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Market Cap:$4.5B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$4.8B
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Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE: RL - News) is a leader in the design, marketing and distribution of premium lifestyle products in four categories: apparel, home, accessories and fragrances. For more than 40 years, Polo's reputation and distinctive image have been consistently developed across an expanding number of products, brands and international markets. The Company's brand names, which include Polo by Ralph Lauren, Ralph Lauren Purple Label, Ralph Lauren Collection, Black Label, Blue Label, Lauren by Ralph Lauren, RRL, RLX, Rugby, Ralph Lauren Childrenswear, American Living, Chaps and Club Monaco, constitute one of the world's most widely recognized families of consumer brands.

Board Director
Robert C. Wright
Number of Employees 16,970
Contact Information

650 Madison Ave

New York, New York 10022-1029

www.polo.com

1 212 318 7000

NAICS Code Clothing Stores: 4481

Recent Events

  • Picking Up the Gait

    11/07/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • Polo Ralph Lauren Announces Increase of Its Quarterly Cash Dividend and Additional $225 Million Stock...

    11/04/09 - Stock Split / Dividend - View Story

  • Polo has $177M profit in Q2

    11/04/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Range of Firms Alter Pay Policies

    10/24/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • HEADLINE STOCKS-Some U.S. stocks to watch on Sept. 29

    9/29/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • Zacks Releases Four Powerful 'Buy' Stocks: Urban Outfitters Inc., Lubrizol Corp., Polo Ralph Lauren Corp....

    9/03/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Polo Ralph Lauren 1Q profit falls 19 percent

    8/05/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Polo Ralph Lauren Names Hubert Joly to Board of Directors

    7/02/09 - Mgmt. Change - Entering - View Story

  • Team U.S.A.'s Olympic Fashions

    7/01/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • Polo Ralph Lauren Q4 Profit Plunges, Yet Beats Estimates; Guides FY10 Revenues - Update

    5/27/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Polo Ralph Lauren Announces Judith McHale to Leave Board of Directors Accepting White House State...

    5/26/09 - Board Member - Leaving - View Story

  • Goldman Sachs Upgraded Polo Ralph Lauren RL to Neutral

    3/06/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • Polo Ralph Lauren's Net Drops

    2/05/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Coach's Handbags a Victim of the Recession

    1/21/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • Polo scores

    11/05/08 - Site Opening - View Story

  • Polo Ralph Lauren Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2009 Results

    11/05/08 - Financial Announcement - View Story

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Jon Beck
Roger N. Farah Director
Susie Coulter President, Retail Stores
Wayne Meichner President & Chief Operating Officer, Polo Retail Group
Tracey Travis Chief Financial Officer
Buffy Birrittella Executive Vice President, Advertising & Women's Design
Jacki Nemerov Executive Vice President
Jackwyn Nemerov Executive Vice President
Jerry Lauren Executive Vice President, Men's Design
David Lauren Senior Vice President, Corp Communications, Advertising & Marketing
Don Baum Senior Vice President, Global Manufacturing
Howard Smith Senior Vice President, Supply Chain Operations
Jonathan D. Drucker General Counsel & Senior Vice President
Mary Randolph Carter Senior Vice President, Advertising
Mitchell A. Kosh Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Robbin Mitchell Senior Vice President, Business Process Integration
Dennis P. Kelly Vice President, Risk Management & Controller
Nancy Murray Vice President, Public Relations & Finance Communications
Rebekah Hirsch Vice President, Fashion Communications
Denise Gillen Director, Investor Relations
Jessica Prah
Kathleen Natoli Assistant
Ruth Thury
Sharon Sackett
Arnold H. Aronson Director

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Robert C. Wright Board Director
Joel L. Fleishman Board of Directors
Frank A. Bennack Board Director
Dr. Joyce F. Brown Board of Directors
John R. Alchin Board Director
Ralph Lauren Chairman & CEO
Judith A. McHale Board of Directors
Steven P. Murphy Board Director
Terry S. Semel Board Director

Mr. Wright has been a director of the Company since May 2007. He has been a Senior Advisor at Lee Equity Partners, LLC, an investment firm, since May 2008. He served as the Vice Chairman of General Electric Company’s (“GE”) board and as an Executive Officer and a member of the Corporate Executive Office of GE from 2000 to May 2008. Mr. Wright joined NBC as President and Chief Executive Officer in 1986, and was made Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the network in 2001. He then served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NBC Universal from 2004 to 2007, and continued to serve as Chairman of the NBC Universal board of directors until 2007. Prior to his association with NBC and NBC Universal, Mr. Wright served as President of General Electric Financial Services and, before that, as President of Cox Cable Communications.

Organization Position Status
NBC Universal, Inc. Vice Chairman Current
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation Board Director Current
NBC Universal, Inc. Chairman & CEO Former
National Broadcasting Company, Inc. President & CEO Former
NBC Universal, Inc. Universal Director Former
General Electric Company Board of Directors Former
General Electric Company Vice Chairman Former

Joel L. Fleishman has been a Director of Boston Scientific since 1992. He is also Professor of Law and Public Policy at Duke University where he has served in various administrative positions, including First Senior Vice President, since 1971. Mr. Fleishman is a founding member of the governing board of the Duke Center for Health Policy Research and Education and was the founding director from 1971 to 1983 of Duke University's Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy. He is the director of the Samuel and Ronnie Heyman Center for Ethics, Public Policy and the Professions and the director of the Duke University Philanthropic Research Program. From 1993 to 2001, Mr. Fleishman took a part time leave from Duke University to serve as President of the Atlantic Philanthropic Service Company, the U.S. program staff of Atlantic Philanthropies. Mr. Fleishman also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of The Center for Effective Philanthropy and the Partnership for Public Service, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Urban Institute, Chairman of The Visiting Committee of the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and as a director of Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation. Mr. Fleishman received A.B., M.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and an LL.M. degree from Yale University.

Organization Position Status
Boston Scientific Corporation Senior Vice President Current
The Foundation Co-Author Current
Duke Law School Professor Current
The Samuel and Ronnie Heyman Center Professor of Law Current
Duke University Professor , Law and Public Policy Studies Current
James River Group, Inc. Chairman Current
James River Group, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Harvard University Chairman, Visiting Committee, Kennedy School of Government Current
Case At Duke Professor of Law and Public Policy, Duke University, Founding Co-Chair Current
Duke University Director Current
Boston Scientific Corporation Board of Directors Current
Jewish Theological Seminary Board of Directors Current
Stonewood Insurance Company Director Current
Partnership for Public Service Board of Directors Current
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation Board of Directors Current
The Center for Effective Philanthropy Director Current
Brandeis University Board of Directors Current
The Samuel and Ronnie Heyman Center Director Current
Jewish Theological Seminary Trustee Current
Brandeis University Trustee Current
The Atlantic Philanthropies President Former
The Foundation Editor Former
Arts and Sciences Chairman Former
American Hebrew Academy Board of Directors Former
Urban Institute Chairman, Board of Trustees Current
Guidant Corporation Board of Directors Former
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill J.D. Degrees Former
Yale University Ll.M Former
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill M.A. Former
Yale University A.B. Former
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill A.B. Former
The University of North Carolina Former
American Hebrew Academy Trustee Former

Organization Position Status
Columbus Consulting, Inc. Senior Consultant Current
Big Lots, Inc. Current
Collective Brands Inc. Current
Foot Locker, Inc. Current
Kmart Current
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation Current
Planalytics Inc. Former

Mr. Bennack has been a director of the Company since January 1998. In June 2008, Mr. Bennack resumed his former role as Chief Executive Officer of The Hearst Corporation, a position he will hold on an interim basis until a successor is named. Mr. Bennack has been the Chairman of the Executive Committee and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Hearst Corporation since 2002, after serving as President and Chief Executive Officer of The Hearst Corporation since 1979. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc. and serves as the Chairman of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

Organization Position Status
The Hearst Corporation Chief Executive Officer Current
Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc. Chairman Current
The Hearst Corporation Vice Chairman Current
The Hearst Foundation, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation Board Director Current
Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc. Board of Directors Former

Mr. Farah has been the President, Chief Operating Officer and a director of the Company since April 2000. He was Chairman of the Board of Venator Group, Inc. (now Foot Locker, Inc.) from December 1994 until April 2000, and was Chief Executive Officer of Venator Group, Inc. from December 1994 until August 1999. Mr. Farah is a member of the Board of Directors of Aetna Inc. and a member of the Board of Directors of Progressive Corp.

Organization Position Status
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation President & Chief Operating Officer Current
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation Director Current
National Retail Federation Board of Directors Current
Aetna Inc. Board of Directors Current
R.H. Macy & Co. President Former
R.H. Macy & Co. Chief Operating Officer Former
Toys "R" Us, Inc. Member , Board of Directors Former

Organization Position Status
Educational Foundation Chief Executive Officer Current
Fashion Institute of Technology President Current
The Things Board of Directors Current
Megatons to Megawatts Program Director Current
American Centrifuge Board of Directors Current
Ralph Lauren Corporation Director Current
Linens 'n Things, Inc. Director Current
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation Board of Directors Current
USEC Inc. Director Current
Baruch College President Former
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation Vice Chancellor Former
Baruch College Vice Chancellor for Urban Affairs and Development Former
PAXAR Corporation Board of Directors Former
New York University Doctorate Former
Marymount College Doctorate Former
Harvard University Graduate Former
New York University Master's Degrees In Counseling Psychology Former
The State University of New York Graduate Former
Marymount College Bachelor's Degree Former

Mr. Alchin has been a director of the Company since February 2007. He served as Executive Vice President and Co-Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Comcast Corporation, a broadband cable provider offering a variety of consumer entertainment and communication products and services, from November 2002 to December 2007. He served as Executive Vice President and Treasurer of Comcast from January 2000 to November 2002. Mr. Alchin joined Comcast in 1990 as Senior Vice President and Treasurer. Mr. Alchin is also a member of the Board of Directors, Audit Committee and Compensation Committee of BNY Hamilton Funds, Inc.

Organization Position Status
Comcast Corporation Executive Vice President, Co-CFO & Treasurer Current
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation Board Director Current

Mr. Lauren has been the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company since prior to the Company’s initial public offering in 1997, and was a member of the Advisory Board or Board of Directors of the Company’s predecessors since their organization. Mr. Lauren founded the Company’s business in 1967.

Organization Position Status
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation Chairman & CEO Current
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation Chief Operating Officer Current
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation Director Former

Organization Position Status
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation President, Retail Stores Current
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation Senior Vice President & General Merchandise Manager, Retail Operations Former
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation Vice President and Divisional Merchandise Manager Former

Organization Position Status
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation President & Chief Operating Officer, Polo Retail Group Current
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation Group President, Polo Retail Former
Saks Incorporated Executive Vice President, Merchandising Former

Organization Position Status
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation Chief Financial Officer Current
Ralph Lauren Corporation Chief Financial Officer Current
Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Current
African-American Chamber of Commerce, Inc. Current
Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. Chairperson Current
The Executive Leadership Council Board of Directors Current
Lincoln Center Theater Board of Directors Current
The Womens Forum Board of Directors Current
Executive Leadership Foundation Board of Directors Current
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation Senior Vice President , Finance Former
Limited Brands, Inc. Senior Vice President, Finance Former
Ralph Lauren Corporation Chairman Former
University of Pittsburgh Bachelor of Science In Industrial Engineering Former
Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Columbia University Former

Organization Position Status
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation Executive Vice President, Advertising & Women's Design Current

Organization Position Status
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation Executive Vice President Current

Ms. Nemerov has been an Executive Vice President of the Company since September 2004 and a director of the Company since February 2007. She was President & Chief Operating Officer of Jones Apparel Group, Inc. from January 1998 until March 2002.

Organization Position Status
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation Executive Vice President Current
Jones Apparel Group, Inc. President Former
Jones Apparel Group, Inc. Chief Operating Officer Former

Organization Position Status
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation Executive Vice President, Men's Design Current

Organization Position Status
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation Senior Vice President, Corp Communications, Advertising & Marketing Current

Organization Position Status
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation Senior Vice President, Global Manufacturing Current

Organization Position Status
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation Senior Vice President, Supply Chain Operations Current

Organization Position Status
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation General Counsel & Senior Vice President Current

Organization Position Status
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation Senior Vice President, Advertising Current

Mr. Kosh has served as Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Legal of the Company since July 2000. He was Senior Vice President of Human Resources of Conseco, Inc., from February 2000 to July 2000. Prior to that time, Mr. Kosh held executive human resource positions with the Venator Group, Inc. starting in 1996.

Organization Position Status
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation Senior Vice President, Human Resources Current
Conseco Inc. Senior Vice President , Human Resources Former

Organization Position Status
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation Senior Vice President, Business Process Integration Current

Organization Position Status
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation Vice President, Risk Management & Controller Current

Organization Position Status
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation Vice President, Public Relations & Finance Communications Current

Organization Position Status
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation Vice President, Fashion Communications Current

Organization Position Status
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation Director, Investor Relations Current
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation Director, Investor Relations Former

For more than ten years, Jessica Prah has been creating, managing and executing national public relations campaigns. With combined consumer, healthcare, corporate and technology PR experience, Jessica has a unique and well-rounded public relations perspective. Jessica is currently managing campaigns for Dynamism.com, Iridesse Pearls, Montauk Sofa, Chicagohealers.com, Toujours Salon & Spa, and is an auxiliary board member of St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital. Prior to starting Paramount Public Relations, Jessica was a vice president at New York based Sloane and Company. Jessica managed the agency's largest client PRIMEDIA (NYSE: PRM), which included a campaign for the PRIMEDIA Consumer Magazine & Media Group with emphasis on New York magazine and Seventeen magazine and each magazine's coinciding Website; a comprehensive program for the PRIMEDIA Business Magazines & Media Group, which has 100 leading trade publications across 19 industry sectors, 130+ targeted business-to-business websites and 450 directories and books; and a corporate public relations program. In addition, Jessica managed a consumer PR campaign for Starbuck's focusing on their renowned After Coffee Mints and Gum, Snapple Candy and Rainbow Media's Mag Rack video-on-demand (VOD) digital cable television service, IFC (Independent Film Channel), WE (Women's Entertainment), Bravo (recently sold to NBC), AMC (American Movie Classics) and Metrochannels. Prior to Sloane, Jessica ran the consumer public relations division at Hauser/Bragg Communications in Chicago with experience in consumer packaged goods, consumer websites, magazines, fashion and retail clients, not-for-profit agencies, restaurants, sporting events, professional athletes, and media and special events. Jessica's client experience includes SmithKline Beecham Consumer Healthcare, Chicagoland Fishing, Hunting, Travel and Outdoors Show, Crate & Barrel, American Baby magazine, americanbaby.com, Mimeo.com, SportsTerminal.com, Polo Ralph Lauren, Sea & Ski, Walgreen Co., Chicago magazine, Michael Jordan's Restaurant, Sammy Sosa's Restaurant, American Cancer Society, Humanitarian and Chicago Bear Chris Zorich, Bigsby & Kruthers, Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, AIDS Walk, Lakeshore Athletic Clubs, Drink nightclub, among others. Jessica is a graduate of the University of Illinois with a bachelor's degree in communications.

Organization Position Status
Paramount Public Relations Owner Current
Paramount Public Relations Principal Current
mimeo.com, Inc. Current
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation Current
Dynamism.Com Current
Chicago Healers Current
Starbuck Company Former
University of Illinois Bachelor's Degree In Communications Former

Organization Position Status
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation Assistant Current

Organization Position Status
Metropolitan Association for Retarded Citizens, Inc. Manager of Accounting Current
The Accounting Manager Current
The Accounting Accounting Supervisor Current
May Company Current
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation Current
Metropolitan Association for Retarded Citizens, Inc. Accountant Former

Organization Position Status
Mda Leadership Consulting Vice President of Talent Management Current
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Executive Coach Current
General Mills, Inc. Executive Coach Current
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation Current
Ecolab Inc. Current
University of Minnesota Ph.D. In Counseling Psychology Former
Hamline University B.A. In Business Administration and Psychology Former

Organization Position Status
Kurt Salmon Associates Managing Director, Retail Strategies Current
Parsons School of Design Chairman ,Board of Governors Current
The New School Vice Chairman , Board of Trustees Current
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation Director Current
Kurt Salmon Associates Senior Advisor Former

Ms. McHale has been a director of the Company since February 2001. She served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Discovery Communications, Inc., the parent company of cable television’s Discovery Channel, from June 2004 to December 2006, and served as its President and Chief Operating Officer from 1995 to 2004. Ms. McHale is also a member of the Board of Directors and Audit Committee of Host Hotel & Resorts, Inc. and a member of the Board of Directors of DigitalGlobe Inc.

Organization Position Status
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation Board of Directors Current

Mr. Murphy has been a director of the Company since November 2005. He has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Rodale Inc., a privately held publishing company, since 2002. He joined Rodale in 2000 as its President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Murphy held the position of Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Disney Publishing Worldwide from 1998 until 2000. From 1991 to 1998, Mr. Murphy served as President of EMI Music/Angel records.

Organization Position Status
Rodale, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Current
Rodale, Inc. President Current
Rodale, Inc. Board Director Current
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation Board Director Current
Simon & Schuster, Inc. Division President Former
Rodale, Inc. Coo Former
Disney Publishing Worldwide Executive Vice President Former
Disney Publishing Worldwide Managing Director Former

Organization Position Status
Rre Ventures LLC Senior Advisor Current
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation Board Director Current
Emerson College Board of Directors Current
Los Angeles County Museum of Art Board of Directors Current
Ralph Lauren Corporation Board of Directors Current
Guggenheim Museum Board of Directors Current
Warner Music Group Corporation Co-CEO Former
Warner Bros Inc. Co-CEO Former
Yahoo! Inc. Chief Executive Officer Former
Warner Bros Inc. COO Former
Warner Bros Inc. Chairman Former
Warner Music Group Corporation Chairman Former
Yahoo! Inc. Chairman Former
Yahoo! Inc. Board of Directors Former
Long Island University Bachelor of Science Degree Former
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     RL $82.86 -0.46 (-0.55% )
Average Volume 1,103,350
Shares Outstanding 56.36M
Market Cap 4.7B
Year High 86.97
Year Low 37.27
Earnings Per Share 4.06
P/E Ratio 20.41
Dividend 0.40
Yield 0.48
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