This is basically what the issue is.
As much as I love Coach, I recognize it's a for profit business. They cannot survive in their current state and they MUST change. Truth is we will just have to wait and see what happens.
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This is basically what the issue is.
As much as I love Coach, I recognize it's a for profit business. They cannot survive in their current state and they MUST change. Truth is we will just have to wait and see what happens.
I dont care what changes are coming as long as quality is good and I can get at a discount price. If not at a discount I dont need.
And perhaps that will still happen. Who knows. But at some point, market factors will come into to play and FP stores will just go away if the discounts you get continue. That, or quality will eventually decline.
So true. I was in a FP store yesterday looking at the Carlyle and I thought ... Such a Beautiful and Classy bag. Coach could make a classic out of this, like for instance by introducing some models,with a zipper under the flap (like Ferragmo does with zippers under the Gancini lock) making a smaller version, changing up the finishes, etc. Stuff they no doubt will do but just STOP and focus on the development and cache of this one beautiful bag. Alongside the Borough and the Legacy classics (I think, arguably, Coach should add Molly/Rory and Courtney to those), Coach would have singular, recognizable and beautiful product. I love the delicious experience of the full price stores but now I almost always walk out and wait to find the discounts which, as you've all said, is stressful and for me it's gotten to be a far less savoring experience in bag buying.
THIS! Totally agree - these grand announcements are made, they last less than a month, if they're ever put into practice at all, and still we can't be sure that "final discount" is "final discount".
From my perspective, the issue is timing. Too fast to outlet, too quick to discount on FOS and then raise the price, etc. Asset depreciation is happening too fast. I'm not a seller, I get attached to my bags. From a business viewpoint, I can't try to sell my clients a service for $100 per unit, then sell the exact same service to a comparable client for $50 per unit one week later, then tell the first one that they should've waited until I really needed to make a sale.
I don't begrudge profit or discounts, but I do take issue with the value of my purchase being based on luck and timing vs. an actual business model. You're right, it's too stressful.
Agree - even the "flagship" models for each line end up discounted. Why dump a bunch of money when you can wait?
I agree with what you said - if they keep offering discounts, I'll buy. If not, I won't. (Which leaves more $$ for Flo) 😄
I would consider buying full price only if I thought the bag would sell out or was a classic that I would have for a long time. However, for most of my purses, I would rather wait and buy 2 either on FOS or the semi-annual sale or the outlet even if off season.
What was wrong with the old model anyway? Seems like Coach expanded too much too fast and lost sight of their bottom line. And I really liked my local store smaller better, now it just feels empty any time but on the week-end.
What was wrong with the old model anyway? Seems like Coach expanded too much too fast and lost sight of their bottom line. And I really liked my local store smaller better, now it just feels empty any time but on the week-end.
Totally agree!! I am just like you on that I get attached to my bags. I have never been able to get on FOS which makes it even more frustrating. I never had the option to "Wait it out."