Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Reconciliation of Revenue from Segments to Consolidated Statements

Revenue and EBIT by business segment is presented below:

	Revenue
	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2017		2016		2017		2016
North America Mailing	$	319,966	$	349,785	$	1,016,640	$	1,064,456
International Mailing	93,770		96,730		282,150		309,297
Small & Medium Business Solutions	413,736		446,515		1,298,790		1,373,753
Production Mail	104,387		106,350		278,912		289,649
Presort Services	119,074		114,053		370,203		357,214
Enterprise Business Solutions	223,461		220,403		649,115		646,863
Software Solutions	99,442		89,031		264,087		257,417
Global Ecommerce	106,181		83,082		288,839		241,473
Digital Commerce Solutions	205,623		172,113		552,926		498,890
Total revenue	$	842,820	$	839,031	$	2,500,831	$	2,519,506

Reconciliation of EBIT from Segments to Consolidated

	EBIT
	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2017			2016			2017			2016
North America Mailing	$	107,777		$	141,968		$	369,662		$	449,696
International Mailing	8,729			9,198			35,967			32,842
Small & Medium Business Solutions	116,506			151,166			405,629			482,538
Production Mail	14,920			15,696			31,515			35,434
Presort Services	19,474			19,181			69,461			69,305
Enterprise Business Solutions	34,394			34,877			100,976			104,739
Software Solutions	20,912			10,329			31,216			17,908
Global Ecommerce	(9,594		)	1,544			(17,894		)	(2,608		)
Digital Commerce Solutions	11,318			11,873			13,322			15,300
Total segment EBIT	162,218			197,916			519,927			602,577
Reconciling items:
Interest, net	(41,230		)	(35,259		)	(120,323		)	(103,769		)
Unallocated corporate expenses	(38,848		)	(51,992		)	(144,138		)	(158,536		)
Restructuring charges and asset impairments, net	(1,493		)	(16,494		)	(30,502		)	(49,503		)
Gain from the sale of technology	—			—			6,085			—
Acquisition and disposition-related expenses	(5,682		)	(578		)	(5,682		)	(4,274		)
Income before income taxes	74,965			93,593			225,367			286,495
Provision for income taxes	17,607			23,197			53,975			93,615
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	—			(291		)	—			(1,951		)
Net income	$	57,358		$	70,105		$	171,392		$	190,929