Production Mail
Equipment sales grew as a result of a larger number of inserting equipment installations during the quarter. Supplies revenue continued to benefit from the growth in production print installations in 2014. Support services revenue declined as a result of some in-house mailers shifting their mail processing to third party outsourcers who provide some self-service on equipment. For comparative purposes, revenue would have grown 1 percent when adjusted for the impacts of currency and the divested revenues in Europe from the prior year related to this segment. EBIT margin improved versus the prior year due to a favorable mix of higher margin equipment sales and on-going cost reduction initiatives.
Presort Services
Revenue benefited from the addition of new customers and an increase in the volume of mail processed. EBIT margin improved versus the prior year due to the revenue growth and on-going operational productivity.
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Digital Commerce Solutions |
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2015 |
2014 |
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Ex Currency |
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192 |
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$ |
181 |
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| EBIT | $ | 16 | $ | 10 | 67 | % | ||||||||||||||
