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SEGMENT INFORMATION
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
SEGMENT INFORMATION [Abstract]  
SEGMENT INFORMATION
NOTE 16: SEGMENT INFORMATION

The Company conducts its business as a single operating segment, consolidating all of its business units into a single reportable entity, as a seller of proprietary nutritional supplements, topical and skin care products, and weight-management products through its network marketing distribution channels operating in seventeen countries. Each of the Company's business units sells similar packs and products and possesses similar economic characteristics, such as selling prices and gross margins. In each country, the Company markets its products and pays commissions and incentives in similar market environments. The Company's management reviews its financial information by country and focuses its internal reporting and analysis of revenues by packs and product sales. The Company sells its products through its independent associates and distributes its products through similar distribution channels in each country. No single independent associate has ever accounted for more than 10% of the Company's consolidated net sales.

The Company operates facilities in ten countries and sells product in twenty-four countries around the world. These facilities are located in the United States, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, the United Kingdom, Japan, the Republic of Korea (South Korea), Taiwan, South Africa and Mexico. Each facility services different geographic areas. We currently sell our products in three regions: (i) North America (the United States, Canada and Mexico); (ii) EMEA (Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, the Republic of Ireland, Namibia, the Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, and the United Kingdom); (iii) Asia/Pacific (Australia, Japan, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, Singapore and Taiwan). In November 2012, the Company commenced the shipment of its products to the Ukraine and in December 2012, the Company commenced the shipment of its products to Hong Kong. The Switzerland office was created to manage certain day-to-day business needs of non-North American markets.

Consolidated net sales shipped to customers in these regions, along with pack and product information for the years ended December 31, are as follows (in millions, except percentages):

Region
 
2012
  
2011
 
North America
 $86.5   49.9 % $101.9   50.8 %
Asia/Pacific
  70.6   40.7 %  81.4   40.6 %
EMEA
  16.3   9.4 %  17.4   8.6 %
Total
 $173.4   100.0 % $200.7   100.0 %
 
   
2012
  
2011
 
Consolidated product sales
 $155.8  $171.5 
Consolidated pack sales
  11.4   21.3 
Consolidated other, including freight
  6.2   7.9 
Total
 $173.4  $200.7 
 
Long-lived assets by region, which include property and equipment and construction in progress for the Company and its subsidiaries, as of December 31, reside in the following countries, as follows (in millions):

Region
 
2012
  
2011
 
North America
 $3.8  $8.2 
Asia/Pacific
  0.7   1.1 
EMEA
  0.3   0.3 
Total
 $4.8  $9.6 
 
Inventory balances by region, which consist of raw materials, and finished goods, including promotional materials, and offset by obsolete inventories, for the Company and its subsidiaries, reside in the following countries as of December 31, as follows (in millions):

Region
 
2012
  
2011
 
North America
 $9.5  $12.2 
Asia/Pacific
  4.2   3.8 
EMEA
  1.5   1.8 
Total
 $15.2  $17.8