Foreign Trade Zones and Bonded Warehouses for Luxury Goods

This project explores the benefits of establishing and operating Foreign Trade Zones (FTZs) and Bonded Warehouses (BWs) for luxury goods in North America, using the case of Ralph Lauren Corporation’s (RLC) distribution network. With over 3 million square feet of warehousing facilities in the U.S., the company wants to explore potential savings from changing the legal titles of four of its existing distribution facilities to either FTZs or BWs while considering the respective complexity and cost of setting up and managing the zones.

Authors: Nadya Petrova and Todd Templeton
Advisor: Dr. Roberto Perez-Franco