very strong,” Capri CEO John Idol said earlier this past week. Tapestry’s shares are trading at less than 16 times forward 12-month earnings, while Ralph Lauren fetches about 20 times.

US premium brands are finally outperforming their European rivals. Their success has not come about by chance.

Ralph Lauren Corporation RL has been showing impressive upward momentum, trading above its 200-day and 50-day simple moving averages (SMA), which are the key indicators of price stability and long ...

making it one of the more shorted stocks within the S&P 500 according to Seeking Alpha analytics. This compares to a short interest of 8% for Capri (CPRI) and 5.3% for Ralph Lauren (RL).