| RL Description: Ralph Lauren Corporation designs, markets, and distributes lifestyle products worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Wholesale, Retail, and Licensing. It offers apparel, including a range of men¬ís, women¬ís, and children¬ís clothing; accessories, which comprise footwear, eyewear, watches, fine jewelry, hats, belts, and leather goods, such as handbags and luggage; home products consisting of bedding and bath products, furniture, fabrics and wallpapers, lightings, paints, tabletops, and giftware; and fragrances. The company sells apparel and accessories under the Ralph Lauren Women’s Collection, Purple Label, Black Label, Polo Ralph Lauren, Polo Sport, Double RL, RLX Ralph Lauren, Lauren Ralph Lauren, Ralph by Ralph Lauren, Polo and RLX Golf, Ralph Lauren Childrenswear, Denim & Supply Ralph Lauren, Chaps, Club Monaco, American Living, and other brand names; women’s fragrances under the Safari, Ralph Lauren Blue, Lauren, Romance, Midnight Romance, RALPH collection, and Big Pony collection brand names; and men’s fragrances under the Safari, Polo Sport, Polo Green, Polo Blue, Polo Blue Sport, Purple Label, Polo Black, Double Black, Big Pony collection, Polo Red collection, and Polo Supreme Oud brand names. Ralph Lauren Corporation sells its products to department stores, specialty stores, and golf and pro shops, as well as through its retail stores, concession-based shop-within-shops, and its e-commerce sites. The company also sells its apparel, home, and other products through licensing alliances. As of March 28, 2015, it operated 466 directly-operated freestanding stores, 536 concession-based shop-within-shops, and 10 e-commerce Websites. The company was founded in 1967 and is based in New York, New York. |
