elite status it held before a brand management crisis circa 1990. Lacoste was involved in a long-standing dispute over its logo with Hong Kong-based sportswear company Crocodile Garments. At the time, Lacoste used a crocodile logo that faced right (registered in France in 1933) while Crocodile used one that faced left (registered in various Asian countries in the 1940s and 1950s). Lacoste tried to block an application from Crocodile to register its logo in China during the 1990s, the dispute ending in a settlement. As part of the agreement, Crocodile agreed to change its logo, which now sports scalier skin, bigger eyes and a tail that rises vertically. Sponsorships Tennis Samantha Stosur (to 2012) Marc Polmans Pablo Andujar Roberto Bautista Agut Guillermo Garcia Lopez Albert Ramos-Viñolas Anett Kontaveit Julien Benneteau Jérémy Chardy Alizé Cornet (to 2018) Fiona Ferro Pierre-Hugues Herbert Ugo Humbert Nicolas Mahut Benoît Paire (to 2021) Arthur Rinderknech Hyeon Chung Marius Copil Daniil Medvedev Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Elena Vesnina (to 2017) Novak Djokovic Filip Krajinović Jil Teichmann Latisha Chan Chan Hao-ching Pablo Cuevas Denis Kudla Christina McHale Bernarda Pera Retired players Dominika Cibulková Kristie Ahn Martina Navratilova Andy Roddick Golf Adri Arnaus Azahara Muños Céline Boutier Camille Chevalier Julien Guerrier Gregory Havret Benjamin Hébert Céline Herbin Raphael Jacquelin Robin Roussel Antoine Rozner Retailers Lacoste operates a large number of Lacoste boutiques worldwide located as concessions in leading department stores and also as independent venue stores. In the United Kingdom, Lacoste is available from a variety of shops including, JD Sports, KJ Beckett and John Lewis Partnership. Likewise in the United States, the Lacoste brand can be found in stores such as Saks Fifth Avenue, Nordstrom, Lord & Taylor, Neiman Marcus, Bloomingdale's, Macy's, Belk, Halls, and other independent retailers. In Canada, Lacoste is sold at Harry Rosen, Hudson's Bay (retailer), its own boutiques, and other independent retailers. In Australia, it is sold at David Jones, and Myer. Partnerships In March 2022, Lacoste partnered with Mojang Studios, or Minecraft, to create a whole new series of apparel, called Lacoste x Minecraft. The crocodile logo will go pixelated in Аits Minecraft merch line, with lots of different varieties of the crocodile on polos, hoodies, and T-shirts. Controversies Environmental practices In July 2011, Lacoste, along with other major fashion and sportswear brands including Nike, Adidas and Abercrombie & Fitch, was the subject of Dirty Laundry, a report by the environmental group Greenpeace. According