Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Reconciliation of Revenue From Segments to Consolidated Statements

The following tables provide information about our reportable segments and reconciliation of segment EBIT to net income.

	Revenues
	Years Ended December 31,
	2019		2018		2017
Global Ecommerce	$	1,151,510	$	1,022,862	$	552,242
Presort Services	529,588		515,795		497,901
Commerce Services	1,681,098		1,538,657		1,050,143
SendTech Solutions	1,524,027		1,672,865		1,733,864
Total revenue	$	3,205,125	$	3,211,522	$	2,784,007
Geographic data:
United States	$	2,745,928	$	2,679,300	$	2,262,249
Outside United States	459,197		532,222		521,758
Total revenue	$	3,205,125	$	3,211,522	$	2,784,007

Reconciliation of EBIT From Segments to Consolidated Statements

	EBIT
	Years Ended December 31,
	2019			2018			2017
Global Ecommerce	$	(70,146	)	$	(32,379	)	$	(17,899	)
Presort Services	70,693			73,768			97,506
Commerce Services	547			41,389			79,607
SendTech Solutions	490,322			558,959			553,266
Total segment EBIT	490,869			600,348			632,873
Reconciling items:
Interest, net	(155,558		)	(159,757		)	(164,162		)
Unallocated corporate expenses	(211,529		)	(185,919		)	(219,924		)
Restructuring charges and asset impairments, net	(69,606		)	(25,899		)	(44,849		)
Pension settlement	—			(31,329		)	—
Loss on Market Exits	(17,683		)	—			—
Transaction costs	(2,728		)	(1,359		)	(6,384		)
Loss on extinguishment of debt	(6,623		)	(7,964		)	(3,856		)
Benefit (provision) for income taxes	13,007			(6,416		)	(13,659		)
Income from continuing operations	40,149			181,705			180,039
Income from discontinued operations, net of tax	154,460			60,106			63,489
Net income	$	194,609		$	241,811		$	243,528

Reconciliation of Depreciation and Amortization from Segments to Consolidated

	Depreciation and amortization
	Years Ended December 31,
	2019		2018		2017
Global Ecommerce	$	68,385	$	61,046	$	36,786
Presort Services	29,440		26,838		26,541
Commerce Services	97,825		87,884		63,327
SendTech Solutions	39,758		39,104		39,359
Total for reportable segments	137,583		126,988		102,686
Corporate	21,559		21,476		24,104
Total depreciation and amortization	$	159,142	$	148,464	$	126,790

Reconciliation of Other Significant Reconciling Items from Segments to Consolidated

	Capital expenditures
	Years Ended December 31,
	2019		2018		2017
Global Ecommerce	$	53,374	$	46,073	$	26,810
Presort Services	27,394		42,531		20,860
Commerce Services	80,768		88,604		47,670
SendTech Solutions	32,276		24,648		40,445
Total for reportable segments	113,044		113,252		88,115
Corporate	24,209		24,558		30,132
Total capital expenditures	$	137,253	$	137,810	$	118,247

Reconciliation of Assets from Segment to Consolidated

	Assets
	December 31,
	2019		2018		2017
Global Ecommerce	$	1,102,313	$	1,023,732	$	1,016,045
Presort Services	524,817		431,512		387,701
Commerce Services	1,627,130		1,455,244		1,403,746
SendTech Solutions	2,152,734		2,325,797		2,454,094
Total for reportable segments	3,779,864		3,781,041		3,857,840
Cash and cash equivalents	924,442		867,262		1,009,021
Short-term investments	115,879		59,391		48,988
Assets of discontinued operations	17,229		602,823		923,012
Other corporate assets	629,486		627,902		795,745
Consolidated assets	$	5,466,900	$	5,938,419	$	6,634,606

Long-Lived Assets in Individual Foreign Countries by Country

Identifiable long-lived assets:
United States	$	399,234	$	424,706	$	389,944
Outside United States	18,168		20,023		26,696
Total	$	417,402	$	444,729	$	416,640