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Selling, General and Administrative Expense
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Mar. 28, 2015
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Selling, General and Administrative Expense
We include in selling, general and administrative ("SG&A") expenses costs incurred subsequent to the receipt of finished goods at our distribution facilities, such as the cost of stocking, warehousing, picking, packing, and shipping goods for delivery to our customers. Distribution costs included in SG&A expenses totaled $4.1 million and $4.5 million for the three months ended March 28, 2015, and March 29, 2014, respectively. Distribution costs included in SG&A expenses for the six months ended March 28, 2015, and March 29, 2014, were $7.8 million and $8.4 million, respectively. In addition, SG&A expenses include costs related to sales associates, administrative personnel, advertising and marketing expenses, royalty payments on licensed products and other general and administrative expenses. In the second quarter of fiscal 2015, we also had $1.4 million of indirect expenses associated with the sale of The Game which were recorded in SG&A. See Note D—Sale of The Game, for more information on this transaction.
During the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2014, certain strategic initiatives were implemented to improve net profitability. This effort included streamlining our administrative workforce, delayering our management structure and streamlining decision-making and information flow, as well as reducing duplicative and excess fixed cost. During the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2014, we recorded a total of $4.0 million in SG&A expense associated with these strategic initiatives. As of September 27, 2014, approximately $1.8 million of these expenses were accrued and reported on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. During the first six months of fiscal year 2015, no additional expense was incurred in association with our strategic initiatives and $0.7 million was disbursed during the first six months of fiscal year 2015, leaving approximately $1.1 million remaining accrued on our March 28, 2015, Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
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