Segment Information

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Segment Information [Abstract]

Segment Information

10.   Segment Information

The Company's products and operations consist of two principal businesses that are comprised of three operating segments each, as described under Nature of Operations (Note 1):  Memorialization (Cemetery Products, Funeral Home Products, Cremation) and Brand Solutions (Graphics Imaging, Marking and Fulfillment Systems, Merchandising Solutions).  Management evaluates segment performance based on operating profit (before income taxes) and does not allocate non-operating items such as investment income, interest expense, other income (deductions), net and minority interest.

Information about the Company's segments follows:

	Three Months Ended
	December 31,
	2012		2011
Sales to external customers:
Memorialization:
Cemetery Products	$	52,824	$	45,150
Funeral Home Products		60,757		58,571
Cremation		11,102		9,434
		124,683		113,155
Brand Solutions:
Graphics Imaging		62,435		70,443
Marking and Fulfillment Systems		17,915		16,383
Merchandising Solutions		20,576		17,232
		100,926		104,058
	$	225,609	$	217,213

Operating profit:
Memorialization:
Cemetery Products	$	6,372	$	4,535
Funeral Home Products		7,693		6,488
Cremation		475		757
		14,540		11,780
Brand Solutions:
Graphics Imaging		292		4,981
Marking and Fulfillment Systems		376		1,368
Merchandising Solutions		1,291		796
		1,959		7,145
	$	16,499	$	18,925