SEGMENT INFORMATION

3 Months Ended

Mar. 27, 2021

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

SEGMENT INFORMATION

NOTE 5. SEGMENT INFORMATION

At March 27, 2021, the Company had three reportable segments: Business Solutions Division, Retail Division and CompuCom Division. The Business Solutions Division sells nationally branded as well as the Company’s private branded office supply and adjacency products and services to customers in the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Canada. Business Solutions Division customers are served through a dedicated sales force, catalogs, telesales, and electronically through the Company’s Internet websites. The Retail Division includes a chain of retail stores in the United States, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, which sell office supplies, technology products and solutions, business machines and related supplies, cleaning, breakroom and facilities products, personal protective equipment, and office furniture as well as offer business services including copying, printing, digital imaging, mailing, shipping and technology support services. In addition, the print needs for retail and business customers are also facilitated through the Company’s regional print production centers. The CompuCom Division provides IT services and products to enterprise organizations in the United States and Canada, and offers a broad range of solutions including technology lifecycle management, end user computing and collaboration, service desk, remote technology monitoring and management, and IT workforce solutions.

The retained global sourcing operations previously included in the former International Division are not significant and have been presented as Other. The operating results of BuyerQuest are not significant in the first quarter of 2021 and are included in Other since its acquisition on January 29, 2021. Also included in Other is the elimination of intersegment revenues of $4 million for both the first quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2020.

The products and services offered by the Business Solutions Division and the Retail Division are similar, but the CompuCom Division’s offerings are focused on IT services and related products. The Company’s three operating segments are its three reportable segments. The Business Solutions Division, the Retail Division and the CompuCom Division are managed separately as they represent separate channels in the way the Company serves its customers. The accounting policies for each segment are the same as those described in Note 1 of the 2020 Form 10-K. Division operating income is determined based on the measure of performance reported internally to manage the business and for resource allocation. This measure charges to the respective Divisions those expenses considered directly or closely related to their operations and allocates support costs. Certain operating expenses and credits are not allocated to the Business Solutions Division, the Retail Division or the CompuCom Division, including asset impairments and merger, restructuring and other operating expenses, as well as expenses and credits retained at the Corporate level, including certain management costs and legacy pension and environmental matters. Other companies may charge more or less of these items to their segments and results may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other entities. In addition, the Company regularly evaluates the appropriateness of the reportable segments based on how the business is managed, including decision-making about resources allocation and assessing performance of the segments, particularly in light of organizational changes, merger and acquisition activity and changing laws and regulations. Therefore, the current reportable segments may change in the future.

The following is a summary of sales and operating income (loss) by each of the Divisions and Other, reconciled to consolidated totals.

	Sales
	First Quarter
(In millions)	2021		2020
Business Solutions Division	$	1,127	$	1,334
Retail Division		1,039		1,156
CompuCom Division		196		235
Other		4		—
Total	$	2,366	$	2,725

	Division Operating Income (Loss)
	First Quarter
(In millions)	2021			2020
Business Solutions Division	$	17		$	40
Retail Division		100			87
CompuCom Division		(1	)		3
Other		—			—
Total	$	116		$	130

A reconciliation of the measure of Division operating income to Consolidated income before income taxes is as follows:

	First Quarter
(In millions)	2021			2020
Total Divisions operating income	$	116		$	130
Add/(subtract):
Asset impairments		(12	)		(12	)
Merger, restructuring and other operating expenses, net		(14	)		(16	)
Unallocated expenses		(35	)		(22	)
Interest income		—			3
Interest expense		(7	)		(18	)
Other income, net		11			1
Income before income taxes	$	59		$	66

The components of goodwill by segment are provided in the following table:

	Business Solutions		Retail		CompuCom
(In millions)	Division		Division		Division		Other		Total
Balance as of December 26, 2020	$	316	$	78	$	215	$	—	$	609
Acquisitions		1		—		—		67		68
Balance as of March 27, 2021	$	317	$	78	$	215	$	67	$	677

Additions to goodwill relate to acquisitions made during the first quarter of 2021, as well as the impact of purchase accounting adjustments associated with 2020 acquisitions. As disclosed in Note 2, these adjustments were insignificant individually and in the aggregate to the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. Refer to Note 2 for additional information on the acquisitions made during the first quarter of 2021.

Goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets are tested for impairment annually as of the first day of fiscal December or more frequently when events or changes in circumstances indicate that impairment may have occurred. The most recent annual impairment assessment was performed during the fourth quarter of 2020, using a quantitative assessment for all reporting units. The quantitative assessment combined the income approach and the market approach valuation methodologies and concluded that the fair value of all the Company’s reporting units exceed their carrying amounts. The margin of passage for the CompuCom and Contract reporting units during this assessment were approximately 12%. The Contract reporting unit is a component of the Business Solutions Division segment. As of March 27, 2021, the Company believes, based on an evaluation of events and circumstances, that an interim impairment test has not been triggered and that its goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets continue to be recoverable for all reporting units.

The Company is monitoring the performance of its CompuCom and Contract reporting units which continued to experience the negative impacts of COVID-19 during the first quarter of 2021. The CompuCom and Contract reporting units’ operating performance and future outlook are in line with the Company’s forecasts used in determining the fair value estimates in the most recent quantitative annual impairment test. Accordingly, there are no impairment indicators identified for these reporting units as of March 27, 2021. The Company also did not identify indicators of impairment related to its other reporting units, which mainly serve consumers through its retail stores and eCommerce platform and have been performing in accordance with forecasts. The Company will continue to evaluate the recoverability of goodwill at the reporting unit level on an annual basis and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate there may be a potential impairment. If the operating results of the Company’s reporting units deteriorate in the future, it may cause the fair value of one or more of the reporting units to fall below their carrying amount, resulting in additional goodwill impairment charges.