As of July 2, 2016, Coach brand employed approximately 15,100 people, including both full and part time employees. Of these employees, approximately 8,600 and 3,900 were full time and part time employees, respectively, in the retail field in North America and Asia. As of July 2, 2016 Stuart Weitzman employed approximately 700 people globally, inclu

Coach was founded in 1941 as a family run workshop in Manhattan. Coach products quickly became renowned for their distinctive design, quality, function and durability. In 1985 Coach was purchased by the Sara Lee Corporation. In October of 2000 Coach had its initial public offering and became a publicly traded company listed on the New York Stock Ex

The Coach Heritage was founded by six leather artisans in 1941 as a family-run workshop in Manhattan, which was then called Gail Manufacturing Co. They started off by making small leather goods such as wallets and billfolds by hand. Miles Cahn and his wife joined the company in 1946, and by 1950 was running the entire Coach factory.