“We’re particularly excited to announce that next month we will participate in our first New York Fashion Week, unveiling the inaugural collection from Stuart Vevers, whose designs will be available in-store this fall. We view this as an important milestone in our brand transformation, driving fashion credibility and relevance.
“We remain confident in our brand vision, our leadership team and our ability to execute the strategy underway. We look forward to sharing our strategic plan to drive brand vibrancy and long-term value creation during our analyst day in early June,” Mr. Luis concluded.
Victor Luis, Chief Executive Officer of Coach, Inc., said, “During the holiday quarter, total sales fell slightly in constant currency as weakness in our North American women’s bag and accessories business offset strong growth in Men’s, footwear, and robust results in emerging Asian markets and Europe.
"We continued to be disappointed by our performance in North America, which was impacted by substantially lower traffic in our stores and by our decision to limit access to our e-factory flash sales site. At the same time, China results remained resilient with total sales growing about 25% and comparable store sales rising at a double digit rate. Importantly, we continued to advance our transformation initiatives and position Coach to launch Executive Creative Director Stuart Vevers’s first collection in September.”
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