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Coach Plans Spring Opening For First Store Focused On Men (Pursies!)
online.wsj.com ^ | 02-09-2010 | By Karen Talley

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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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; US: New York
KEYWORDS: fashion; handbag; leather; metrosexuals; murse; purse; retail
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To: nurees

She has a freakin’ tote full of them!

But I must say she got them all at Coach outlet stores.

Still, $300 for a purse?


61 posted on 02/09/2010 2:24:46 PM PST by TSgt (I long for Norman Rockwell's America.)
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To: absolootezer0

In the original he has a high power in the mongolian bar fight. Other than that he carried a Smith 2nd Model Hand Ejector, possibly a 1917. In the final one he carried a Webley (barf), hopefully in .455.


62 posted on 02/09/2010 3:55:30 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim (Live jubtabulously!)
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To: MikeWUSAF

One of the fastest people I have seen drawl a concealed gun was drawn from a fanny pack!


63 posted on 02/09/2010 3:58:44 PM PST by Lady Heron
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To: Lady Heron
One of the fastest people I have seen drawl a concealed gun was drawn from a fanny pack!

What was the person doing inside the pack, before being drawn from it? ;-)

64 posted on 02/09/2010 4:03:50 PM PST by rfp1234
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To: Joe 6-pack

I have more than one ‘fanny pack’ which I wear in front which have quick release systems that allow instant access to concealed carry weapons. That shoulder bag looks nice, but I think the fast release front systems are superior.


65 posted on 02/09/2010 4:17:50 PM PST by MHGinTN (Obots, believing they cannot be deceived, it is impossible to convince them when they are deceived.)
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To: martin_fierro

Wipe it on your face and shave it off in the shower. Quickest way to get ready in the AM.


66 posted on 02/09/2010 4:28:31 PM PST by MHGinTN (Obots, believing they cannot be deceived, it is impossible to convince them when they are deceived.)
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To: Red Badger

Damn it, I thought this was a thread about baseball....


67 posted on 02/09/2010 4:32:09 PM PST by Neets
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To: absolootezer0

full dressed hunting camo and a thong


68 posted on 02/10/2010 5:54:43 AM PST by envisio (Need tires? See my profile.)
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To: envisio

oh heck no! gotta have every layer possible on my butt so i can keep it warm sitting in a stand :)


69 posted on 02/10/2010 6:17:30 AM PST by absolootezer0 (2x divorced, tattooed, pierced, harley hatin, meghan mccain luvin', smoker and pit bull owner..what?)
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To: MikeWUSAF

70 posted on 02/10/2010 6:34:34 AM PST by absolootezer0 (2x divorced, tattooed, pierced, harley hatin, meghan mccain luvin', smoker and pit bull owner..what?)
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To: Red Badger
I thing they call them “man bags” now................

That depends on the "they"... some people call them "holsters." ;o)

71 posted on 02/10/2010 6:40:25 AM PST by papertyger (Representation without taxation is tyranny!)
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To: papertyger

72 posted on 02/10/2010 6:46:34 AM PST by Red Badger (Education makes people easy to lead, difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.)
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To: Red Badger

Does that come in fucia?


73 posted on 02/10/2010 6:52:16 AM PST by papertyger (Representation without taxation is tyranny!)
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To: absolootezer0

Firearm, hell...

Firearm, surefire light, asp baton, leatherman wave, benchmade automatic, four spare magazines, and a rosary!

Try THAT with a pair of jeans.


74 posted on 02/10/2010 6:57:47 AM PST by papertyger (Representation without taxation is tyranny!)
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To: papertyger

75 posted on 02/10/2010 7:13:02 AM PST by Red Badger (Education makes people easy to lead, difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.)
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To: papertyger

rosary? to say last rites on the intended assailant? :)


76 posted on 02/10/2010 7:14:02 AM PST by absolootezer0 (2x divorced, tattooed, pierced, harley hatin, meghan mccain luvin', smoker and pit bull owner..what?)
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To: Red Badger

is that the women’s version?


77 posted on 02/10/2010 7:17:59 AM PST by absolootezer0 (2x divorced, tattooed, pierced, harley hatin, meghan mccain luvin', smoker and pit bull owner..what?)
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To: absolootezer0

Women or whatever loads your holster...............


78 posted on 02/10/2010 7:19:03 AM PST by Red Badger (Education makes people easy to lead, difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.)
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To: absolootezer0
rosary? to say last rites on the intended assailant? :)

Weapons come in many forms, and I'm a big believer in the unwritten beatitude...blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be broken.

79 posted on 02/10/2010 7:33:33 AM PST by papertyger (Representation without taxation is tyranny!)
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To: Red Badger

Don't leave home without it. :o)

80 posted on 02/10/2010 7:38:03 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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