TODAY’S TRADEMARK – BURLINGTON COAT FACTORY
Burlington is the third largest discount store after TJX Companies and Ross Stores. Burlington, also known as Burlington Coat Factory, is a US national discount retailer and a division of Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corporation with 740 stores in 40 states and Puerto Rico, headquartered in Burlington Township, New Jersey. In 2007 it was acquired by Bain Capital in a transaction and in 2008 Tom Kingsbury became President and CEO. In 2013 the company went public again. Burlington has been affiliated with charities for several years. Since 2002 they have been part of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Light the Night campaign and collect donations at the cash register. With an annual fundraiser running from July through October, the company raised more than $ 3 million in 2013, bringing the company’s total to more than $ 19 million to date. In June 2016 it was announced that Burlington Stores had been inducted into the Fortune 500 for the first time.
The trademark of this company was registered in USPTO bearing registration number 1850094 on August 16, 1994.