Segment reporting (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Oct. 03, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Summary of segment information

Segment information is as follows:

	Three Months Ended					Nine Months Ended
	October 3, 2015			September 27, 2014		October 3, 2015		September 27, 2014
Net sales:
Global Ceramic segment	$	791,538		779,842		2,301,168		2,271,660
Flooring NA segment	955,099			886,317		2,722,347		2,562,560
Flooring ROW segment	404,026			326,146		1,050,390		1,021,951
Intersegment sales	(7		)	(1,647	)	(339	)	(4,171	)
	$	2,150,656		1,990,658		6,073,566		5,852,000
Operating income (loss):
Global Ceramic segment	$	120,055		101,254		326,571		268,320
Flooring NA segment	125,910			83,623		145,861		207,578
Flooring ROW segment	55,471			35,046		153,164		113,909
Corporate and intersegment eliminations	(12,702		)	(6,230	)	(37,272	)	(23,131	)
	$	288,734		213,693		588,324		566,676

	October 3, 2015		December 31, 2014
Assets:
Global Ceramic segment	$	3,938,242	3,542,594
Flooring NA segment	3,195,904		2,587,151
Flooring ROW segment	2,699,255		1,909,487
Corporate and intersegment eliminations	231,081		246,312
	$	10,064,482	8,285,544