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Katie Greifeld

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
338 total appearances

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Bloomberg Talks
Coach President & CEO Todd Kahn Talks Focus on Gen Z, New Customers & Power of Pricing

And I do wonder how, if at all, some of the coach coffee shops play in when it comes to Gen Alpha, because obviously a croissant, a cup of coffee, it socializes the idea of coach, but it's much more affordable than a handbag.

Bloomberg Talks
Coach President & CEO Todd Kahn Talks Focus on Gen Z, New Customers & Power of Pricing

I do want to talk about pricing a little bit because one of the things that seems to be unique about Coach is that you've managed to break out of the promotional cycle, which for a lot of brands turns into a downward cycle.

Bloomberg Talks
Coach President & CEO Todd Kahn Talks Focus on Gen Z, New Customers & Power of Pricing

And I want to talk about how that strategy relates to what you're doing in your outlet stores because

Bloomberg Talks
Coach President & CEO Todd Kahn Talks Focus on Gen Z, New Customers & Power of Pricing

It's interesting.

Bloomberg Talks
Coach President & CEO Todd Kahn Talks Focus on Gen Z, New Customers & Power of Pricing

You've actually dropped the word outlet altogether from a lot of those locations.

Bloomberg Talks
Coach President & CEO Todd Kahn Talks Focus on Gen Z, New Customers & Power of Pricing

And within them, you're actually selling at full price in many instances, which is interesting.

Bloomberg Talks
Coach President & CEO Todd Kahn Talks Focus on Gen Z, New Customers & Power of Pricing

So walk us through the strategy there and how that's impacted how people shop at those former outlet stores.

Bloomberg Talks
Coach President & CEO Todd Kahn Talks Focus on Gen Z, New Customers & Power of Pricing

And what sense do you have of what pricing power looks like right now?

Bloomberg Talks
Coach President & CEO Todd Kahn Talks Focus on Gen Z, New Customers & Power of Pricing

Because, I mean, on the consumer side, we're coming off of several years of stubbornly high inflation.

Bloomberg Talks
Coach President & CEO Todd Kahn Talks Focus on Gen Z, New Customers & Power of Pricing

It seems like we've settled at least for right now.

Bloomberg Talks
Coach President & CEO Todd Kahn Talks Focus on Gen Z, New Customers & Power of Pricing

And I mean, on your side as well, higher tariffs, that's hitting consumers.

Bloomberg Talks
Coach President & CEO Todd Kahn Talks Focus on Gen Z, New Customers & Power of Pricing

And I have to imagine it's hitting your supply chain as well.

Bloomberg Talks
Coach President & CEO Todd Kahn Talks Focus on Gen Z, New Customers & Power of Pricing

So what is pricing power look like right now?

Bloomberg Talks
Coach President & CEO Todd Kahn Talks Focus on Gen Z, New Customers & Power of Pricing

And how is that translating to margins going forward?

Bloomberg Talks
Coach President & CEO Todd Kahn Talks Focus on Gen Z, New Customers & Power of Pricing

Yeah, something's better left unsaid.

Bloomberg Talks
Coach President & CEO Todd Kahn Talks Focus on Gen Z, New Customers & Power of Pricing

Yeah.

Bloomberg Talks
Coach President & CEO Todd Kahn Talks Focus on Gen Z, New Customers & Power of Pricing

I do want to talk a little bit about Europe because you mentioned your growth there.

Bloomberg Talks
Coach President & CEO Todd Kahn Talks Focus on Gen Z, New Customers & Power of Pricing

And I wonder, you know, who are you necessarily taking share from?

Bloomberg Talks
Coach President & CEO Todd Kahn Talks Focus on Gen Z, New Customers & Power of Pricing

Because you think about the European luxury handbags, have to imagine they have a huge presence there.

Bloomberg Talks
Coach President & CEO Todd Kahn Talks Focus on Gen Z, New Customers & Power of Pricing

So are you seeing, you know, you actually, you know, taking a little bit of their slice of the pie or is the pie growing?