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Hi Pat: What is your opinion regarding Coach? Thanks.

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Coach Inc., $58.02, symbol COH on New York (Shares outstanding: 281.0 million; Market cap: $16.2 billion; www.coach.com), designs and sells a wide range of accessories for men and women, including handbags, belts, wallets, card cases, shoes, luggage and jewellery. Outside manufacturers, mainly in Asia, make Coach’s products. The company sells its goods through three main channels: the Internet, catalogues and its company-owned stores and factory outlets in North America (543 locations), Japan (184), China (118), South Korea (49), Taiwan (27), Malaysia (10) and Singapore (7). Coach also sells its goods in department stores and licenses its brand to makers of other products, such as sunglasses, watches and perfumes. In its fiscal 2013 third quarter, which ended March 30, 2013, Coach’s earnings rose 6.2%, to $238.9 million from $225.0 million a year earlier. The company spent $400.0 million on share buybacks in the first nine months of fiscal 2013. Because of fewer shares outstanding, earnings per share rose 9.1%, to $0.84…