Coach
Headquarters: 516 West 34th Street
New York, NY 10001
Employees: 8,200
CEO: Lew Frankfort
Website: http://www.coach.com
Stock Symbol: COH
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Coach is one of America's top designers, producers, and marketers of fine accessories and gifts for women and men including handbags, business cases, luggage and travel accessories, wallets, outerwear, eyewear, gloves, scarves and fine jewelry. Continued development of new categories has further established the signature style and distinctive identity of the Coach brand.
The company is best known for its high-quality leather handbags.
Together with its licensing partners, the company also offers watches, footwear, and office furniture bearing the Coach brand name.
Coach has 345 retail stores and 143 factory stores in North America. There are also 176 locations in Japan and 66 in China.
Coach is also available at over 970 department store locations in the US, 211 international department stores, retail store and duty free shop locations in over 20 countries, 169 department store shop-in-shops and retail and factory store locations operated by Coach Japan, Inc.
In the New York corporate headquarters of Coach, opportunities are available including merchandising, finance, market research, production, design and sales. Other locations are in Carlstadt, NJ and Jacksonville, FL offer opportunities in information technology, distribution and customer service.
In fiscal 2011, Coach reported sales of $4.16 billion, an 18% increase. Net income was $881 million.
History
Coach was founded in 1941 as a family-run workshop in a Manhattan loft. Six artisans handcrafted a collection of high-quality leathergoods using skills passed down from generation to generation. Discerning consumers soon began to seek out the high standards of Coach workmanship.
The founder of Coach was first inspired by a baseball glove when he saw its distinctive markings and how supple it became with use. After refining it, making it softer and stronger, he created Coach's first handbag. Since then, innovations in leather finishes, new grains and colors, and modern materials continue to fascinate us. But this glove-tanned leather remains a Coach tradition. And it still burnishes as beautifully as it did back when Babe Ruth played baseball.
In 1999, Coach launched its on-line store at www.coach.com.
The company went public in 2000 after being spun off from Sara Lee.
Benefits
Coach offers excellent career growth opportunities, competitive salaries and great benefits within a dynamic work environment.
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