Segment reporting (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 26, 2020

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Summary of segment information

Segment information is as follows:

	Three Months Ended			Nine Months Ended
	September 26, 2020		September 28, 2019	September 26, 2020	September 28, 2019
Net sales:
Global Ceramic segment	$	911,303	916,422	2,513,088	2,772,805
Flooring NA segment	982,292		1,001,908	2,630,710	2,907,327
Flooring ROW segment	681,275		600,855	1,766,635	1,866,028
Total	$	2,574,870	2,519,185	6,910,433	7,546,160
Operating income (loss)(1):
Global Ceramic segment	$	73,998	83,305	88,166	283,571
Flooring NA segment	74,313		82,768	65,035	148,010
Flooring ROW segment	129,135		82,988	234,429	272,071
Corporate and intersegment eliminations	(14,702)		(8,841)	(34,362)	(31,242)
Total	$	262,744	240,220	353,268	672,410

(1)During the second quarter of 2020, the Company revised the methodology it uses to estimate and allocate corporate general and administrative expenses to its operating segments to better align usage of corporate resources allocated to the Company segments. The updated allocation methodology had no impact on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. This change was applied retrospectively, and segment operating income for all comparative periods has been updated to reflect this change.

	At September 26, 2020		At December 31, 2019
Assets:
Global Ceramic segment	$	5,111,492	5,419,896
Flooring NA segment	3,626,339		3,823,654
Flooring ROW segment	3,928,243		3,925,246
Corporate and intersegment eliminations	1,118,140		217,884
Total	$	13,784,214	13,386,680