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Phillips-Van Heusen to buy Tommy Hilfiger for $3B

USA Today - Found Mar. 15, 2010
... became famous for its preppy clothes in shops next to other powerhouse names such as Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren in U.S. department stores...
Phillips-Van Heusen to Buy Hilfiger for $3 Billion - ABC News
Tommy Hilfiger sold to Phillips-Van Heusen - CNN
Phillips to Buy Tommy Hilfiger - Wall Street Journal
Deal Is Near for the Sale of Hilfiger - New York Times
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Reuters

Posted on March 15, 2010, 9:15 am

LL Bean kicks off Signature brand

Boston Globe - Found Mar. 15, 2010
Creative Director Alex Carleton once worked for Abercrombie & Fitch and Ralph Lauren and later founded the Rogues Gallery line of urban chic...
LL Bean kicks off Signature brand - Seattle Times
L.L.Bean Signature to Launch with Spring 2010 Catalog and E-Commerce ... - Forbes.com
L.L.Bean Signature to Launch with Spring 2010 Catalog and E-Commerce ... - PR inside
L.L.Bean Signature to Launch with Spring 2010 Catalog and E-Commerce ... - Earthtimes.org
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Posted on March 15, 2010, 1:22 pm

Mohawk Announces Cash Tender Offer for Up To $200,000,000 Aggregate ...

FOXBusiness.com - Found Mar. 15, 2010
... products are marketed under the premier brands in the industry, which include Mohawk, Karastan, Ralph Lauren, Lees, Bigelow, Columbia, Century...
Bombardier Upsizes its Previously Announced Tender Offer for its ... - FOXBusiness.com
Hospitality Properties Trust Commences Tender Offer for 3.80% ... - Boston Globe
Bombardier Upsizes its Previously Announced Tender Offer for its ... - FOXBusiness.com
Mohawk Announces Cash Tender Offer for Up To $200,000,000 Aggregate ... - FOXBusiness.com
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Posted on March 15, 2010, 4:18 am

Interbrand Design Forum Ranks the Most Valuable U.S. Retail Brands; ...

Houston Business Journal - Found Mar. 11, 2010
46. Family Dollar 22. Victoria's Secret 47. Advance Auto Parts 23. Gap 48. American Girl 24. Polo Ralph Lauren 49. Abercrombie & Fitch 25. Bed...
Interbrand Design Forum Ranks the Most Valuable U.S. Retail Brands; ... - Business Review Albany
Interbrand Design Forum Ranks the Most Valuable U.S. Retail Brands; ... - Biz Journals
Interbrand Design Forum Ranks the Most Valuable U.S. Retail Brands; ... - Forbes.com
Interbrand Design Forum Ranks the Most Valuable U.S. Retail Brands; ... - Interest!ALERT
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Posted on March 11, 2010, 2:35 am

Why Diane von Furstenburg is re-modelling Claridge's

The Independent - Found Mar. 10, 2010
Versace, Ralph Lauren, Christan Lacroix? they've all designed hotels and many of the smaller fashion houses are following suit.
Fashion House Opens Hotel in Milan - New York Times
Why Diane von Furstenburg is re-modelling Claridge's - The Independent
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New York Times

Posted on March 10, 2010, 12:30 pm

How to ride rally, 1 year after market bottom

Philadelphia Inquirer - Found Mar. 9, 2010
Higher-quality consumer discretionary stocks on S&P's list now include Polo Ralph Lauren Corp., Tupperware Brands Corp., Genuine Parts Co.
What's ahead for stock rally a year after market hit bottom - Seattle Times
How to ride the rally, 1 year after market hit bottom - Philadelphia Inquirer
How to ride the rally, 1 year after market hit bottom - Jewish World Review
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Posted on March 9, 2010, 4:05 am

Economy-minded, consumers shift their priorities

MarketWatch - Found Mar. 8, 2010
13*!jcp/quotes/nls/jcp (JCP 30.70, +0.55, +1.82%) exclusives such as American Living by Polo Ralph Lauren Corp., retailers each in their own...

Posted on March 8, 2010, 1:45 pm

2010 Spirit Awards Red Carpet: Olivia Wilde

ShoppingBlog.com - Found Mar. 6, 2010
Actress Olivia Wilde wore a strapless vintage Ralph Lauren gown to this year's Independent Spirit Awards.

Posted on March 6, 2010, 3:15 am

Where Can I Find...

Designer Clothing Emporium - Found Mar. 5, 2010
... image for more details) Brand: Jessica Biel gave her winter wear a bohemian spin with a luxuriously fringed leather bag from Ralph Lauren.

Posted on March 5, 2010, 8:05 am

Ralph Lauren Biography

Ralph Lauren
extracted from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, distributed under the GNU Free Documentation License

For the company, see Polo Ralph Lauren.
Ralph Lauren

Ralph Lauren in his office 1979 by Edgar de Evia
Born October 14, 1939 (1939-10-14) (age 70)
The Bronx, New York, United States
Nationality American
Education Baruch College, City University of New York
Labels Ralph Lauren Polo Ralph Lauren
Religious beliefs Jewish1

Ralph Lauren (born October 14, 1939) is an American fashion designer and business executive; best-known for his Polo Ralph Lauren clothing brand.

Contents

Early life

Ralph Lauren was born as Ralph Rueben Lifshitz in The Bronx, New York to Ashkenazi Jewish immigrants from Belarus2: Fraydl (Kotlar) and Frank Lifshitz, a house painter.3 From a young age he started working after school to earn money to buy suits.

Ralph Lifshitz attended the Salanter Academy Jewish Day School followed by MTA (now known as the Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy), before eventually graduating from DeWitt Clinton High School in 1957.45 In MTA Lauren was known by his classmates for selling ties to his fellow students. In his Clinton yearbook he stated under his picture that he wanted to be a millionaire.6 At the age of 16, Ralph's brother Jerry changed their last name from Lifshitz to Lauren (although Ralph's brother Lenny retained the name Lifshitz). In the summertime Ralph Lifshitz attended Camp Roosevelt (Monticello)7

He went to the Baruch School of Business and Civic Administration of the City College of New York (now known as Baruch College) where he studied business, although he dropped out after two years. From 1962 to 1964 he served in the United States Army. After his discharge in 1968, he married Ricky Low-Beer. He did not attend fashion school, but worked for Brooks Brothers as a salesman. In 1967, with the financial backing of Norman Hilton, Lauren opened a necktie store where he also sold ties of his own design, under the label "Polo".8 He later purchased the name from Hilton.

Polo Ralph Lauren

In 1970, Ralph Lauren won the COTY Award for his menswear line. Around that same time he released a line of women's suit that were tailored in a classic men's style, which was when the first Polo emblem was seen. It was on the cuff of the women's suit. Ralph Lauren released Polo's famous short sleeve mesh shirt with the Polo logo in 1972. It came out in 24 colors and soon became a classic.9 He also gained recognition for his design after he was contracted to provide clothing styles for the movie The Great Gatsby.

Polo Ralph Lauren store on the Magnificent Mile in Chicago

In 1984 he transformed the Rhinelander Mansion, former home of the photographer Edgar de Evia and Robert Denning, into the flagship store for Polo Ralph Lauren. This same year de Evia photographed the cover feature story for House & Garden on the Lauren home Round Hill in Jamaica10, which had formerly been the home of Babe and Bill Paley.11 On June 11, 1997, Polo Ralph Lauren became a public company, traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol RL.

By 2007 Ralph Lauren had over 35 boutiques in United States. There were 23 locations that carried Ralph Lauren Purple Label, including Atlanta, Beverly Hills, Boston, Charlotte, Wisconsin Avenue, Chicago, Costa Mesa, Dallas, Denver, Honolulu, Houston, Las Vegas, Manhasset, New York, Palm Beach, Palo Alto, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco, Short Hills, and Troy.citation needed The Financial Times reported in its edition of January 2–3, 2010 that the firm had revenues of 5 Bln for the fiscal year 2009 with liquidity of about 1Bln. The article addresses succession plans and the future of the overall business.

Surgery

Sometime in early 1987, he was diagnosed with a benign brain tumor. In April 1987 he underwent surgery to remove the tumor and made a full recovery.12

Family

Ralph and his wife, Ricky, have two sons and a daughter: Andrew Lauren (b. 1969, New York City), David Lauren (b. 1971) and Dylan Lauren (b. 1974). David is an executive at Polo Ralph Lauren and Dylan owns and operates an upscale candy store, Dylan's Candy Bar, at 60th Street and Third Avenue in Manhattan.citation needed

Automobile collection

Ralph Lauren is also well known as a collector of classic automobiles. He owns a Ferrari 250 GTO, a McLaren F1 GTR LM, and, more recently, a Bugatti Veyron among others. His cars have won best in show at the prestigious Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance multiple times. His collection was recently displayed at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts.

Net worth

As of 2009, Forbes estimates his wealth at $2.8 billion, which would make Ralph Lauren the 224th richest person in the world.13

Legacy

Notes

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ Ralph Lauren returns to his Russian roots
  3. ^ Gross (2004), p. 28
  4. ^ Staff. "Selling a Dream of Elegance and the Good Life", Time (magazine), September 1, 1986. Accessed September 15, 2009. "At DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, Lauren attended business classes but paid little attention to studies. His adolescent idols were British and American style setters: the Duke of Windsor, for example, and Katharine Hepburn, who stole the show in The Philadelphia Story with her pants-and-pearls look."
  5. ^ "DeWitt Clinton High School, Bronx, New York". http://www.nndb.com/edu/788/000095503. Retrieved 2007-07-30. 
  6. ^ Gross (2004), p. 38
  7. ^ Camp Roosevelt Discussion Forum
  8. ^ Polo/Ralph Lauren Corporation - International Directory of Company Histories
  9. ^ Gross (2004), 186.
  10. ^ House & Garden, October, 1984
  11. ^ Domino magazine's "Editor's Pick — Babe Paley, featuring a photo of Paley at her Round Hill Villa in Jamaica online retrieved September 25, 2007
  12. ^ New York Times report on Ralph Lauren's brain tumor surgery
  13. ^ "#224 Ralph Lauren". Forbes Magazine. March 11, 2009. http://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/10/billionaires-2009-richest-people_Ralph-Lauren_QY7D.html. 

References

  • Gross, Michael. Genuine Authentic: The Real Life of Ralph Lauren.

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