the pleadings filed and the
affidavits submitted to the district court; they provide the fol-
lowing facts: IRT is a Nebraska corporation, with a principal
place of business in Plattsmouth, Nebraska. Martin Brothers
is a California corporation, with a principal place of busi-
ness in Sacramento, California. IRT’s principal product is the
“Impactor,” a heavy piece of equipment which employs a large
rotating drum to “break concrete, perform soil compaction, and
perform similar tasks for contractors in the construction and
mining industries.” On July 29, 2016, IRT received an infor-
mation request on its website from Felipe Martin, the president
of Martin Brothers.
    Scott Roth, the president of IRT, spoke with Martin via
telephone on August 1, 2016. Martin informed Roth he was
interested in purchasing one of IRT’s Impactors, but wanted
to make sure it could be onin 1707 by William Fortnum, a royal footman, and his landlord Hugh Mason, already operates concessions in Lane Crawford department stores in Hong Kong as well as Isetan Mitsukoshi in Japan and Shinsegae in South Korea but has not previously opened a standalone store outside the UK.

The new store comes after a 55% surge in sales at Fortnum’s Hong Kong stores helped boost profits for the group last year.

Profits at the company, which is owned by the Weston family who also control furniture chain Heals and Primark owner Associated British Foods, rose to £9.6m in the year to July 2018. Total sales increased 12% to £126m, its sixth year of double-digit sales growth. The group’s flagship shop on London’s Piccadilly increased sales by 10% during the year and