Our operations are managed and reported in segments, Delta Group and Salt Life Group, which reflect the manner in which the business is managed and results are reviewed by the Chief Executive Officer, who is our chief operating decision maker. 

 

The Delta Group is comprised of our business units primarily focused on core activewear styles, and includes our Delta Activewear (encompassing our core Delta Catalog business and FunTees private label business), Soffe, and business units. We market, distribute and manufacture unembellished knit apparel under the main brands of Soffe®, Delta Platinum, Delta Pro Weight, and Delta Magnum Weight for sale to a diversified audience ranging from large licensed screen printers to small independent businesses. We also manufacture private label products for major branded sportswear companies, trendy regional brands, retailers, and sports licensed apparel marketers. Typically, our private label products are sold with value-added services such as hangtags, ticketing, hangers, and embellishment so that they are fully ready for retail. Using digital print equipment and its proprietary technology, embellishes garments to create private label, custom decorated apparel servicing the fast-growing e-retailer channels, as well as the ad-specialty, promotional products and retail marketplaces

 

The Salt Life Group is comprised of our lifestyle brands focused on a broad range of apparel garments, headwear and related accessories to meet consumer preferences and fashion trends, and includes our Salt Life and Coast business units.  These products are sold through specialty and boutique shops, traditional department stores, and outdoor retailers, as well as direct-to-consumer through branded ecommerce sites and branded retail stores. Products in this segment are marketed under our lifestyle brands of Salt Life® and COAST®, as well as other labels. 

 

Our Chief Operating Decision Maker and management evaluate performance and allocate resources based on profit or loss from operations before interest, income taxes and special charges ("segment operating earnings"). Our segment operating earnings be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies. The accounting policies of our reportable segments are the same as those described in Note   Intercompany transfers between operating segments are transacted at cost and have been eliminated within the segment amounts shown in the following table (in thousands).

 

		Fiscal Year Ended
		September 28, 2019				September 29, 2018
Segment net sales:
Delta Group		$	389,075			$	356,009
Salt Life Group			42,655				39,441
Total net sales		$	431,730			$	395,450
Segment operating income:
Delta Group		$	23,780			$	26,091
Salt Life Group			6,160				4,747
Total segment operating income		$	29,940			$	30,838
Purchases of property, plant and equipment:
Delta Group		$	4,861			$	4,341
Salt Life Group			1,202				917
Corporate			—				511
Total purchases of property, plant and equipment		$	6,063			$	5,769
Depreciation and amortization:
Delta Group		$	9,889			$	8,090
Salt Life Group			1,522				1,456
Corporate			353				442
Total depreciation and amortization		$	11,764			$	9,988

 

The following reconciles the segment operating income to the consolidated income before provision for income taxes (in thousands):

 

		Fiscal Year Ended
		September 28, 2019				September 29, 2018
Segment operating income		$	29,940			$	30,838
Loss attributable to non-controlling interest			374				107
Unallocated corporate expenses			13,671				13,328
Unallocated interest expense			7,550				5,713
Consolidated income before provision for income taxes		$	8,345			$	11,690

 

Our revenues include sales to domestic and foreign customers.  Foreign customers are composed of companies whose headquarters are located outside of the United States.  Supplemental information regarding our revenues by geographic area based on the location of the customer is as follows (in thousands):

 

		Fiscal Year Ended
		September 28, 2019				September 29, 2018
United States		$	431,082			$	394,252
Foreign			648				1,198
Total net sales		$	431,730			$	395,450

 

Our total assets and equity investment by segment are as follows (in thousands):

 

		As of
		September 28, 2019				September 29, 2018
Total assets by segment:
Delta Group		$	315,653			$	283,811
Salt Life Group			57,574				55,032
Corporate			4,761				4,766
Total assets		$	377,988			$	343,609
Equity investment in joint venture:
Delta Group		$	10,388			$	8,980
Salt Life Group			—				—
Total equity investment in joint venture		$	10,388			$	8,980

 

We attribute our property, plant and equipment to a particular country based on the location of these assets.  Summarized financial information by geographic area is as follows (in thousands):

 

		As of
		September 28, 2019				September 29, 2018
United States		$	41,620			$	30,768
Honduras			15,326				16,823
El Salvador			3,209				3,476
Mexico			1,249				1,047
All foreign countries			19,784				21,346
Total property, plant and equipment, net		$	61,404			$	52,114