Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation

Fashion Design and Manufacturing

VAULT RANKINGS 2010

#16 Vault Consumer Products 50

GENERAL INFO

Headquarters: New York, NY
209 offices
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THE BUZZ…

"Fashionable"
"Aspirational but over done"
"Retro cool"
"Declining"

NEWS AND UPDATES

Vault's Scoop

Uppers

Travel opportunities
Clothing discount
Job security

Downers

Long hours
High-flying stress

ABOUT THIS COMPANY:

The good life, for sale

Ralph Lauren did not get to where he is by merely selling clothes. Strange as it may seem, the iconic designer—who published a memoir chronicling his 40-year design career in 2007—didn’t even get to be one of the world’s biggest luxury brands by designing clothes. Of course, clothing has played a role in the success of the brand, but its true genius and success have been in selling the public on the brand’s appeal. To buy a Ralph Lauren polo shirt is to buy more than a polo shirt with an embroidered horse on it. It’s a purchase that signals luxury, disposable income, family gatherings at the country pile in Maine or Nantucket. It’s yachting. It’s polo. It’s about projecting an image that any of this is attainable. It’s money when it all comes down to it—and Lauren, more than any other designer or any other clothing brand, has successfully hitched his wagon to the pursuit, enjoyment and image of it.

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SALARIES

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SURVEY SAYS

Staying classy

Insiders who have work experience in the firm offer praises to the company’s diversity and growth. One insider says that the firm “is a very diverse company that offers varying options in career paths dependent upon an individual’s flexibility and willingness to go just about anywhere, globally.” The insider started at an entry-level position in the company and climbed the corporate ladder, eventually ending up in the director level which, as the insider notes, “speaks volumes of a company that likes to promote from within.”

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DISCUSSIONS

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Getting Hired

Tips from the inside

Dress for success

Polo Ralph Lauren’s career pages offer a link to a searchable list of open positions. There is also a job search agent one can sign up for, in case new positions that match one’s skills or aspirations become vacant in the future. As for benefits, the company provides (plus the usual pregnancy leave) parental leave of up to 12 weeks for birth or adoption. Employees with one to four years at Polo Ralph Lauren receive two weeks of paid vacation every year; those with five to nine years receive three and those with 10 or more years at the company are granted four weeks.

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