Segment Information

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Segment Information [Abstract]

Segment Information

Note 11.   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,
	2013		2012
Sales to external customers:
Memorialization:
Cemetery Products	$	49,827	$	52,824
Funeral Home Products		58,668		60,757
Cremation		8,865		11,102
		117,360		124,683
Brand Solutions:
Graphics Imaging		72,654		62,435
Marking and Fulfillment Systems		21,523		17,915
Merchandising Solutions		18,408		20,576
		112,585		100,926
	$	229,945	$	225,609

Operating profit:
Memorialization:
Cemetery Products	$	6,119		$	6,372
Funeral Home Products		6,821			7,693
Cremation		(402	)		475
		12,538			14,540
Brand Solutions:
Graphics Imaging		1,041			292
Marking and Fulfillment Systems		1,140			376
Merchandising Solutions		277			1,291
		2,458			1,959
	$	14,996		$	16,499