reporting unit exceeds its fair value, a second step is required to measure the possible goodwill impairment loss. The second step includes hypothetically valuing the tangible and intangible assets and liabilities of the reporting unit as if the reporting unit had been acquired in a business combination. The implied fair value of the reporting unit's goodwill is compared to the carrying value of that goodwill. If the carrying value of the reporting unit's goodwill exceeds the implied fair value of the goodwill, we recognize an impairment loss in an amount equal to the excess, not to exceed the carrying value. Determining the fair value of a reporting unit is judgmental in nature and involves the use of significant estimates and assumptions to evaluate the impact of operating and macroeconomic changes on each reporting unit. The fair value of each reporting unit is estimated using a combination of a discounted cash flow methodology and the market valuation approach using publicly traded company multiples in similar businesses. This analysis required significant judgments, including estimation of future cash flows, which is dependent on internal forecasts, estimation of the long-term rate of growth for our business, estimation of the useful life over which cash flows will occur, and determination of our weighted average cost of capital, which is risk-adjusted to reflect the specific risk profile of the reporting unit being tested. The weighted average cost of capital used in our most recent annual impairment test was risk-adjusted to reflect the specific risk profile of the reporting units and ranged from 12% to 17%. The combined fair values for all reporting units were then reconciled to our aggregate market value of our shares of common stock on the date of valuation, while considering a reasonable control premium. We performed our annual goodwill impairment analysis as of the first day of our fiscal second quarter of 2016 and recorded a goodwill impairment charge of $65.9 million for the thirteen weeks ended June 24, 2016 with respect to the Staff Management, PlaneTechs, and hrX reporting units as follows:
• | Staff Management (Exclusive recruitment and on-premise management of a facility's contingent industrial workforce) - As reported in our first quarter Form 10-Q for fiscal year 2016, in April 2016, we were notified by our largest customer, Amazon of its plans to reduce the use of contingent labor and realign its contingent labor vendors for warehousing. Our largest customer announced it would be reducing the use of our services for its warehouse fulfillment centers in the United States and focusing our services on its planned expansion of distribution service sites to a national network for delivery direct to the customer. Our largest customer represented approximately $354 million, or 13.1%, of total company revenues for the fiscal year ended December 25, 2015, and $106 million, or 8.0%, of total company revenues for the twenty-six weeks ended June 24, 2016, and $125 million, or 10.4%, for the comparable period in the prior year. We estimated that the change in scope of our services would decrease revenues for the second half of 2016 by approximately $125 million, compared to the prior year. As a result, we lowered our future expectations, which resulted in a goodwill impairment of $33.7 million.
• | PlaneTechs (Skilled mechanics and technicians to the aviation and transportation industries) - Year-to-date revenues have declined in excess of 30% compared to the prior year as significant projects have been completed for a major aviation customer and its supply chain and anticipated projects did not occur to the extent expected. PlaneTechs has been diversifying from providing services to one primary customer without offsetting growth in the broader aviation and transportation marketplace. As a result of significantly underperforming against current year expectations and increased future uncertainty, we lowered our future expectations, which resulted in a goodwill impairment of $17.0 million.
• | hrX (Outsourced recruitment of permanent employees on behalf of clients) - Sales of this service line include our internally developed applicant tracking software (“ATS”). Actual stand-alone ATS sales and service were $3.4 million for fiscal 2015 and have recently declined. ATS sales and prospects have underperformed against our expectations. As a result of underperforming against our current year expectations and increased future uncertainty in customer demand, we lowered our future expectations, which resulted in a goodwill impairment of $15.2 million.
We generally record acquired intangible assets that have finite useful lives, such as customer relationships, in connection with business combinations. We review intangible assets that have finite useful lives and other long-lived assets whenever an event or change in circumstances indicates that the carrying value of the asset may not be recoverable. Factors considered important that could result in an impairment review include, but are not limited to, significant underperformance relative to historical or planned operating results, or significant changes in business strategies. We estimate the recoverability of these assets by comparing the carrying amount of the asset to the future undiscounted cash flows that we expect the asset to generate. An impairment loss is recognized when the estimated undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use of the asset plus net proceeds expected from disposition of the asset (if any) are less than the carrying value of the asset. When an impairment loss is recognized, the carrying amount of the asset is reduced to its estimated fair value based on discounted cash flow analysis or other valuation techniques. With the change in scope of services by Staff Management to our largest customer, we lowered our future expectations, which was the primary trigger of an impairment to our acquired customer relationships intangible asset of $28.9 million. Considerable management judgment was necessary to determine key assumptions, including projected revenue and an appropriate discount rate of 13%. Actual future results could vary from our estimates. We have indefinite-lived intangible assets related to our Staff Management and PeopleScout trade names. We test our trade names/trademarks annually for impairment and when indications of potential impairment exist. We utilize the relief from royalty method to determine the fair value of our trade names. If the carrying value exceeds the fair value, we recognize an impairment loss in an amount equal to the excess. We used a royalty rate of 10% and a discount rate of 17% in our valuation. Considerable management judgment is necessary to determine key assumptions, including projected revenue, royalty rates, and appropriate discount rates. With the change in scope of services to our largest customer, we have lowered our future expectations, which was the primary trigger of an impairment to the acquired trade name of Staff Management of $4.5 million. Interim impairment test In August 2016, we were notified by our largest customer that they will no longer be using our contingent labor services to help expand their delivery stations to distribute and deliver their products directly to their customers. As a result, we expected minimal, if any, revenue activity in Q4 2016 and beyond for our largest customer's delivery stations business. We plan to continue to service their Canadian fulfillment centers. The loss of providing contingent labor services to expand our largest customer's delivery stations was deemed to be a triggering event for purposes of assessing goodwill and the customer relationship definite-lived intangible asset for impairment during the third quarter of 2016. Accordingly, we performed a goodwill impairment test for our Staff Management reporting unit using a blended income and market approach. Considerable management judgment was necessary to determine key assumptions, including estimated future revenues and discount rate. We estimated future revenues from our largest customer of approximately $30 million for 2017 and modest growth rates thereafter. We used a higher discount rate of 25% for Amazon due to the uncertainties associated with this customer, which resulted in a blended discount rate of 15% for Staff Management. Determining the fair value of our Staff Management reporting unit is judgmental in nature and involves the use of significant estimates and assumptions to evaluate the impact of recent changes. The fair value of this reporting unit is estimated using a combination of a discounted cash flow methodology and the market valuation approach using publicly traded company multiples in similar businesses. This analysis required significant judgments, including estimation of future cash flows, which is dependent on internal forecasts, estimation of the long-term rate of growth for our business, estimation of the useful life over which cash flows will occur, and determination of our weighted average cost of capital, which is risk-adjusted to reflect the specific risk profile of this reporting unit. The estimated fair value of our Staff Management reporting unit was in excess of its carrying value by 20%. This reporting unit also continues to include limited services to our largest customer. As such, we believe this reporting unit carries more risk of future impairment when compared to our other reporting units. Should our largest customer discontinue the use of our services entirely and the rest of Staff Management continues to perform in line with management's current expectations and valuation assumptions, this would not result in a goodwill impairment; however, it would reduce the excess estimated fair value of this reporting unit over its carrying value to less than 20%. The Staff Management reporting unit has goodwill of $10.6 million as of September 23, 2016 and January 1, 2017. We will continue to closely monitor the operational performance of the Staff Management reporting unit as it relates to goodwill impairment. Spartan and CLP Resources: In the third quarter of fiscal 2016, we finalized the changes to the organizational and reporting structure of our Labor Ready, Spartan Staffing, and CLP Resources service lines. The combined service lines were re-branded as PeopleReady. As a result, we have combined these service lines into one and have recognized an impairment charge of $4.3 million for the remaining net book value of the Spartan and CLP Resources trade name/trademarks intangible assets as of September 23, 2016. There were no goodwill or intangible asset impairment charges recorded during fiscal 2015 or 2014.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for the aggregate amount of goodwill and a description of intangible assets, which may include (a) for amortizable intangible assets (also referred to as finite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, the amount of any significant residual value, and the weighted-average amortization period, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization (also referred to as indefinite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, and (c) the amount of research and development assets acquired and written off in the period, including the line item in the income statement in which the amounts written off are aggregated, if not readily apparent from the income statement. Also discloses (a) for amortizable intangibles assets in total and by major class, the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization, the total amortization expense for the period, and the estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization the carrying amount in total and by major class, and (c) for goodwill, in total and for each reportable segment, the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the period (including the aggregate amount of goodwill acquired, the aggregate amount of impairment losses recognized, and the amount of goodwill included in the gain (loss) on disposal of a reporting unit). If any part of goodwill has not been allocated to a reportable segment, discloses the unallocated amount and the reasons for not allocating. For each impairment loss recognized related to an intangible asset (excluding goodwill), discloses: (a) a description of the impaired intangible asset and the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method for determining fair value, (c) the caption in the income statement or the statement of activities in which the impairment loss is aggregated, and (d) the segment in which the impaired intangible asset is reported. For each goodwill impairment loss recognized, discloses: (a) a description of the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method of determining the fair value of the associated reporting unit, and (c) if a recognized impairment loss is an estimate not finalized and the reasons why the estimate is not final. May also disclose the nature and amount of any significant adjustments made to a previous estimate of an impairment loss. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 30 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66006027&loc=d3e16373-109275 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 30 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66006027&loc=d3e16265-109275 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 30 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66006027&loc=d3e16323-109275 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35741047&loc=d3e13816-109267 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35741047&loc=d3e13854-109267 + Details
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