Segment and Geographic Information and Product Related Information

12 Months Ended

Dec. 02, 2012

Segment and Geographic Information and Product Related Information

Segment and Geographic Information and Product Related Information

Note 21: Segment and Geographic Information and Product Related Information

        The Company's segments are identified based on the Company's organizational structure which is organized around geographic areas. The segments are able to be aggregated for reporting purposes based on similar economic characteristics in accordance with applicable authoritative literature surrounding segment presentation.

• Domestic Revenue by Product

        The Company produces sleep sets across a range of technologies, including innerspring, latex foam and visco-elastic "memory foam". The U.S. mattress industry groups these products in categories based on innerspring and specialty technologies. The products for international locations are aggregated as they are substantially similar and the international markets do not have similar product categorization. In the domestic market the Company's net revenue by product type for fiscal year 2012, 2011 and 2010 was as follows (in thousands):

	2012		2011		2010
Net sales—Domestic innerspring bedding	$	887,956	$	852,352	$	861,001
Net sales—Domestic specialty bedding		121,059		81,448		69,928
Total bedding sales		1,009,015		933,800		930,929
Other revenue(1)		27,418		18,608		20,177
Net sales	$	1,036,433	$	952,409	$	951,106

(1)

Other revenue includes external sales of Comfort Revolution and the Company's components and U.S. latex businesses.

• Geographical Information

        Net sales to external customers by geographic area are as follows (in thousands):

	Fiscal year
	2012		2011		2010
United States	$	1,036,433	$	952,409	$	951,106
Canada		198,714		182,350		185,706
Other International		112,723		95,392		82,659
Total	$	1,347,870	$	1,230,151	$	1,219,471
Total International	$	311,437	$	277,742	$	268,365

        Long lived assets (principally property, plant and equipment) outside the United States were $35.2 million and $35.4 million as of December 2, 2012 and November 27, 2011, respectively.