Lacoste Reopens Buenos Aires Store After Renovation

Posted on October 31, 2018 by JFP

On October 19th, Lacoste reopened its renovated store located on the first floor of the Unicenter Shopping Center in Buenos Aires. The work took three full months during which Lacoste completely remodeled the space to match the rest of its stores across the world.

Expanded to around seventy square meters (approximately 700 square feet), the store has a minimalist feel due to its increased lighting, white tones, and heavy use of light wood and glass in its counters and displays.

Currently, Lacoste has about twenty stores in Argentina, twelve of which are located in Buenos Aires, mainly in upscale shopping centers. The other stores are in places like Cordoba, Rosario, Tucumán, Chaco and Jujuy, etc. Lacoste also operates in the nearby countries of Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.

Why Is Lacoste So Popular In the Philippines?

Posted on October 27, 2018 by JFP

Over thirty-two percent of Lacosted‘s traffic comes from the Philippines, making it the largest source of traffic for this blog. Almost all of that traffic is either to my post on detecting counterfeit Lacoste shirts or the one on identifying fake women’s bags. Apparently, there is a lot of fake Lacoste out there, which is not surprising when a Lacoste shirt can cost over P4,000. In any event, once I realized how much traffic I was getting from the Philippines, I did some research into why Lacoste is so popular there.

Lacoste’s popularity in the Philippines is mainly due to the brand’s long presence (it was introduced in the 1970s), and it’s association with the upper classes. The brand has phenomenal penetration in the Philippines with around ninety-eight percent brand recognition in surveys, and the Philippines is considered the benchmark Asian market for Lacoste. While Lacoste’s customers are mainly more affluent Filipinos, it continues to increase its sales as an aspirational brand for the less affluent.

Lacoste Goes After Counterfeiters In Florida Federal Court

Posted on October 26, 2018 by JFP

Editor’s Note: As always, the counterfeit Lacoste keeps coming, so before you buy make sure you check out my articles on detecting fake Lacoste shirts and detecting fake Lacoste bags, or my detailed discussion of how to authenticate Lacoste.

On October 10th, Lacoste filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida against dozens of online merchants accusing them of violating Federal trademark laws.

According to the complaint, the thirty-seven defendants created multiple aliases to sell counterfeit Lacoste goods through e-commerce stores. Lacoste claims the counterfeit items are of a lesser quality and will confuse customers into thinking the defendants’ fake goods are real Lacoste products:

“Defendants are using Lacoste’s famous brand name and trademarks to drive internet consumer traffic to their e-commerce stores operating under the seller IDs, thereby increasing the value of the seller IDs and decreasing the size and value of Lacoste’s legitimate common marketplace at plaintiffs’ expense”

The company alleges the defendants are causing irreparable harm. In addition, Lacoste claims the defendants are making substantial profits and are “likely to transfer or secret their assets to avoid payment of any monetary judgment awarded to plaintiffs.” Lacoste is seeking an injunction to stop the defendants from selling the counterfeit items and disable the seller IDs.

Lacoste and Disney Celebrate Their Anniversaries With A Joint Collection

Posted on October 25, 2018 by JFP

Lacoste and Disney are joining together to release a new Fall line for a joint anniversary celebration of Lacoste’s 85th anniversary and Mickey and Minnie Mouse’s 90th anniversary. The pieces all feature Mickey and Minnie playing tennis. My favorite is the classic Lacoste polo shirt with the crocodile logo replaced by Mickey Mouse.

The pieces will be available at Lacoste stores and Lacoste.com, beginning Nov. 1 in the United States and November 14th in the rest of the world. In the U.S., prices will range from $78 to $348.

Lacoste Teams Up Again With Japanese Fashion Brand BEAMS

Posted on October 24, 2018 by JFP

After a successful collaboration during the Summer of 2018, Lacoste has again joined with the Japanese fashion brand BEAMS for a new Fall/Winter 2018 collection. The new collection is thematically similar to the previous collection, combining classic Lacoste with Beam’s more “street aware” approach.

Lacoste Beams

Pieces include golf-inspired sweatshirts and caps, as well as variations on Lacoste’s signature polo shirt. The full collection is available from BEAMS online.