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SEGMENT INFORMATION
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
SEGMENT INFORMATION [Abstract]  
SEGMENT INFORMATION
NOTE 9: 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 twenty three 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-three 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, Taiwan and Hong Kong). On March 21, 2014, the Company announced temporary suspension of operations in Ukraine, due to political turmoil and ongoing instability in the country.

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

 
 
Three months
 
Region
2014
 
2013
 
North America
$
20.3
 
47.2
%
$
20.5
 
49.2
%
 
Asia/Pacific
 
19.0
 
44.2
%
 
17.8
 
42.7
%
 
EMEA
 
3.7
 
8.6
%
 
3.4
 
8.1
%
 
Total
$
43.0
 
100.0
%
$
41.7
 
100.0
%


 
Three months
 
2014
 
2013
Consolidated product sales
$
34.5
 
$
37.4
Consolidated pack sales
 
6.7
 
 
2.3
Consolidated other, including freight
 
1.8
 
 
2.0
Consolidated total net sales
$
43.0
 
$
41.7

Long-lived assets for the Company and its subsidiaries reside in the following regions (in millions):

Region
March 31, 2014
 
December 31, 2013
North America
 
$
2.2
 
 
$
2.4
Asia/Pacific
 
 
0.4
 
 
 
0.4
EMEA
 
 
0.3
 
 
 
0.4
Total
 
$
2.9
 
 
$
3.2

Inventory balances, which consist of raw materials, work in progress, finished goods, and promotional materials, as offset by obsolete inventories, reside in the following regions (in millions):

Region
March 31, 2014
 
December 31, 2013
North America
 
$
5.8
 
 
$
6.4
Asia/Pacific
 
 
5.2
 
 
 
5.3
EMEA
 
 
3.0
 
 
 
2.3
Total
 
$
14.0
 
 
$
14.0