SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

SEGMENT INFORMATION [Abstract]

SEGMENT INFORMATION

Information about the Company's segments follows:

	Memorialization						Brand Solutions
												Marking and
	Cemetery		Funeral Home				Graphics			Merchandising		Fulfillment
	Products		Products		Cremation		Imaging			Solutions		Systems		Other		Consolidated
Sales to external customers:
2014	$	221,992	$	234,583	$	51,845	$	398,223		$	99,105	$	100,849	$	-	$	1,106,597
2013		226,586		242,803		48,522		294,571			79,370		93,505		-		985,357
2012		215,943		230,943		45,981		259,865			72,964		74,621		-		900,317
Intersegment sales:
2014		166		234		2,223		134			463		31		-		3,251
2013		39		172		951		416			527		10		-		2,115
2012		262		4		60		2			702		22		-		1,052
Depreciation and amortization:
2014		4,835		6,162		489		25,303			2,397		2,203		1,475		42,864
2013		4,034		6,267		351		21,968			2,324		1,675		1,246		37,865
2012		3,255		6,416		396		14,175			2,330		1,048		1,201		28,821
Operating profit:
2014		36,165		28,025		5,116		(4,617	)		7,153		11,049		-		82,891
2013		32,571		37,263		3,097		9,724			4,275		8,862		-		95,792
2012		33,195		26,525		3,869		14,843			5,084		10,061		-		93,577
Total assets:
2014		202,126		312,619		42,344		1,202,360			76,509		115,470		80,307		2,031,735
2013		210,242		286,576		40,072		426,796			69,012		113,420		69,782		1,215,900
2012		211,205		299,248		41,099		356,458			66,170		75,217		78,645		1,128,042
Capital expenditures:
2014		4,900		2,040		1,317		15,455			1,279		3,325		921		29,237
2013		8,415		2,399		174		9,027			737		2,904		1,268		24,924
2012		3,811		2,540		396		18,693			1,496		2,513		3,787		33,236

Information about the Company's operations by geographic area follows:

	United States		Central and South America		Canada		Europe		Australia		Asia		Consolidated
Sales to external customers:
2014	$	676,764	$	3,272	$	14,471	$	380,229	$	13,994	$	17,867	$	1,106,597
2013		617,371		-		12,014		328,266		13,534		14,172		985,357
2012		569,435		-		11,967		290,283		13,778		14,854		900,317
Long-lived assets:
2014		918,996		10,739		36,543		391,944		21,300		31,122		1,410,644
2013		421,697		3,731		483		324,731		6,338		13,404		770,384
2012		395,565		4,743		507		260,809		7,041		10,580		679,245