primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . january 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message oroton type public asx orl industry retail founded 1938 headquarters australia key people mark newman managing director 1 products luxury goods revenue 132.0 million 2014 number of employees 900 website oroton.com.au oroton is an australian luxury fashion accessories company known for its leather handbags . 2 oroton is owned by the orotongroup which is listed on the australian stock exchange and has held the licence for the polo ralph lauren in australia and new zealand for 2 decades . 3 contents 1 history 2 stores 3 oroton today 4 references 5 external links history edit oroton was developed from a simple sole trader in 1936 to a private company called boyd lane & co. pty ltd in 1939 and then becoming a public company under the name oroton international in 1987 . in 2002 the company was renamed oroton group . its current creative director is ana maria escobar . the label presented its debut ready to wear range at mercedes benz fashion week australia 2012 . stores edit oroton currently operates over 50 stores across australia and new zealand . 4 it also has a store in hong kong shanghai and singapore and two stores in kuala lumpur with plans of opening another two in may 2011 . 5 oroton today edit the orotongroup s revenue rose 10.6 per cent to 135.6 million during 2009 as oroton opened 13 new stores and closed two for landlord redevelopments taking the total stores to 70 from 59 in 2008 . 6 rose byrne pania rose daria werbowy and samantha harris are some of the models who have appeared in promotions for oroton . references edit http www.orotongroup.com.au about us board management http www.oroton.com http www.orotongroup.com.au http www.oroton.com oroton brand w1 i1001268 http www.retailbiz.com.au 2011 03 21 article overseas stores lift orotons profits almjktzkyq.html http www.theaustralian.news.com.au story 0 25197 26122944 12377 00.html external links edit official website wikimedia commons has media related to oroton . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title oroton & oldid 708703581 categories companies listed on the australian securities exchangefashion accessory brandscompanies established in 19361936 establishments in australiaclothing brands of australiaclothing companies of australialuxury brandshigh fashion brandshidden categories articles lacking reliable references from january 2009all articles lacking reliable referencesofficial website different in wikidata and wikipediacommons category with page title same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 7 march 2016 at 03 00 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view