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Ralph Lauren addresses Indonesian trademark issues

American premium label Ralph Lauren Corporation has issued a statement addressing ongoing trademark disputes in Indonesia, clarifying that the offender is “not affiliated to the company in any way”. Its remarks come in reference to ongoing disputes between PT Manggala Putra Perkasa, which is operating under the “confusing” name of ‘Polo Ralph...

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Ralph Lauren to return to New York Fashion Week with a show in the Hamptons

Ralph Lauren will return to New York Fashion Week this year, opening the event with a show in the upscale coasting enclave the Hamptons on 5 September. “The Hamptons is more than a place. It’s a natural world of endless blue skies, the ocean, green fields, and white fences, rusticity and elegance with a quality of light that drew artists here...

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Ralph Lauren unveils Team USA Olympic uniforms

American fashion house Ralph Lauren has unveiled Team USA’s Americana and preppy athleisure opening and closing ceremony outfits for the Paris 2024 Olympics this summer. The 2024 games mark the ninth time Polo Ralph Lauren has been the official outfitter of the US Olympic and Paralympic teams, and the American brand has designed opening and...

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Ralph Lauren sees margin growth but weak revenues in Q1, appoints new CFO

Luxury fashion house Ralph Lauren Corp. (RL), while reporting higher fourth-quarter results, on Thursday issued first-quarter outlook, expecting increased margin but weak revenues. The company also issued fiscal 2025 forecast, and announced higher dividend. Separately, Ralph Lauren announced the appointment of Justin Picicci as Chief Financial...

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Creative director Michael Rider is leaving Polo Ralph Lauren

Michael Rider, creative director of Polo Ralph Lauren Women's, has announced he will be leaving the Ralph Lauren-owned brand at the end of May. Rider joined Ralph Lauren in 2018 and was tasked with revitalising the Polo line. According to a statement from the company available to the industry magazine Vogue Business, Rider has made the decision...

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Ralph Lauren Fall/Holiday 24 Runway Show: Celebrities fill the front row

Ralph Lauren is having a moment. More than fifty years since he started his fashion design company, #Ralphcore is trending on social media. Publications as diverse as the New York Post and Town & Country have reported on the phenomenon, an offshoot of the preppie ‘coastal grandma’ look whereby hip downtown New Yorkers are donning all manner of...

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From JW Anderson to Thom Browne: What to look out for at Milan Design Week

In what has been established to be an event that merges fashion and design, Milan Design Week returns to the Italian fashion capital alongside the Salone del Mobile, running from April 15 to 21, during which time a curation of home collections by fashion brands will be showcased. Over the course of the week, 33 brands with 44 appointments will...

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Ralph Lauren posts Q3 sales and earnings growth

Ralph Lauren reported third quarter earnings of 277 million dollars or 4.19 dollars per diluted share, up 31 percent to prior year on a reported basis and 275 million dollars or 4.17 dollars per diluted share, up 24 percent on an adjusted basis. In the third quarter, revenue increased 6 percent to 1.9 billion dollars on a reported basis and was...

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Item of the week: the striped shirt

What it is: A classic wardrobe staple that recurs season-after-season is that of the striped button-up shirt, a piece once reserved for the office but has evolved to become a significant part of the dailywear wardrobe. From pinstripes to pencil stripes, there is no end to the variations in this print. However, in SS24 collections, it was the...

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Ralph Lauren Q2 revenues up 3 percent, earnings drop

Ralph Lauren Corporation reported net income of 147 million dollars or earnings per diluted share of 2.19 dollars on a reported basis and 141 million dollars or 2.10 dollars on an adjusted basis for the second quarter. The above results are compared to 2.18 dollars on a reported basis and 2.23 dollars on an adjusted basis in the second quarter...

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Ralph Lauren to open cancer prevention centre in California

The Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation has announced that it has provided a grant to the University of Southern California, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center (USC Norris) in order to open The Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Prevention. The centre, which is set to open in spring 2024, will be the third Ralph Lauren-named facility and will be...

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Ralph Lauren expands in Canada, opens first store and launches digital commerce

Premium lifestyle brand Ralph Lauren has revealed Canada expansion plans, which largely involve the launching of a dedicated commerce platform and the opening of its first store in the country. Having recently opened in Toronto's Yorkdale Shopping Centre, the store acts as the first in what is to be an ongoing retail expansion in Canada, where...