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Coach parent Tapestry posts increase in Q4 profit, sales remain flat

Coach owner Tapestry has reported widening profit in the fourth quarter despite its sales remaining flat. The group, which last week announced plans to acquire rival US fashion giant Capri Holdings, made a net profit of 224 million dollars in the three months ended July 1, up from 189 million dollars a year earlier. Sales in the fourth quarter...

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The airline-tested technology behind Coachtopia's sold-out sustainable accessories

Last spring heritage luxury brand Coach unveiled Coachtopia, a sub-brand with a Gen Z focus conceived with circularity inbuilt, and the range has already sold out multiple times. Each product uses virtually no new materials, is designed to be remade or repaired to expand its lifespan, and contains an NFC chip which acts like a passport informing...

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Coach owner Tapestry to acquire Michael Kors parent Capri Holdings in 8.5 billion dollar deal

Luxury fashion group Tapestry, the parent company of Coach, Kate Spade, and Stuart Weitzman, has reached a definitive agreement to acquire competitor Capri Holdings Limited. Under the terms of the transaction, Capri Holdings shareholders will receive 57 dollars per share, valuing the deal at approximately 8.5 billion dollars, the companies...

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Coach unveils first dedicated retail space for sub-brand, Coachtopia

Luxury brand Coach has revealed a pop-up store experience for its newly launched sub-brand Coachtopia, bringing to life a space that looks to capture the label’s commitment to circular fashion. It is the first dedicated retail location for Coachtopia in North America, located in SoHo where the use of architectural elements and an immersive...

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Coach unveils collection in collaboration with Kirsten Dunst

American fashion and accessories brand Coach has unveiled a capsule collection designed in collaboration with actress Kirsten Dunst and Los Angeles-based illustrator Jessica Herschko. The Coach x Observed By Us collection is a celebration of the “spirit of imagination and wonder found in everyday things,” explains the brand in the press release,...

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Coach converts plane into retail concept store in Malacca

American luxury brand Coach has unveiled a new immersive retail concept store in a converted Boeing 747 aircraft at Freeport A'Famosa Outlet in Malacca. Dubbed 'Coach Airways,' the outlet store and cafe are built inside a real 1981 Boeing 747-230B aircraft, and customers are given an entry pass resembling an air ticket to browse the store, which...

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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...