Ralph H. Petrella

20 stylish buys inspired by James Barnor’s style

...mrporter.com New & Lingwood cotton-mix long socks, £25 Louis Vuitton glass and leather Venezia PM light by Marcel Wanders, £8,900 Kapital jersey Kochi & Zephyr sweatpants, £345, mrporter.com Hermès silk H...

November 3, 2023

FT SeriesHTSI spring menswear special 2024

The Dunhill creative director’s black book of style

...My brother chose Times Square; I wanted to go to the brand new Ralph Lauren store on Madison Avenue in the Rhinelander mansion. Walking into it was like crossing the threshold into another world....

March 8, 2024

FT Live

Business of Luxury Summit

Gathering leaders in luxury for the 20th year

News in-depthShein

Shein battles counterfeiting lawsuits as online retailer pursues US IPO

...Oakley, Ralph Lauren and Deckers did not respond to requests for comment....

February 2, 2024

Unhedged

Is the term premium rubbish? Premium

...In a note published on Wednesday, Ralph Axel of Bank of America makes a stimulating case for ignoring the term premium altogether....

October 20, 2023

HTSI

Master chess style in 23 moves

..., £1,550 Colekt Void vegan wax Bougie scented candle, €120 Sportmax stretch-viscose jumper, £381 Thom Browne wool-mix mid-calf socks, £125, lyst.co.uk Dior wool twill shorts, £870 Hermès Plein Air H...

September 28, 2023

The Week Ahead

Pakistan elections, peak earnings season and lunar new year

...December retail sales figures Germany: January factory orders data UK: BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor, plus S&P Global construction PMI data Results: Alfa-Laval Q4, Amgen Q4, BP Q4, Eli Lilly Q4, Ford Q4, H&...

February 4, 2024

FT Live

Future of Retail

Securing long-term business growth with technology innovation

UK retail industry

Ralph Halpern, high street retailer, dies at 83

...Sir Ralph Halpern, the high street tycoon and a leading force in British retail during the 1970s and 1980s, has died at the age of 83, his family has said....

August 11, 2022

Due Diligence

How a Saudi Prince lost a £250mn London mansion Premium

...The life of Thomas H Lee The deceased private equity billionaire grappled with personal issues and struggled to capitalise on the past two decades’ buyout boom, the Wall Street Journal reports....

March 7, 2023

HTSI

15 buys to brighten up the home

...H Miller Bros The Folded Record bureau, bespoke versions from £6,000 Lodes Easy Peasy lamp by Luca Nichetto, £299, ariashop.co.uk Technogym Kinesis Personal Heritage training equipment, £12,100, conranshop.co.uk...

May 22, 2022

HTSIHow To Give It 2022

The A to Z of stylish giving

...The programme has two objectives: to drive women’s emancipation through professional beekeeping and to raise awareness of how essential bees are to Earth’s biodiversity. guerlain.com; unesco.com H is for...

December 10, 2022

Travelista

Five historic properties turned hot new hospitality spots

...A kitchen garden bordered in jasmine and myrtle scents the air (and is captured by the house scent they have created with Perfumer H’s Lyn Harris)....

August 7, 2022

Camilla Cavendish

Better management, not endless training, will solve our corporate ills

...One friend has had annual workplace fire training for the past 20 years, but still can’t remember which colour of fire extinguisher to use — what the author Ralph H Kilmann calls the “three day washout effect...

June 24, 2022

Television

From The Simpsons to Bob’s Burgers, voice actors are the unseen stars of the screen

...As well as Bart, Cartwright voices Nelson, Ralph, Todd, Maggie (except for her first word, which was Elizabeth Taylor) and many others in The Simpsons, plus characters in Rugrats, Pinky and the Brain and...

May 25, 2022

US equities

Wall Street falls on Yellen and Powell testimonies

...“Some of the concern today was around new lockdowns in Europe,” said Ralph Bassett, the head of North American equities at Aberdeen Standard Investments....

March 23, 2021

James Max

Rich People’s Problems: Should I sell my Hermès ties?

...Chinos, Ralph Lauren shirts and brown suede loafers became de rigueur....

September 24, 2020

FT Live

Investing in America

Foreign companies as drivers of US growth, resilience and competitiveness

FT Globetrotter

Small is bellissima: Rome’s best independent boutiques for fashion and accessories

...There’s something deliciously 1980s Ralph Lauren about it all (with — caveat emptor — Purple Label prices)....

December 10, 2020

Polo Ralph Lauren Corp (old name of Ralph Lauren Corp)

Ralph Lauren races higher after quarterly results beat forecasts

...The company has also faced competition from fast-fashion brands like H&M and Zara that mimic runway styles for a fraction of the cost....

November 7, 2019

US retail

Fashion group J Crew pushed into bankruptcy

...revenues of $2.5bn last year, yet the company’s debt load — a legacy in part of its 2011 buyout by TPG Capital and Leonard Green & Partners — inhibited its ability to take on rivals, including lower-priced H&...

May 4, 2020

Due Diligence

Who wants to be a Spac millionaire? Premium

...Private equity group PAI Partners named Ralph Heuwing as a partner and head of Germany, Austria and Switzerland in its Munich office....

September 16, 2020

InterviewFashion

Tommy Hilfiger: ‘People think I’ve sold out’

...In 1986, when his business was just 18 months old, Tommy Hilfiger launched a billboard campaign proclaiming himself as the next Calvin Klein or Ralph Lauren....

February 27, 2020

PVH Corp

Stefan Larsson joins Calvin Klein parent two years after Ralph Lauren exit

...Mr Larsson previously helped turn around Old Navy, Gap’s largest flagship brand and helped Swedish retailer Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) become a leader in fast fashion, helping grow its sales to $17bn from $3bn...

May 21, 2019

Rana Foroohar

A long economic recovery is not necessarily a better one

...rana.foroohar@ft.com Letter in response to this column: The life cycle of economic expansion explained / From Henrik Jensen, Ivan Petrella, Søren Hove Ravn and Emiliano Santoro...

June 23, 2019

Ralph Lauren

Ralph Lauren North America sales decline amid fewer discounts

...The company has also faced competition from fast-fashion brands like H&M and Zara that mimic runway styles for a fraction of the cost....

May 14, 2019

Life & Arts

How cars conquered the world

...The three-wheeled vehicle tootled through Heidelberg at barely 16km/h, but something in the human spirit was unleashed: as cars became faster and more reliable, the dream of the open road, taking off in...

November 22, 2019

ExplainerMarket Questions

Fed chief Powell’s dovish comments keep investors guessing

...Oliver Ralph...

December 2, 2018

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