American marketer of classic accessories Coach Inc., has announced that it. will be opening its seventh Coach flagship store in Japan and the first located in the city of Nagoya. The Coach store will be located on Ohtsu-Dori, said to be one of the most prestigious and fashionable streets within Nagoya's busy shopping districts. The store is expected to open in the spring of 2005.
"We are extremely excited about our flagship location in Nagoya, which is expected to be one of the highest volume Coach locations in Japan and will represent our fourth flagship location outside of the Tokyo area, following locations we will have opened in Sapporo, Osaka and Sendai during the last six months. In addition, it is the first original Coach building in the world,” said president and CEO of Coach, Ian Bickley.
"Our sales and market share gains in Japan have been dramatic, as our business has grown rapidly during the last few years. Clearly, Japanese consumers have embraced Coach's accessible luxury proposition - aspirational, stylish, well-made product, at an affordable price, available in image enhancing locations, wherever our consumer chooses to shop," he added.
The 7,800 square foot store (approximately 740 square metres) on four floors is being designed by the Coach Architecture Group in collaboration with Eight Inc. and will be the first free-standing building, occupied entirely by Coach, anywhere in the world.
