Accounts Receivable

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

Accounts Receivable [Abstract]

Accounts Receivable

(4)   Accounts Receivable:

The components of accounts receivable, net are as follows:

($ in thousands)	June 30, 2014		December 31, 2013
Retail and Wholesale	$	487,268	$	498,717
Other		41,065		51,855
Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts		(64,401)		(71,362)
Accounts receivable, net	$	463,932	$	479,210

We maintain an allowance for doubtful accounts based on our estimate of our ability to collect accounts receivable. Bad debt expense, which is recorded as a reduction to revenue,was $11.8 million and $16.1 million, and $24.7 million and $32.3 million, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively.