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Coach parent Tapestry raises FY outlook on strong Q3

Luxury fashion group Tapestry has upped its full-year guidance after outperforming its own expectations in the third quarter of the year. The New York-based group, which owns brands Coach, Kate Spade, and Stuart Weitzman, reported a 5 percent increase in net sales to 1.51 billion dollars in the three months to April 1. The company saw strong...

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Coach unveils interactive AR experience at New York store

Luxury brand Coach has expanded its efforts in augmented reality (AR) with an experience unveiled at its Soho New York store encouraging shoppers to digitally “try” its Tabby Bag. For the activation, the label teamed up with AR tech company Zero10, which developed an in-store AR Mirror and AR Storefront, the latter of which debuted for the first...

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Coach launches new sub-brand focused on ‘circular crafts’

Luxury brand Coach has unveiled a new sub-brand which it said will be focused on “circular craft and collaborative creativity”. Entitled ‘Coachtopia’, the label comes with its own Made Circular design philosophy, which centres around three principles informing how it designs, crafts and reuses products. In a release, Coach said the concept looks...

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Tapestry appoints Alan Lau to its board of directors

Tapestry, Inc. has appointed Alan Lau to its board of directors. The appointment of Lau to the board brings the membership to eleven. Alan Lau is the chief business officer for Animoca Brands since July 2022. In this role, Lau oversees and provides support to the company’s more than 340 portfolio companies and leads M&A and business development....

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Metaverse Fashion Week: 9 Events you may have missed

Now in its second edition, the highly anticipated Metaverse Fashion Week (MVFW) took place last week, spanning over March 28 to 31, and, for the first time, spreading across three metaverses, including Decentraland, Over and Spatial. For this year, the theme was ‘Future Heritage’, which saw the event explore the relationship between tradition...

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Coach launches ‘In my Tabby’ campaign

Luxury American fashion house Coach revealed its newest ‘In my Tabby’ campaign to the public last week, starring Lil Nas X, Camila Mendes and Kōki. The campaign builds on the brand’s previous mission called ‘Courage to be real’, in which Lil Nas X was featured as well, and focuses on telling human stories of aspiration, courage and personal...

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Coach unveils new retail concept in Chicago

Luxury brand Coach has revealed a new retail concept in Chicago designed to encourage shoppers to “play” in its stores. Coach Play Chicago has opened in the city’s River North neighbourhood and is the first in a line of new stores to launch this year that will incorporate the concept. The space merges architectural features inspired by Coach’s...

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Video: Coach FW23

In this video you can see the Coach FW23 collection presented at New York Fashion Week. FF Channel via Youtube

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Coach owner Tapestry ups FY profit outlook

Luxury fashion group Tapestry has upped its full-year profit guidance after reporting record earnings in the second quarter. The New York-based group, which owns brands Coach, Kate Spade, and Stuart Weitzman, said it now expects earnings per diluted share (EPS) of between 3.70 dollars and 3.75 dollars, up from previous guidance of between 3.60...

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Coach parent Tapestry expects currency headwinds to impact FY23 results

For its first quarter Tapestry, Inc., parent to Coach, Kate Spade, and Stuart Weitzman, reported net sales of 1.51 billion dollars, an increase of approximately 2 percent. The company said, excluding a 370 basis point headwind from currency due to the appreciation of the U.S. dollar revenue rose over 5 percent versus last year. Gross profit...

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Coach reveals Reloved concept store in London

Coach has unveiled a new concept store in London as part of its (Re)Loved programme, an initiative that focuses on building a circular ecosystem for its products. ‘Tomorrow’s Vintage’ brings together each element of the programme; upcycled, vintage, restored and remade – each of which will be present in the store through events and activations....

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Coach dresses Lil Nas X for world tour

Coach has collaborated with award-winning rapper, singer, and songwriter Lil Nas X on a custom tour wardrobe for his first-ever headlining world tour ‘Long Live Montero’. The tour, which kicked off last week in Detroit, Michigan, saw Lil Nas X wearing six bespoke looks inspired by the narrative of the rapper’s metamorphosis and transformation, a...