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Ralph Lauren

Ralph Lauren is an American fashion brand, founded by the designer Ralph Lauren in 1967 in New York. The company produces apparel, accessories, footwear and home collections, with lines including Polo Ralph Lauren and Ralph Lauren Purple Label.

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Workplace & Talent

Power Moves | Ralph Rucci Exits, Aerin Names CEO, Chris May to Selfridges

BoF compiles the most important professional moves of the week.


Luxury

The House That Fashion Built

Some of the world’s largest fashion brands are creating branded hotels and private residences as well as the homewares to fill them, tapping easy additional revenue streams and constructing powerful brand beacons in emerging markets.


Retail

Can Post-Crisis Dubai Become the World’s Largest Consumer Fashion Hub?

After London, Dubai is the second most popular place in the world to shop for fashion and luxury goods. Can it become number one? Six years after the devastation of a global recession that saw billions wiped off the value of local real estate, BoF sits down with Mohamed Alabbar, architect of the emirate’s retailing success, to understand his vision for the future.


Workplace & Talent

Role Call | Francois Schweitzer, General Manager and Head of Business Development

There are few sectors of the economy that offer as wide and interesting a range of career opportunities as fashion. In a new series to coincide with


Marketing

How Kitsuné Cultivated a Loyal Fashion Fanbase Through Music

PARIS, France — "Last week Kitsuné was in Tokyo. Monday we're in New York. Next weekend, we're having parties in Paris and Copenhagen the same night.


Financial Markets

Ralph Lauren Posts Upbeat Q2 Earnings

NEW YORK, United States — Ralph Lauren Corp. on Wednesday reported fiscal second-quarter earnings of $201 million.


China

Behind Zegna’s Big Bet on Film

SHANGHAI, China — The closing event of Shanghai Fashion Week last Wednesday was not your typical runway spectacular. Instead, Italian menswear giant


Retail

Port Squeeze Threatens US Retailers' Holiday Plans

LOS ANGELES, United States — A shortage of transportation equipment and possible labor disruptions at ​the Los Angeles/Long Beach port complex, ​the


News & Analysis

De La Renta Passing Leaves Legacy to Peter Copping

NEW YORK, United States — Last year Oscar de la Renta confided that succession was an abiding fear.


Technology

Bits & Bytes | Mining Selfies, The Arrivals, Chanel, Smartzer, Google

" Smile! Marketing Firms Are Mining Your Selfies" (The Wall Street Journal) "Most users of popular photo-sharing sites like Instagram, Flickr and