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Ralph Lauren Corp. – ‘10-Q’ for 12/26/20 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Thursday, 2/4/21, at 8:24am ET   ·   For:  12/26/20   ·   Accession #:  1037038-21-9   ·   File #:  1-13057

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

 2/04/21  Ralph Lauren Corp.                10-Q       12/26/20  102:12M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.33M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
12: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     78K 
13: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)             HTML    131K 
14: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)             HTML     37K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
15: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)   HTML     98K 
16: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     50K 
                (Loss) (Unaudited)                                               
17: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)   HTML    114K 
18: R7          Consolidated Statements of Equity (Unaudited)       HTML     94K 
19: R8          Consolidated Statements of Equity (Unaudited)       HTML     26K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
20: R9          Description of Business                             HTML     29K 
21: R10         Basis of Presentation                               HTML     43K 
22: R11         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    171K 
23: R12         Recently Issued Accounting Standards                HTML     31K 
24: R13         Property and Equipment                              HTML     40K 
25: R14         Other Assets and Liabilities                        HTML     77K 
26: R15         Impairment of Assets                                HTML     27K 
27: R16         Restructuring and Other Charges                     HTML     96K 
28: R17         Income Taxes                                        HTML     37K 
29: R18         Debt                                                HTML     60K 
30: R19         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     77K 
31: R20         Financial Instruments                               HTML    151K 
32: R21         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     28K 
33: R22         Equity                                              HTML     35K 
34: R23         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     75K 
35: R24         Stock-based Compensation                            HTML     71K 
36: R25         Segment Information                                 HTML    149K 
37: R26         Additional Financial Information                    HTML     44K 
38: R27         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     77K 
                (Policies)                                                       
39: R28         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    157K 
                (Tables)                                                         
40: R29         Property and Equipment (Tables)                     HTML     39K 
41: R30         Other Assets and Liabilities (Tables)               HTML     82K 
42: R31         Restructuring and Other Charges (Tables)            HTML     97K 
43: R32         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     40K 
44: R33         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     74K 
45: R34         Financial Instruments (Tables)                      HTML    152K 
46: R35         Equity (Tables)                                     HTML     31K 
47: R36         Accumulated Other Comrehensive Income (Loss)        HTML     76K 
                (Tables)                                                         
48: R37         Stock-based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     81K 
49: R38         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    190K 
50: R39         Additional Financial Information (Tables)           HTML     43K 
51: R40         Description of Business (Details)                   HTML     26K 
52: R41         Basis of Presentation Basis of Presentation         HTML     28K 
                (Details)                                                        
53: R42         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     37K 
                (Details)                                                        
54: R43         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     64K 
                (Details 1)                                                      
55: R44         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     27K 
                (Details 2)                                                      
56: R45         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     39K 
                (Details 3)                                                      
57: R46         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     41K 
                (Details 4)                                                      
58: R47         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     46K 
                (Details Textual)                                                
59: R48         Property and Equipment (Details)                    HTML     53K 
60: R49         Other Assets and Liabilities (Details)              HTML    114K 
61: R50         Impairment of Assets (Details Textual)              HTML     34K 
62: R51         Restructuring and Other Charges (Details)           HTML     68K 
63: R52         Restructuring and Other Charges (Details 1)         HTML     53K 
64: R53         Restructuring and Other Charges (Details Textual)   HTML     47K 
65: R54         Income Taxes (Details Textual)                      HTML     42K 
66: R55         Debt (Details)                                      HTML     51K 
67: R56         Debt (Details Textual)                              HTML     58K 
68: R57         Debt (Details Textual 1)                            HTML    106K 
69: R58         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     40K 
70: R59         Fair Value Measurements (Details 1)                 HTML     51K 
71: R60         Fair Value Measurements (Details 2)                 HTML     40K 
72: R61         Fair Value Measurements (Details Textual)           HTML     26K 
73: R62         Financial Instruments (Details)                     HTML     75K 
74: R63         Financial Instruments (Details 1)                   HTML     40K 
75: R64         Financial Instruments (Details 2)                   HTML     53K 
76: R65         Financial Instruments (Details 3)                   HTML     30K 
77: R66         Financial Instruments (Details 4)                   HTML     32K 
78: R67         Financial Instruments (Details Textual)             HTML     39K 
79: R68         Financial Instruments (Details Textual 1)           HTML     30K 
80: R69         Equity (Details)                                    HTML     39K 
81: R70         Equity (Details Textual)                            HTML     31K 
82: R71         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     70K 
                (Details)                                                        
83: R72         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     51K 
                (Details 1)                                                      
84: R73         Stock-based Compensation (Details)                  HTML     37K 
85: R74         Stock-based Compensation (Details 1)                HTML     39K 
86: R75         Stock-based Compensation (Details 2)                HTML     37K 
87: R76         Stock-based Compensation (Details 3)                HTML     35K 
88: R77         Stock-based Compensation (Details 4)                HTML     37K 
89: R78         Stock-based Compensation (Details 5)                HTML     34K 
90: R79         Stock-based Compensation (Details Textual)          HTML     33K 
91: R80         Segment Information (Details)                       HTML     39K 
92: R81         Segment Information (Details 1)                     HTML     49K 
93: R82         Segment Information (Details 2)                     HTML     38K 
94: R83         Segment Information (Details 3)                     HTML     42K 
95: R84         Segment Information (Details 4)                     HTML     39K 
96: R85         Segment Information (Details 5)                     HTML     39K 
97: R86         Segment Information (Details Textual)               HTML     26K 
98: R87         Additional Financial Information (Details)          HTML     59K 
100: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    189K  
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