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Coach, Inc. to Present at the Goldman Sachs Global Retailing Conference

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 6, 2005--Coach, Inc. (NYSE: COH), a leading marketer of modern classic American accessories, today announced that its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Lew Frankfort, and members of the senior management team will present at the Goldman Sachs Global Retailing Conference on September 8, 2005 at 8:55 a.m. (EDT).

The audio portion of the presentation will be webcast live and archived for a period of five business days and is available to the general public. To access the live audio portion of the presentation, log onto:

http://customer.talkpoint.com/GOLD006/090705a_mk/default.asp?entity=coach

(Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.) or www.coach.com/investors.

It should be noted that in late August, the company announced contract extensions for three senior executives - Lew Frankfort, Reed Krakoff and Keith Monda - and provided a business update via press release. At that time the company noted that its first quarter results were tracking ahead of plan and raised its guidance for first fiscal quarter as well as for the full fiscal year. The company expects that fiscal first quarter sales and earnings for the period ending October 1, 2005 will increase to at least $445 million and $0.25 per diluted share, respectively. This compares with prior year's sales of $344 million and earnings of $0.17 per share and represents increases of at least 29% and 47%, respectively. The company also expects fiscal year 2006 sales of about $2.1 billion and earnings per share of at least $1.25.

Coach, with headquarters in New York, is a leading American marketer of fine accessories and gifts for women and men, including handbags, women's and men's small leathergoods, business cases, weekend and travel accessories, footwear, watches, outerwear, scarves, sunwear and related accessories. Coach is sold worldwide through Coach stores, select department stores and specialty stores, through the Coach catalogue in the U.S. by calling 1-800-223-8647 and through Coach's website at www.coach.com. Coach's shares are traded on The New York Stock Exchange under the symbol COH.

This information to be made available in this presentation may contain forward-looking statements based on management's current expectations. These statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may," "will," "should," "expect," "intend," "estimate," "are positioned to," "continue," "project," "guidance," "forecast," "anticipated," or comparable terms. Future results may differ materially from management's current expectations, based upon risks and uncertainties such as expected economic trends, the ability to anticipate consumer preferences, the ability to control costs, etc. Please refer to Coach's latest Annual Report on Form 10-K for a complete list of risk factors.

CONTACT: Coach
Analysts & Media:
Andrea Shaw Resnick, 212-629-2618

SOURCE: Coach, Inc.