Segment Information

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Segment Information [Abstract]

Segment Information

14. Segment Information

The Company manages its business using three reportable segments: Contract, Retail, and Corporate and Other. Management reviews the performance of the Company based on these segments.

Contract distributes a broad line of items for the office, including office supplies and paper, technology products and solutions, print and document services and office furniture. Contract sells directly to large corporate and government offices, as well as to small and medium-sized offices in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. This segment markets and sells through field salespeople, outbound telesales, catalogs, the Internet and in some markets, including Canada, Australia and New Zealand, through office products stores. Substantially all products sold by Contract are purchased from third-party manufacturers or industry wholesalers. Contract purchases office papers primarily from Boise White Paper, L.L.C., under a paper supply contract entered into on June 25, 2011. (For additional information related to the paper supply contract, see Note 15, "Commitments and Guarantees".)

Retail is a retail distributor of office supplies and paper, print and document services, technology products and solutions and office furniture. In addition, this segment contracts with large national retail chains to supply office and school supplies to be sold in their stores. Retail office supply stores feature OfficeMax ImPress, an in-store module devoted to print-for-pay and related services. Retail has operations in the United States, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The retail segment also operates office products stores in Mexico through a 51%-owned joint venture. Substantially all products sold by Retail are purchased from third-party manufacturers or industry wholesalers. Retail purchases office papers primarily from Boise White Paper, L.L.C., under the paper supply contract described above.

Corporate and Other includes corporate support staff services and certain other legacy expenses as well as the related assets and liabilities. The income and expense related to certain assets and liabilities that are reported in the Corporate and Other segment have been allocated to the Contract and Retail segments.

Management evaluates the segments' performances using segment income (loss) which is based on operating income (loss) after eliminating the effect of certain operating items that are not indicative of our core operations such as severances, facility closures and adjustments, and asset impairments. These certain operating items are reported on the asset impairments and the other operating expenses, net lines in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

The following table summarizes by geography, net sales for fiscal years 2011, 2010 and 2009, and non-current assets at each year-end:

	2011		2010		2009
	(thousands)
Net sales
United States	$	5,671,738	$	5,770,036	$	5,952,714
Foreign		1,449,429		1,379,971		1,259,336
Total	$	7,121,167	$	7,150,007	$	7,212,050
Non-current assets
United States	$	1,992,674	$	1,924,982	$	1,909,754
Foreign		137,627		139,661		138,441
Total	$	2,130,301	$	2,064,643	$	2,048,195

There is no single customer that accounts for 10% or more of consolidated trade sales.

Segment sales to external customers by product line are as follows:

	2011		2010		2009
	(thousands)
Contract
Office supplies and paper	$	2,076,014	$	2,086,628	$	2,138,549
Technology products		1,142,196		1,185,462		1,173,956
Office furniture		405,867		362,154		344,180
Total	$	3,624,077	$	3,634,244	$	3,656,685
Retail
Office supplies and paper	$	1,489,800	$	1,468,646	$	1,446,934
Technology products		1,793,255		1,834,630		1,872,537
Office furniture		214,035		212,487		235,894
Total	$	3,497,090	$	3,515,763	$	3,555,365
Total OfficeMax
Office supplies and paper	$	3,565,814	$	3,555,274	$	3,585,483
Technology products		2,935,451		3,020,092		3,046,493
Office furniture		619,902		574,641		580,074
Total	$	7,121,167	$	7,150,007	$	7,212,050

The following tables contain details of the Company's operations by segment:

	Sales		Segment income			Asset impairments			Other operating expenses, net			Operating income (loss)
	(thousands)
Year ended December 31, 2011
Contract	$	3,624,077	$	77,681		$	—		$	(13,984	)	$	63,697
Retail		3,497,090		75,293			(11,197	)		(5,858	)		58,238
Corporate and Other		—		(34,761	)		—			(688	)		(35,449	)
Total	$	7,121,167	$	118,213		$	(11,197	)	$	(20,530	)	$	86,486
Year ended December 25, 2010
Contract	$	3,634,244	$	94,342		$	—		$	(60	)	$	94,282
Retail		3,515,763		103,903			(10,979	)		(12,505	)		80,419
Corporate and Other		—		(37,723	)		—			9,488			(28,235	)
Total	$	7,150,007	$	160,522		$	(10,979	)	$	(3,077	)	$	146,466
Year ended December 26, 2009
Contract	$	3,656,685	$	58,022		$	—		$	(15,269	)	$	42,753
Retail		3,555,365		44,906			(17,612	)		(33,303	)		(6,009	)
Corporate and Other		—		(40,041	)		—			(691	)		(40,732	)
Total	$	7,212,050	$	62,887		$	(17,612	)	$	(49,263	)	$	(3,988	)

Interest expense, interest income, and other income (expense), net are not recorded by segments.

The following table contains details of other selected items by segment.

	Other selected items
	Depreciation and amortization		Capital expenditures		Assets
Year ended December 31, 2011
Contract	$	30,587	$	25,964	$	1,001,161
Retail		50,550		35,830		1,240,541
Corporate and Other		3,081		7,837		1,827,573
Total	$	84,218	$	69,632	$	4,069,275
Year ended December 25, 2010
Contract	$	51,630	$	61,165	$	1,039,800
Retail		49,283		32,346		1,209,635
Corporate and Other		23		—		1,829,494
Total	$	100,936	$	93,511	$	4,078,929
Year ended December 26, 2009
Contract	$	57,548	$	17,939	$	1,035,175
Retail		58,869		20,338		1,239,632
Corporate and Other		—		—		1,794,723
Total	$	116,417	$	38,277	$	4,069,530