Business Segments (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of segment data

Segment data for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 is as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended June 30,						Nine Months Ended June 30,
	2018			2017			2018			2017
Net sales:
Sally Beauty Supply ("SBS")	$	591,583		$	594,880		$	1,757,272		$	1,760,732
Beauty Systems Group ("BSG")		404,700			403,163			1,209,296			1,203,390
Total	$	996,283		$	998,043		$	2,966,568		$	2,964,122
Earnings before provision for income taxes:
Segment operating earnings:
SBS	$	94,912		$	104,880		$	271,834		$	294,245
BSG		62,039			67,327			186,553			193,630
Segment operating earnings		156,951			172,207			458,387			487,875
Unallocated expenses		(42,179	)		(36,815	)		(110,411	)		(106,777	)
Restructuring charges		(12,544	)		(5,054	)		(24,513	)		(14,265	)
Consolidated operating earnings		102,228			130,338			323,463			366,833
Interest expense		(24,501	)		(26,969	)		(73,779	)		(80,616	)
Earnings before provision for income taxes	$	77,727		$	103,369		$	249,684		$	286,217