Lew Frankfort: Building a billion-dollar brand
How Coach grew from a family handbag business to a billion-dollar company
Business Daily · BBC World Service
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Show Notes
When Lew Frankfort joined Coach, it was a family run, wholesale handbag business worth six million dollars.
He spent 35 years at the company, from opening the company's first shop to growing the business now valued at over five billion dollars.
We find out what led Lew to an unlikely career in fashion and how a chance meeting with a US president sparked his social consciousness.
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Presenter: Ed Butler Producers: Hannah Bewley and Hannah Mullane
(Photo: Lew Frankfort, chairman emeritus and former CEO of Coach)