Accounts Receivable (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Accounts Receivable [Abstract]

Accounts receivable

The components of accounts receivable, net at December 31, 2011 and 2010 are as follows:

($ in thousands)	2011			2010
Retail and wholesale	$	670,842		$	588,147
Other		52,363			53,732
Less:  Allowance for doubtful accounts		(107,048	)		(73,571	)
Accounts receivable, net	$	616,157		$	568,308

Allowance for doubtful accounts

An analysis of the activity in the allowance for doubtful accounts for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 is as follows:

			Additions
	Balance at		Charged to		Charged to other						Balance at
	beginning of		bad debt		accounts -						end of
($ in thousands)	Period		expense		Revenue			Deductions			Period
2009	$	40,125	$	33,682	$	(6,181	)	$	(37,455	)	$	30,171
2010		30,171		55,161		14,873			(26,634	)		73,571
2011		73,571		93,721		16,403			(76,647	)		107,048