'The use of these symbols on our products was an oversight for which we deeply apologize,' the company said in a statement.
Ralph Lauren Corp. found itself in hot water after featuring a pair of chinos that included the letters of a black Greek organization for sale on its website. Now the company has issued an apology and said the item is no longer available for purchase.
A Change.org petition on behalf of Phi Beta Sigma, an organization that was founded at Howard University in 1914 that recently celebrated its 106-year anniversary, quickly followed calling for Ralph Lauren Corp. to remove the chinos from its website. “The use of these symbols on our products was an oversight for which we deeply apologize. We took immediate action to remove the product from our sales channels,” the statement read. “While we have a rigorous review process in place for all of our designs, this has prompted us to take another review of our protocols to help ensure that this does not happen again.
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