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Revenue
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]  
Revenue
Note 2. Revenue
Disaggregation of Revenue
The accounting policies of the operations in the various geographic areas are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies. Revenues are attributed to countries based on the location of the branch from which the sale occurred. In each of the years presented in the tables below, no single customer represented 5% or more of our consolidated net sales.
Our revenues related to the following geographic areas were as follows for the periods ended December 31:
 
Twelve-month period
 
2018
 
2017
 
2016
United States
$
4,285.5

 
3,842.9

 
3,493.5

All foreign countries
679.6

 
547.6

 
468.5

Total revenues
$
4,965.1

 
4,390.5

 
3,962.0

The percentages of our sales by end market were as follows for the periods ended December 31:
 
Twelve-month period
 
2018
 
2017
 
2016
Manufacturing
66.7
%
 
66.5
%
 
65.9
%
Non-residential construction
13.1
%
 
13.0
%
 
13.6
%
Other
20.2
%
 
20.5
%
 
20.5
%
 
100.0
%
 
100.0
%
 
100.0
%
The percentages of our sales by product line were as follows for the periods ended December 31(1):
 
 
 
Twelve-month Period
Type
Introduced
 
2018
 
2017
 
2016
Fasteners(2)
1967
 
34.9
%
 
35.6
%
 
36.6
%
Tools
1993
 
10.0
%
 
10.1
%
 
9.9
%
Cutting tools
1996
 
5.7
%
 
5.8
%
 
5.7
%
Hydraulics & pneumatics
1996
 
6.8
%
 
6.8
%
 
6.9
%
Material handling
1996
 
5.8
%
 
5.9
%
 
6.0
%
Janitorial supplies
1996
 
7.6
%
 
7.3
%
 
7.3
%
Electrical supplies
1997
 
4.7
%
 
4.9
%
 
4.8
%
Welding supplies
1997
 
4.1
%
 
4.2
%
 
4.2
%
Safety supplies
1999
 
17.2
%
 
16.3
%
 
16.0
%
Other
 
 
3.2
%
 
3.1
%
 
2.6
%
 
 
 
100.0
%
 
100.0
%
 
100.0
%
(1) In 2018, we reclassified certain product category designations and have conformed the prior period percentages to the current year presentation.
(2) The fastener product line represents fasteners and miscellaneous supplies.