Posted on 02/09/2010 1:07:14 PM PST by Red Badger
Coach Inc. (COH) is opening its first men's-only store as the retailer moves to extend its reach beyond traditional female customers.
The store will be on trendy Bleecker Street in New York City's West Village, taking over space that was occupied by a Ruehl boutique that was closed as Abercrombie & Fitch Inc. (ANF) shuttered the concept last year.
Coach, known for its leather handbags and accessories for women, wants to explore "a broader men's opportunity for the brand globally," said Mike Tucci, Coach's president of North America retail. Coach is also opening a few men's shops in department stores in Japan.
The 550-square-foot shop, which is planned to open in May, will offer luxury business and travel accessories, small leather goods, footwear, outerwear, timepieces, sun wear, fragrances, and related accessories. The shop will give Coach shelf space it may desire as its department-store customers have been making sweeping inventory cuts.
Coach sees the stores "as labs where we compile an emerging men's collection and evolve our merchandising strategies," Tucci said.
Coach has a limited assortment of goods for men in its stores, which generally run about 2,500 square feet and mostly offer handbags and other fashion accessories to women.
Coach's "Legacy" store, which carries higher-end, limited-edition products from the Coach brand, is next to the men's-store site. The positioning keeps with Bleecker Street outlets including Marc Jacobs, Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. (RL) and James Perse, which all have more than one location in the area.
The men's store, currently covered up, will carry Coach's silver-leaf logo and custom detailing as well as have mahogany awnings with white trim. The interior will have natural wood flooring, industrial-inspired furnishings, custom pendant lighting and leather seating, Coach said.
Coach didn't disclose how much it was spending on the rehab.
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Oh brother...
OK, I'll bite. What does the "DB" really stand for? (Since standing for Dooney & Burke is apparently just too simple) ...and the "really" is according to whom?
Always thought it was for men. How much you spent depended on how much you needed to apologize.
Aren’t the lines, “Worked late all week,” “Spent Friday out with the boys,” “Bachelor party trip to Vegas” and “Oops, I never thought she’d actually call the house.”
Google tells me it means Dumb B$%#^
No, it’s a man bag. /Friends
When I saw the address I had the same exact thought.
Sorry, I’ll always use the 4 pockets in my pants. Been doing that since I was 5 years old.
If it is not a possibles bag, it is queer.
Ahhh...
So spending $5,000 on one of the other designers' bags seems to be what the "smart" ones should do. :-)
Hard to figure all the negative comments here. Sounds ignorant————
Most of my pants are Dickies or overalls that have motor oil down one pants leg.... gasoline down the other. My boots are permenantly impregnated with cow manure and axle grease.
I don’t really think alot about my “accessories”
In the style of Flo, the Progressive Insurance lady, “No more holding her purse!”
The funny part of calling things “European” in the USA is that it is only for selling things. Most Europeans will tell you that it is BS and that they have never seen stuff there like that before. So whenever something is called “European” mostly that is to sell to Americans who don’t know any better.
I am not sure which I hate more, man purse or fanny pack.
So if you are not interested in purchasing anything from a legal, hopefully thriving business, then you feel the need to say something negative?????
EEWWWWWW!
Why would anyone pay that kind of premium for stuff made in China?
Do men really cower like that????
sure
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