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Ralph Lauren Corp. has agreed to pay $1.6 million to resolve allegations that it bribed government officials in Argentina to get customs clearance for its merchandise. The Securities and Exchange Commission said Monday that the clothing maker

A minute after eBay's government relations team tweeted on Sunday that Congress should not pass online sales tax legislation, a retail lobbying group called the Alliance for Main Street Fairness shot back with its own tweet accusing eBay of looking for special treatment. The social media rhetoric is heating up as the Senate gets close to voting on the Marketplace Fairness Act.

A New Jersey woman of Korean descent is suing CVS for $1 million after claiming that a store employee used a racial Asian slur on her receipt. Hyun Lee, 37, of Egg Harbor, N.J., was picking up photos from a CVS, also in Egg Harbor, N.J., when she noticed that the cashier had identified her as "Ching Chong Lee" on her receipt. According to her attorney, Lee contacted CVS customer relations, but was apparently told by CVS in an email response that the employee would be "counseled and trained."

The contentious ongoing issue of charging and collecting sales tax for e-commerce transactions has been a point of concern for many states, all desperate for additional revenue that they feel should be gained as an intrinsic part of making purchases online. Some states, like California, enacted legislation to force sites to collect that sales tax when its residents make purchases. The state-by-state approach may soon see the much-debated federal version of an online sales tax bill up and running sooner rather than later. 

Leave it to a lawyer to file suit over a suit. A Manhattan attorney has filed a $7,646.51 lawsuit against Brooks Brothers for sending him home with the wrong suit and then refusing to exchange it. Robert Ginsberg, a Manhattan negligence lawyer, says he was supposed to be getting a stylish new brownish-gray tailored suit and wound up with a used gray jacket and the wrong size pants. "The jacket was the right size, but it was the wrong color and it was used," Ginsberg told the Daily News.

The latest round in the battle between Macy’s and J.C. Penney over the sale of Martha Stewart goods went to Macy’s, which on Monday challenged a judge’s decision last Friday to allow certain nonbranded Martha Steward items to be sold — at least temporarily — in J.C. Penney stores under the JCP Everyday label. 

Macy's has filed an appeal challenging a judge's ruling that J.C. Penney can sell unbranded Martha Stewart goods in its stores for now — the latest salvo in a legal war between the two retailers over rights to the domestic doyenne's products. Justice Jeffrey Oing in Manhattan state court said on Friday that J.C. Penney could sell certain Martha Stewart-designed goods as long as they don't carry her name. The decision was a reprieve for the troubled retailer which has already had the products manufactured and is storing them in warehouses. 

The judge in the J.C. Penney and Macy's case says J.C. Penney will be allowed to sell nonbranded Martha Stewart products for now. Check out this video from CNBC for more analysis of the case. 

New York State Supreme Court Justice Jeffrey Oing on Thursday refused to dismiss Macy's Inc's claim that Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia violated its contract when it designed certain merchandise for J.C. Penney Co., regardless of whether the items carry the Martha Stewart brand. The ruling may impact whether Penney can sell Martha Stewart-designed home goods under a "JCP Everyday" label. The judge is expected to rule Friday on whether to temporarily block Penney from selling Martha Stewart-designed goods that Penney manufactured in that "Everyday" packaging, Reuters reported.

Shortly after announcing the opening of its first firearms store in Minnesota, Gander Mountain came out with a new online and social media initiative aimed at promoting responsible gun ownership. As part of its “With Rights Comes