COACH NEW YORK REATIL QUALITY VS COACH OUTLETS 

Oh boy, apologies in advance if I have to correct your assessment of Coach products. I am in New York and am a longtime Coach "member" who has been invited to their esteemed Coach headquarters in Manhattan due to my longstanding knowledge and loyalty to the brand. Although I appreciate your content regarding Coach, there are certain points that need to be made clear. Coach makes specific styles for their outlet stores featuring the same leathers and other materials used for their expectedly more expensive retail store exclusive styles. However, their premium glovetanned leather is usually reserved for the retail store styles, but not always. Quality should be pretty much consistent across the board, regardless of retail or outlet. One of the ways Coach can make their outlet products discounted is by using less expensive trim materials, such as inner lining, strap, etc, but the quality should always be there. Yes, anyone can nitpick and notice a wayward stitch or two of any luxury brand including the much more expensive Italian and French brands. Coach should honor a quality issue and repair it for free within a given time, product being from retail AND outlet. Sometimes, more exclusive retail styles will show up in their outlet stores for being a past season or overrun stock, usually labelled as "Coach reserve" (but not sure how Coach Australia identifies them) and are expected to be discounted for being in an outlet store. In the end, I purchase Coach products based on the style I'm after regardless if they're retail or outlet items, although I have a weakness for their premium "glovetanned" leather because of its superior feel ("hand") and rich history. Oftentimes, italian leathers don't even match the "hand" of Coach's glovetanned leathers especially when aged and moisturized properly through the years. All the best.

i love that you kept an open mind.

Coach products by far are great quality merchandise. As a consumer you must know your materials i.e canvas & leathers --cross grain, pebble & glove tan. Coach sells products exclusively for the outlet & retail in both canvas and leather but again you have to know your materials,. The retail stores uses higher quality leather and canvas while the outlet uses lesser quality of materials but they both are good. materials. When shopping at the outlet, there is usually a display wall with retail items which are often last season’s or discontinued items.....BTW, luv the Breitling.

We are a big Coach family. My wife and I have many Coach products from both the retail store and outlet store. I don’t think the quality of the outlet is that much lower than the retail just different. Example if you buy a men’s backpack from retail, it’s going to probably be suede lined on the inside vs an outlet backpack which will be lined with fabric. I have an all calf skin backpack from the outlet and I have been using it daily for over a year and is holding up very very well. Yes there are some Coach Outlet stuff that is lower quality and the outlet dose have tons of logo mania, but don’t be afraid to shop at an outlet. Just look the bag over real well for feel and build quality.

I have both retail and outlet Coach bags and wallets. Quality is the same IMHO. Difference is retail has the nice styles that you won’t find at the outlets. It’s the less popular retail stuff that may make it to the outlet and last season items. But in the end, outlet always has nice items at a good value for good quality.

Answered my question. Great video!

It is very easy to understand, not everyone is able to pay $1000-$3000 dollars for backpacks or suitcases, but they are able to pay the price that the outlet charges for products, even if they are of lower quality. I particularly can't afford to pay $3200 for an LV but I can pay $480 for a coach, which is enough for me! Thanks for the video, I discovered the channel now and I will follow!

I don't know if you are aware at this point, but GUCCI, PRADA, SAINT LAURENT also produce outlet only products. Just like coach, all those brands feed their outlets from the overstock at the boutiques (after the items were put on sale at the butique store, but did not sale). But... A lot of the items at the outlet are created exclusively as an OUTLET LINE. Gucci creates a small g logo called microguccisima on the items, Prada do a lot of nylon bags, they also do t shirt with logos etc. Louis vuitton and hermes don't have outlets.

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I’m a huge coach fan because I’m fond of the company history and sustained quality of product ❤😊

This is bang on. Just bought a coach backpack from the outlet in Roermond and the quality is absolutely stunnning. Also this backpack was sold out everywhere since Suga from BTS wore one. Banger of a deal for around 300€.

At the end of the day how bad can a “Cheap” Coach bag be… It’s still coach

In Australia the outlet stores sell the retail store stock at a discounted price since it didn’t sell retail. I believe the outlet stores also get outlet exclusives (like the recent Peanuts collection) but most of it is just discounted retail stock

Damn the drip you got is sick

I've bought coach outlet bags and they are nothing more then discounted products they couldn't sell in the stores l🤷🏽‍♂️ Had them for years and still look like new

It’s the bougie ones on the comment feed. I’ve purchased retail Coach and outlet Coach. My outlet Coach, some I’ve had for years and still looks like I just took it out the box. Coach will always be a fav for me because the leather is high quality next to my other fav, Louis Vuitton.

Youve got a lovely collection! 😍

I live in the UK, I love Coach. Would take Coach over any of the popular brands. All of my items have come nicely presented, dust bags and all. I have been wearing Coach for absolute years, all of my items are still in great condition.

I don't know if you found any more information out on the coach outlets, but when I called them to ask why my products were coming from the outlet, they told me their outlets are actually for out of season stock and that quality was of no difference, and my messenger bag come with a dust bag and my wallet also come completely boxed and in coach wrapping paper.

I bought two coach bags from the outlet. The prairie satchel looks so cheap I’m not satisfied with it but the mini Lillie is better and more sturdy. I am going with Michael kors next time for a discount bag. Coach bags from the outlet don’t look like they are going to hold up over the years.

Each country has different rules and setups for Outlet stores. Some countries manufacture lower quality products specifically for the Outlet stores just to have their brand out on the streets. Michael Kors had alot of success doing this. People have come to appreciate this now knowing the main stores have very high quality products. There is not much overflow with higher quality stuff as its either bought up or not manufactured in large numbers. And the QC of higher brands can be questioned with Chanels peeling paint issues......

Coach Made For Factory (MFF) IS lower quality than their items in their retail boutiques or Factory Deletes (aka deletes), which are retail overstock items that end up in their outlet channel. That said, the materials, durability, and construction for their MFF items are VERY good! Honestly their QC on their MFF items is better than Louis Vuitton and Chanel to me nowadays. The only difference is that the Coach outlet items are made to be sold at a lower price point than their boutique bags, which can have quite intricate studs, quilting, whipstitching, appliqués, and other high end details. Coach outlet bags are simpler in design and construction to streamline production and result in a lower cost for the end consumer. It’s perfectly normal for a $1000+ glovetanned top grain leather boutique bag and a $200 corrected grain pebble leather outlet bag to have a price and quality differential. TBH I’m glad Coach is creating products in both segments and pricing them fairly.

I love that white backpack

Last Christmas my wife bought me a Coach outlet breifcase and this Christmas she bought me a Hudson backpack, both under $300, the quality is amazing on both..... There is no way on earth im spending 2k-3k on a bag..... Coach outlet is good enough for me.

I’m loving the bit of bally you got going on amazing brand

Great video 👍

The hardware on bags from retail Coach is better than from the outlet. The outlet bags often have imitation gold which looks really cheap. Coach retail bags will have brass hardware. Every retail bag that I've purchased had a dust cover. Retail will use glove tanned leather, leather interior.

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Can you sell me your Track Backpack Colorblock from Coach that is in white and blue lines please? Serious buyer if you don’t want it.

Good day this is my first time watching your video. Thanks for this information.....I have just recently bought two items from Coach. Men leather pouch 👝 and varsity wallet and card holder. I just wanted to find out from your approach if this brand makes sense to invest into not just money 💰 wise but quality and style. Plus do you feel this brand is luxury brand?

you are cool Sir

So should I still purchase my coach backpack from the coach website ?? And I’ll be okay ???

Hello would you be willing to sale your Coach Track Backpack in blue and white that you showed in this video; serious buyer.

No offense, but there was a lot of talking but nothing was said.

What bag is that 8:01

The difference between outlet and retail is all in the details and hardware. We've heard the horror stories of quality control issues from both luxury and contemporary brands so both are subject to failures there, especially LV. The main luxury brand that stands out in craftsmanship above all others is Hermès with Chanel being a runner up in resell value. Everything eles you are paying for the brand name first then the skin used and the fine details last.. your wife has good taste Coachs 1941 and glovetanned lines are impeccable and easily should be counted as luxury. Jennifer Lopez owns the most expensive Birkin in the world and she loves Coach

Tbh coach isn’t reallly worth the money in my opinion I worked for them I only like the leather jackets and very few clothing items

Because coach is cheap not considered a high end luxury brand

Mind blown! I can't believe there'd be such a compromise on quality by these brands for outlet stores!

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