Ralph Lauren news and trends

Ralph Lauren Begins Rollout of AI-Powered Conversational Shopping Experience

September 09, 2025
Ralph Lauren Rolls Out Conversational Shopping Experience
Ralph Lauren: Demand From High-End Consumers Will Support Price Increases
Retail // May 22, 2025

Luxury lifestyle products firm Ralph Lauren plans to raise prices to cover the cost of tariffs, saying the demand it is seeing from its high-end customers will support the move. “We are assessing additional pricing actions for fall 2025 and spring 2026 to mitigate the...

Luxury’s Lost Luster: Brands Grapple With Shifting Tastes, Economic Headwinds
Retail // February 07, 2025

As 2025 unfolds, the luxury market is undergoing a period of mixed results and shifting dynamics. Recent news and earnings reports reveal a sector experiencing notable evolution, per a ModernRetail report, requiring flexibility and strategic adjustments from its key players. While some leading brands, like...

Fashion Brands Drop Virtual Goods to Drive Omnichannel Engagement
Retail // July 15, 2024

From the metaverse to video game worlds, fashion companies are releasing digital clothing and accessories to create new sales opportunities and get consumers to engage more with their brands. Vans, for instance, is expanding its presence within online game platform and game creation system Roblox....

Paris Olympics Draws 18% More Sponsor Spending Than 2021
Retail // July 12, 2024

U.S. companies are reportedly looking to this summer’s Paris Olympics to put them ahead of their competitors. Event sponsors have spent 18% more on the upcoming Olympics than they spent on the 2021 summer Olympics, Reuters reported Friday (July 12), citing Comcast’s NBCUniversal. Detailing the ways U.S. firms...

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Trouble Ahead for Department Stores as Luxury Brands Move Direct-to-Consumer

February 12, 2024
As luxury brands increasingly find ways to create direct relationships with their customers, high-end department store chains are facing new challenges. Ralph Lauren, for its part, reported Thursday (Feb. 8) that it saw global direct-to-consumer (D2C) comparable store sales rise 9% in the third quarter of fiscal year 2024, gaining 1.7 million new D2C customers. […]

Taking A Pass On Passwords

August 11, 2017
Turns out we’ve been doing passwords wrong and that in almost any fashion, short or long, rife with symbols or your dog’s birthday, the protection is just not there.  Passwords...

Quick Reads
Ralph Lauren Begins Rollout of AI-Powered Conversational Shopping Experience

September 09, 2025
Luxury lifestyle company Ralph Lauren is rolling out an artificial intelligence-powered conversational shopping experience that is designed to serve as a stylist. Dubbed “Ask Ralph,” the AI tool can answer questions about things like what to wear to a concert or how to style a navy blue men’s blazer, the company said in a Tuesday […]

Ralph Lauren: Demand From High-End Consumers Will Support Price Increases

May 22, 2025
Luxury lifestyle products firm Ralph Lauren plans to raise prices to cover the cost of tariffs, saying the demand it is seeing from its high-end customers will support the move....

Paris Olympics Draws 18% More Sponsor Spending Than 2021

July 12, 2024
U.S. companies are reportedly looking to this summer’s Paris Olympics to put them ahead of their competitors. Event sponsors have spent 18% more on the upcoming Olympics than they spent...

Luxury Firms Compete for Buildings on Fifth Avenue

April 08, 2024
Luxury firms Chanel and LVMH are reportedly competing to become the new owner of a building on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue. Both companies have been in talks to buy the location on the luxury shopping...