There really are too many fp stores as well as outlets. Just alone in the city I live in there are 4 with in 30 miles of each other, not including the one that was closed Jan 2014, which would have made it 5. Thats FARRRRR too many stores for one area, unless your's in someplace like NYC.
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I have to agree with this. Within 30 miles of where I live, there are 4 FP stores and 2 outlets. It's kind of ridiculous. Not to mention at least 20 department stores all carrying Coach.
we don't have any FP stores in my area. and the two outlets we have are a very good distance from each other. at least an hour and a half.
Agreed, and yet there are lots of members here that don't live near a store, outlet or FP. Perhaps they just need to spread out a little?
And yet the FP store on 84th street and Broadway has closed...maybe that just need to think of moving them farther from one another...
jeez, I didn't even think about the department stores. And actually two stores closed Jan 2014 near me so that would have made 6 all together.
My full price stores are too far away from me to go on a regular basis, and they only carry the basic stuff, so usually the things I'm interested in I won't be able to see there. Our outlet opened up 2 years ago. Before that, I really only bought Coach when we traveled.
Other than Macy's, I don't see any kind of designer brands near me. One of the reasons I haven't branched out into more brands is that I haven't seen much in real life.
Other than Macy's, I don't see any kind of designer brands near me. One of the reasons I haven't branched out into more brands is that I haven't seen much in real life.
My gosh that is massive saturation. Not the case here... i am able to access a factory and a FP store but they are at least a distance from one another, there is one department store in the same mall as the FP store who carries Coach but we're talking dripple nothing more than handful.
Thank you, i have always been pleased with my Roots products but like most here enjoy variety, that said i do know i most definitely get what i pay for with handcrafted, high end leather goods made from them.
lol i think that's why prices jacked up so high. Last year I was able to get a decent sized bag for under $100 made in Canada.This year same style nearly $200. Besides which I think Roots will keep to the made in Canada stint even with a shop in china. BIG WIGS over there will pay though the nose for something foreign made. They'll pay more for a roots bag made in canada than a coach bag made in china. Come to think of it the exact same style offered by roots made in Canada is now twice even triple the price from last year. So I think it's actually in their best interest to make it in Canada since they can make more money from the same product vs if it was made in china instead.I don't think anyone is trying to give excuses but generally speaking most companies have shifted away from at home production, As a Canadian i am extremely familiar with Roots (darn it all they got me yesterday with a heart shape coin holder lol) but while i own Roost purses and did like some of the newer line they are different than Coach frankly if they produced as many purses as Coach does i'm not sure they'd be able to hold on long term to making them in Toronto in their entirety.
As with all designer and luxury goods markups and paying for the label, name and aura exist it's just part of it, you can either choose to participate or not.
I like my Coach purses they offer me something different, it's not say i don't see their faults nor see areas for improvement.
Roots is a bit of a dark horse playing the game but not considered either designer or luxury, they are our quiet little home best kept secret, while i would love them to succeed and be more desired(which i was just reading they opened a huge store in China) i do wonder what that would do to their quality, mainly being able to keep their leathers and Made in Canada focus.
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perhaps one per city is a better idea in an area with the most traffic. And then you got the department stores. With nordstorm's entry into canada that means two department stores that carries coach in Canada. Quite Notably, holt and renfrew no longer carries coach but they carry kate spade and kors , prada and lv. So if coach wants to be part of the exclusive, they aren't carried with the exclusive brands anymore in at at least in one department store.