The Bag Man
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C.E.O. Lew Frankfort at Coach's flagship store in Manhattan.
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Distressed Leather
Photo by Charles Osgood
Coach's winter line of high-priced bags. Coach has tried to burnish its image by producing a tiny number of expensive items in recent years—such as a $2,300 embroidered hobo bag and an $8,000 purple lizard shopping tote—and showcasing them in only a handful of stores in premium locations.
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Not Teflon
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Coach C.E.O. Lew Frankfort. "I'm not a Teflon C.E.O.," Frankfort says. "I'm not the sort of person to act as though nothing bothers him. I don't think my vulnerabilities make me weak. I think they make me smarter."
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Commercially Creative
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Coach creative director Reed Krakoff. "Reed has a very commercial sensibility," Coach C.E.O. Lew Frankfort says, "and that's my highest compliment."
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Happy Meal?
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European rivals don't bother masking their contempt for Coach. C.E.O. Lew Frankfort says that one such rival recently referred to the company as the "McDonald's of luxury."
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