Coach
Type	Public - NYSE: COH
Founded	Manhattan, New York City, 1941
Headquarters	516 West 34th Street New York, New York 10001 United States
Key people	Lew Frankfort, Chairman & CEO, Sara Bareilles "Model", Ayako Chan "designer" Reed Krakoff, President & Chief Designer, Allison Mariko Lee "assistant designer and granddaughter of Kenneth Coach" Michael F. A public company usually refers to a company that is permitted to offer its registered securities ( Stock, bonds, etc The New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE) is a Stock exchange based in New York City. Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York The City of New York Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The City of New York New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Devine III, Senior VP, Chief Accounting Officer & CFO
Products	handbags, women's accessories, men's accessories, business cases, weekend and travel accessories, watches, footwear, and eyewear. In Marketing, a product is anything that can be offered to a Market that might satisfy a want or need In American English, a purse is a small Bag, also called a handbag or a pocketbook. A watch is a timepiece that is made to be worn on a person The term now usually refers to a wristwatch, which is worn on the wrist with a strap or Bracelet. Footwear consists of Garments worn on the feet, for protection against the environment and Adornment.
Revenue	$2. In business revenue or revenues is Income that a company receives from its normal business activities usually from the sale of goods and services 11B USD (7/2006)
Operating income	$764. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been In financial and business Accounting, earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT is a measure of a firm's profitability that excludes interest and income tax expenses 6M USD (7/2006)
Net income	$494. Net income is equal to the Income that a firm has after subtracting costs and Expenses from the total Revenue. 3M USD (7/2006)
Employees	5,700 (2005)
Website	www.coach.com

Coach Inc. Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages is an American luxury leather goods company. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Leather is a material created through the Tanning of hides and Skins of Animals primarily Cattlehide The Tanning process Coach began as a family-owned business in a loft in Manhattan, New York, in 1941. Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The company is famous for ladies' handbags, as well as items for both men and women, such as luggage, briefcases, wallets, and other accessories (belts, shoes, silk scarves, umbrellas, sunglasses, key chains, etc. In American English, a purse is a small Bag, also called a handbag or a pocketbook. Luggage is any number of Bags cases and containers which hold a Traveller s articles during transit. A briefcase is a narrow box-shaped Bag or case used mainly for carrying papers and other documents and equipped with a handle Silk is a natural Protein Fiber, some forms of which can be woven into Textiles The best-known type of silk is obtained from cocoons ). Coach also offers watches and footwear.

History

The original designer for Coach was the visionary American designer, Bonnie Cashin. Bonnie Cashin (1908 - 2000 is considered one of the most significant pioneers of designer Ready-to-wear, more commonly called sportswear in America In 1960, Miles and Lillian Cahn, the owners of a wholesale handbag manufacturing business, decided to create a retail collection. They asked Cashin to become their designer. At first, Cashin declined the project, as she was too busy with other design contracts. The Cahns declared they would not start the business without her. Ultimately, the Cahns waited two years for Cashin to clear her calendar. In 1962, Cashin became the designer for their new label of leather accessories, Coach.

In developing accessories functionally appropriate for her philosophy of contemporary dress, Cashin revolutionized the handbag industry. Her designs were akin to modern sculpture, dyed to match her favorite candy colors of pink, orange, yellow and blue, and lined with exquisite Turkish linens, Eskimo workers, or reffer designed by her friend and mentor, textile designer Dorothy Liebes. After years of rigid black and brown accessories, clients - and the craftsmen in the Coach factory - raved about the variety of shapes, colors and textures available in the new "Cashin-Carry" designs, all with convenient wide openings or exterior coin purses and pockets.

Then rare for the handbag business, Cash also designed matching shoes, pens, key fobs, and eyewear. Most famously, she pioneered the use of hardware on her clothes and accessories alike, particularly the silver toggle that became the Coach hallmark. Inspired by Cashin's memory of quickly battening down the top on her convertible sports car, the adaptation of this automotive closure to luxury women's accessories was a typical example of Cashin's search for design solutions outside of fashion.

Repairs

A brown Coach purse with the classic "C" Coach logo.

Coach offers to repair any authentic Coach bag or Coach accessory regardless of the reason of disrepair. Coach products have a lifetime guarantee for the life of the handbag or accessory. The company charges a $20 fee for the shipping and handling of the item. Coach understands the wear and tear of everyday life on Coach handbags and accessories and will do everything in its power to repair such discrepancies. When a damaged bag is sent out, an evaluator assesses the damage and determines whether or not the product can be repaired. This assessment is not based on the nature in which the bag was damaged but instead how it can be fixed. If the item cannot be repaired, Coach will send either a brand new item of the same make, a voucher for the value of the bag, or a sizable discount off the next purchase. Coach will only send the damaged bag back to a customer upon special request. Coach values the integrity of its products and prefers to not have a bag in disrepair promoting the Coach name.

Collections

A curious characteristic of the company is its very high profit margins, which are several times higher than competitor designer brands. Profit margin, Net Margin, Net profit margin or Net Profit Ratio all refer to a measure of Profitability. Presumably, this is due to the fact that among high-end fashion companies, Coach is somewhat of an oddity with its long production runs (the number of items of each design that are produced). With longer production runs, Coach is able to take better advantage of economies of scale than its higher priced and less profitable counterparts. Further, Coach utilizes lower-cost production facilities in developing countries such as China and the Dominican Republic. Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES The Dominican Republic ( Spanish: República Dominicana;) is a nation located in the Caribbean region and shares the island of Hispaniola with

There are currently 25 stores that carry full Coach collections, including women's footwear, men's bags and briefcases and now the women's ready to wear line and also the new jewelry line. Six are located in New York City and two in Honolulu. The City of New York Honolulu is the Capital and most populous Census-designated place (CDP in the U Other locations are in Nashville, Atlanta, Chicago, East Hampton, Greenwich, Houston, Boston, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Manhasset, Natick, Palo Alto, Philadelphia, San Diego, San Francisco, Scottsdale, Seattle, Troy, Washington, D.C., Beachwood,Ohio The Mall of America in Minnesota, and The Westchester shopping mall. The Mall at Green Hills is a regional Shopping mall in the upscale Green Hills commercial and residential district of Nashville. Lenox Square, owned by the Simon Property Group, is a Shopping mall located in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta Georgia, in the Greenwich ( ˈɡrɛnɪtʃ GREN-itch /ˈɡrɛnɪdʒ/ GREN-idge or /ˈɡrɪnɪdʒ/ GRIN-idge is a district in south-east London, "The Galleria" redirects here For other similar structures named "Galleria" see Galleria. The Beverly Center is a Shopping center in Los Angeles California, United States. Lakeside Shopping Center is a mall located at 3301 Veterans Memorial Boulevard in the New Orleans suburb of Metairie, Louisiana. Manhasset is a hamlet (and Census-designated place) in Nassau County, New York, on the North Shore of Long Island. The Natick Collection, formerly known as Natick Mall until February 2007 is a large Shopping mall owned by General Growth Properties (GGP located near Palo Alto (ˌpæloʊˈæltoʊ from Spanish: palo: "stick" and alto: "high" i The King of Prussia Mall is the largest Shopping mall on the East Coast of the United States, and the largest shopping mall in the United States of Fashion Valley Mall is an upscale open-air Shopping mall in Mission Valley in San Diego California. Scottsdale Fashion Square is the largest Shopping mall in Arizona and the American Southwest, with approximately 2 million square feet (180000 m² of retail Pacific Place is a Shopping mall located in downtown Seattle WA on Sixth Avenue and Pine Street Somerset Collection is an exclusive upscale mall in the suburbs northwest of Detroit Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Mall of America (also MOA, MoA or the Megamall) is a super-regional shopping mall located in the Twin Cities suburb of Bloomington Minnesota ( Native Americans demonstrated the name to early settlers The Westchester is a 890000 sf upscale shopping mall in downtown White Plains New York. There is also an outlet of the popular store in Sandestin's Silver Sands. Notably in Canada, there are two stores in Toronto. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario

Product Locations

Currently, there are over 300 Coach stores in the United States and Canada. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Business analysts also attribute the continuing success of Coach to the fact that it has found a place in the niche market known as 'affordable luxury,' wherein a brand is recognizable as a luxury product but is priced such that it is accessible to the budget conscious. Overseas sales for the American leather company have also remained strong, especially in the Japanese market. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Coach also operates internationally in countries outside of the United States and Canada, including Mexico, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Greece, and Turkey. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders Singapore For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island For the biogeographical region see Malesia Malaysia (məˈleɪʒə or /məˈleɪziə/ is a country that consists of thirteen states and The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA ( المملكة العربية السعودية, al-Mamlaka al-ʻArabiyya as-Suʻūdiyya) or Suudi Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches There is currently one Coach store in the European Union, located in Athens, Greece. Coach also most recently opened a store in London's Heathrow Airport at Terminal 5.

External links

• Official Coach website