Coach Inc
INTRODUCTION
Coach, Inc is a marketer of fine accessories and gifts for women and men. The company is engaged in designing, wholesaling and retailing of handbags and accessories. Its product portfolio includes handbags, women’s and men’s accessories, footwear, jewelry, apparels, business cases, eyewear, and related products. Coach is involved in the sale related activities of its merchandise through factory stores and retail stores in the US and Canada. The company also sells its merchandise through freestanding flagship, department store shop-in-shop locations, retail stores and factory stores in Japan, Hong Kong and China. It wholesales its merchandise through its distributors in 20 countries. The company principally operates in the US, Canada, Japan, Hong Kong, China and Macau. Coach is headquartered in New York.
Coach Inc is a leading designer, producer and marketer of classic leather goods and accessories which was a spinoff of Sara Lee in the mid 1980’s These products include handbags, men’s and women’s accessories, business cases, leather outerwear, gloves, scarves, travel accessories, and personal planning products. Coach also sells fragrances and watches with its licensing partners. The products are sold through direct mail catalogs, on-line store, e-commerce websites, 345 retail stores and its 143 factory outlets in North America, 169 stores in Japan and 66 stores in China. Coach focuses on continuous improvements and anticipating the needs of consumer’s lifestyles to maintain its stronghold of the market. Key success factors for Coach as a manufacturer include matching key rivals in quality and styling while beating them on price by 50 percent as well as and the ongoing creative designs. Coach has an exceptionally large and loyal customer base mostly due in part to the outstanding product quality. Coach takes great pride in using skilled employees, quality natural materials, exceptional leathers, and only
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