Lacoste

French clothing company

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August 2025 Lacoste temporarily replaces its iconic crocodile logo with a 'GOAT' logo in honor of Novak Djokovic, as part of a limited-edition branding campaign ahead of the US Open.
2024 Lacoste starts sponsoring the Paris Masters, expanding its presence in professional tennis tournaments in France.
2024 Lacoste enters a worldwide license agreement with Haddad Brands for the design, production, and marketing of its kids' collections.
2024 Lacoste returns to presenting collections at Paris Fashion Week, expanding its presence in the fashion industry.
June 2024 Lacoste announces the launch of its new fragrance, Lacoste Original.
2023 Jil Teichmann's sponsorship with Lacoste ends.
2023 Pelagia Kolotouros becomes the creative design director of Lacoste, marking a new leadership era for the brand's creative direction.
2023 Louise Trotter concluded her four-year tenure as creative director of Lacoste.
November 6 2023 The Supreme Court of the Philippines ruled in favor of Crocodile International Pte. Ltd. in a long-standing legal dispute with Lacoste over trademark rights, stating there was no confusing similarity between the two crocodile logos.
2022 Lacoste ended its previous relationship with Coty Inc. and signed a 15-year worldwide licensing agreement with Interparfums, with plans to launch a new perfume line in 2024.
February 2022 Lacoste continues business operations in Russia during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, drawing criticism from advocacy groups and human rights organizations for not suspending its activities in the Russian market.
2021 Benoît Paire's sponsorship with Lacoste concludes.
July 2020 Lacoste agreed to cease all business activities with suppliers and subcontractors located in the Xinjiang region.
March 2020 The Australian Strategic Policy Institute accused Lacoste, among 82 major brands, of being connected to forced Uyghur labor in the Xinjiang region.
2019 Lacoste appointed Chinese singer/actor Z.Tao as their first brand spokesperson for the Asia Pacific region.
2019 Lacoste collaborated with Supreme for the third consecutive year, releasing another co-branded clothing collection.
2019 Novak Djokovic's brand ambassador contract was extended by three years.
2018 Alizé Cornet's sponsorship with Lacoste ends.
2018 Lacoste formed a joint venture with the Pentland Group, continuing their global licensee relationship for footwear that had existed since 1991.
2018 Louise Trotter began her tenure as creative director of Lacoste, serving in this role for four years.
2018 Lacoste continued collaboration with Supreme, releasing another co-branded clothing collection.
2017 Elena Vesnina sponsorship with Lacoste ends.
2017 Lacoste collaborated with Supreme to release a co-branded clothing collection.
2017 Tennis player Novak Djokovic was named brand ambassador and 'the new crocodile' for Lacoste, signing a five-year contract with multiple advertising campaign appearances.
2012 Lacoste was fully acquired by Swiss family-held group Maus Freres, valuing the company at 1 billion euros.
2010 Lacoste introduced its first fashion jewelry line through a four-year license with GL Bijoux Group.
2010 Lacoste entered into a licensing agreement with Marchon Eyewear to design, produce, and distribute Lacoste-branded optical and sunglasses.
September 2010 Felipe Oliveira Baptista succeeded Christophe Lemaire as the creative manager of Lacoste.

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