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Ralph Lauren Corp. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/26/20 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Thursday, 11/5/20, at 4:13pm ET   ·   For:  9/26/20   ·   Accession #:  1037038-20-30   ·   File #:  1-13057

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

11/05/20  Ralph Lauren Corp.                10-Q        9/26/20  105:14M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.69M 
 2: EX-10.1     Material Contract                                   HTML     43K 
 3: EX-10.2     Material Contract                                   HTML    137K 
 4: EX-10.3     Material Contract                                   HTML    138K 
 5: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 6: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     30K 
 7: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
 8: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
15: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     79K 
16: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)             HTML    132K 
17: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)             HTML     38K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
18: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)   HTML     99K 
19: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     51K 
                (Loss) (Unaudited)                                               
20: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)   HTML    115K 
21: R7          Consolidated Statements of Equity (Unaudited)       HTML     97K 
22: R8          Consolidated Statements of Equity (Unaudited)       HTML     27K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
23: R9          Description of Business                             HTML     30K 
24: R10         Basis of Presentation                               HTML     45K 
25: R11         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    229K 
26: R12         Recently Issued Accounting Standards                HTML     30K 
27: R13         Property and Equipment                              HTML     47K 
28: R14         Other Assets and Liabilities                        HTML     93K 
29: R15         Impairment of Assets                                HTML     29K 
30: R16         Restructuring and Other Charges                     HTML    115K 
31: R17         Income Taxes                                        HTML     37K 
32: R18         Debt                                                HTML     75K 
33: R19         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     96K 
34: R20         Financial Instruments                               HTML    219K 
35: R21         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     28K 
36: R22         Equity                                              HTML     40K 
37: R23         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML    104K 
38: R24         Stock-based Compensation                            HTML     87K 
39: R25         Segment Information                                 HTML    209K 
40: R26         Additional Financial Information                    HTML     52K 
41: R27         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     79K 
                (Policies)                                                       
42: R28         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    211K 
                (Tables)                                                         
43: R29         Property and Equipment (Tables)                     HTML     45K 
44: R30         Other Assets and Liabilities (Tables)               HTML     98K 
45: R31         Restructuring and Other Charges (Tables)            HTML    116K 
46: R32         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     47K 
47: R33         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     91K 
48: R34         Financial Instruments (Tables)                      HTML    218K 
49: R35         Equity (Tables)                                     HTML     34K 
50: R36         Accumulated Other Comrehensive Income (Loss)        HTML    105K 
                (Tables)                                                         
51: R37         Stock-based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     96K 
52: R38         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    275K 
53: R39         Additional Financial Information (Tables)           HTML     49K 
54: R40         Description of Business (Details)                   HTML     26K 
55: R41         Basis of Presentation Basis of Presentation         HTML     28K 
                (Details)                                                        
56: R42         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     35K 
                (Details)                                                        
57: R43         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     65K 
                (Details 1)                                                      
58: R44         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     28K 
                (Details 2)                                                      
59: R45         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     39K 
                (Details 3)                                                      
60: R46         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     42K 
                (Details 4)                                                      
61: R47         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     46K 
                (Details Textual)                                                
62: R48         Property and Equipment (Details)                    HTML     54K 
63: R49         Other Assets and Liabilities (Details)              HTML    108K 
64: R50         Impairment of Assets (Details Textual)              HTML     35K 
65: R51         Restructuring and Other Charges (Details)           HTML     68K 
66: R52         Restructuring and Other Charges (Details 1)         HTML     54K 
67: R53         Restructuring and Other Charges (Details Textual)   HTML     38K 
68: R54         Income Taxes (Details Textual)                      HTML     34K 
69: R55         Debt (Details)                                      HTML     52K 
70: R56         Debt (Details Textual)                              HTML     58K 
71: R57         Debt (Details Textual 1)                            HTML    106K 
72: R58         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     40K 
73: R59         Fair Value Measurements (Details 1)                 HTML     52K 
74: R60         Fair Value Measurements (Details 2)                 HTML     41K 
75: R61         Fair Value Measurements (Details Textual)           HTML     26K 
76: R62         Financial Instruments (Details)                     HTML     75K 
77: R63         Financial Instruments (Details 1)                   HTML     40K 
78: R64         Financial Instruments (Details 2)                   HTML     54K 
79: R65         Financial Instruments (Details 3)                   HTML     30K 
80: R66         Financial Instruments (Details 4)                   HTML     33K 
81: R67         Financial Instruments (Details Textual)             HTML     39K 
82: R68         Financial Instruments (Details Textual 1)           HTML     31K 
83: R69         Equity (Details)                                    HTML     39K 
84: R70         Equity (Details Textual)                            HTML     31K 
85: R71         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     71K 
                (Details)                                                        
86: R72         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     51K 
                (Details 1)                                                      
87: R73         Stock-based Compensation (Details)                  HTML     38K 
88: R74         Stock-based Compensation (Details 1)                HTML     40K 
89: R75         Stock-based Compensation (Details 2)                HTML     38K 
90: R76         Stock-based Compensation (Details 3)                HTML     36K 
91: R77         Stock-based Compensation (Details 4)                HTML     38K 
92: R78         Stock-based Compensation (Details 5)                HTML     35K 
93: R79         Stock-based Compensation (Details Textual)          HTML     33K 
94: R80         Segment Information (Details)                       HTML     39K 
95: R81         Segment Information (Details 1)                     HTML     49K 
96: R82         Segment Information (Details 2)                     HTML     39K 
97: R83         Segment Information (Details 3)                     HTML     42K 
98: R84         Segment Information (Details 4)                     HTML     39K 
99: R85         Segment Information (Details 5)                     HTML     40K 
100: R86         Segment Information (Details Textual)               HTML     26K  
101: R87         Additional Financial Information (Details)          HTML     57K  
103: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    190K  
14: XML         XBRL Instance -- rl-20200926x10q_htm                 XML   4.00M 
102: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    141K  
10: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- rl-20200926_cal                 XML    264K 
11: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- rl-20200926_def                  XML    888K 
12: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- rl-20200926_lab                       XML   1.90M 
13: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- rl-20200926_pre                XML   1.24M 
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105: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001037038-20-000030-xbrl      Zip    444K

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