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INVENTORIES | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Notes To Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Inventories | NOTE 4: INVENTORIES Inventories consist of raw materials, finished goods, and promotional materials. The Company provides an allowance for any slow-moving or obsolete inventories. Inventories as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, consisted of the following (in thousands):
|  | 2011 |  | 2010
Raw materials |  | $ | 6,850 |  |  | $ | 8,846 |
Finished goods |  |  | 13,247 |  |  |  | 16,785 |
Inventory reserves for obsolescence |  |  | (2,311 | ) |  |  | (1,561 | )
Total |  | $ | 17,786 |  |  | $ | 24,070 |

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