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Handbag and accessories maker Coach Inc (COH.N) reported higher quarterly profit on Tuesday, helped by strong demand for its fall products, including the new Ergo line of handbags. Coach said net income for its fiscal first quarter that ended Sept. 29, was $154.8 million, or 41 cents per share, compared with $125.6 million, or 34 cents per share, a year earlier. Quarterly net sales were $677 million, compared with $529 million a year ago. New York-based Coach, which makes handbags, shoes, wallets, and other accessories, said it expects per-share earnings outlook of about $2.06 for fiscal 2008, on marginally higher sales of $3.17 billion. In July, it had forecast earnings of at least $2.06 per share on sales of about $3.16 billion. For the current quarter, Coach forecast earnings of 68 cents per share, on sales of about $970 million. However, Coach Chief Executive Lew Frankfort said he was concerned about weak consumer traffic in its U.S. stores, particularly in the past several weeks. "Although our holiday quarter sales are back-end loaded, we believe that it's appropriate to target comparable store sales of low single digits for our North American retail stores..." Frankfort said in a statement. (Reporting by Aarthi Sivaraman, additional reporting by Martinne Geller) ((Editing by Maureen Bavdek; e-mail: aarthi.sivaraman@reuters.com; +1 646 223 6191)) ((Multimedia versions of Reuters Top News are now available for: * 3000 Xtra: visit topnews.session.rservices.com * BridgeStation: view story .134 For more information on Top News: topnews.reuters.com)) ((See here for "Shop Talk" -- Reuters' retail and consumer blog)) Keywords: COACH RESULTS/ (C) Reuters 2007. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution ofReuters content, including by caching, framing or similar means, is expresslyprohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters and the Reuterssphere logo are registered trademarks and trademarks of the Reuters group ofcompanies around the world.nN23212048

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The coaching market is becoming highly competitive as businesses around the world are realizing the importance of incorporating business coaching at workplaces. Companies usually tie up with a reputed business coach or business-coaching firms to help their workforce attain their business goals and excel in their career domain. As a result, there is a growing trend of solo business coaching practices aimed at providing personalized business coaching services to companies. While it is a lot convenient to become a part of a large business coaching firm and reap the benefits, many prefer the flexibility of solo practice. If you are contemplating a solo business coaching practice, you may want to consider the pros and cons of working solo all the way.Pros of a solo practiceThe very basic advantage of going solo is that you have the flexibility to choose your working hours and may operate your business from the confines of your home. The same holds true for choosing you clients as well and it is entirely up to you to choose the kind of industry you would like to be associated with. Basically, the solo business coaching practice is apt for a business coach who is self-reliant and self-contained. You need to have lots of patience and perseverance in order to thrive in a solo coaching business. Being your own boss, you have the much needed independence to decide right coaching strategies that you feel are more appropriate for a particular industry. In fact, this kind of tailored service is what most businesses require for their coaching needs. You are in a position to implement your own philosophies, unlike larger coaching firms where everything is more or less standard and has very little room for modification and creativity. In addition, you can also offer your services at relatively low prices due to the less over-head costs involved in your business. For more specialized services, you may also outsource certain programs to ensure that your practice offers nothing but the best. Cons of a solo practiceWell, there are certain disadvantages associated with a solo coaching practice, one of the main ones being professional seclusion. With practically zero supervision, you become professionally isolated and have little knowledge about what other professional counterparts are doing to upgrade their businesses. Being on your own, you lack quality control mechanism that is crucial to excel in your field. Another disadvantage is that you have tremendous workload and there is a strong chance that you may get so caught up in administrative tasks that you may be left with hardly any time to hone your coaching skills. No matter how good you are in your field, there is still plenty of scope for improvement and you must make every effort to ensure that you are one of the best coaches in the industry. However, this may not be possible when you have hundred other things to do, apart from coaching. Besides, the single coach approach may not be suitable for the varying business coaching needs of large companies.

As a consultant working with retailers, one of the first questions I ask a client is can they paint a picture for me of a typical customer. Some clients can be very specific, whilst others just give me a blank look, then follow it up by saying everyone is a potential customer; how can they paint a picture of a typical customer?Alas, very few retailers can claim to have the whole of society as a customer base, the rest of us have to target specific consumer groups.Historically, these groups were targeted based on their likes and dislikes; this still is an important factor, but in the next series of articles I would like to take you back a step further and analyse the likes and dislikes of consumer age groups.Market researchers split the population up into Spoodles (Spoiled Toddlers), Pester Power (children), Generation Y (1525 years olds), Generation X or IKEA babies (25-35 years olds), The Jones Generation (35-49 year olds), Baby Boomers (50-65 year olds) and Greying Tigers (65 year olds upwards).As retailers we need to decide who are our target group and are we merchandising displaying, promoting and providing the customer service this group finds attractive and appealing.In this series of articles we will analyse each group from a retail perspective and offer ideas on how to grow your business when targeting one of these groups. In this article we will focus on the first two market groups.SpoodlesTo some people a Spoodle is a breed of dog and to others it is the under 11s. The name Spoodles comes from Spoiled Toddlers and is a name used by Walt Disney for one of its childrens restaurants.The parents icon for Spoodles is David and Posh Beckham, who are looked on as classic Spoodle heroes.To the toy industry, Spoodles are the key target market, but the key is that if you can keep young children happy, you can keep their parents happy and happy parents spend more money.In 2003, the worlds biggest retailer identified the importance of this group and introduced an exclusive range of infant wear Child of Mine. One of the reasons for this was Wal-Mart had an eye on the mother-consumer. Even so, Spoodles are worth $3 billion a year to Wal-Mart in their own right.The challenge is to look at your own retail sector and to look at the opportunities you have to attract the mother-consumer.Spoodle FoodThe organic food industry and locally sourced foods is a huge growth sector and also receiving political attention in many countries.Rachels Organic is a leading U.K. organic dairy manufacturer and they recently launched organic yoghurts for toddlers.The objective behind the marketing campaign is that if toddlers are introduced to organic foods, they are more likely to become adult organic food buyers with the pressure on child obesity, organic health toddler foods may have an opportunity.The Toy Market and SpoodlesTraditionally, parents went to toyshops for toys, but that is all changing. The current trend for electronic toys means the electronic retailer is winning out over the traditional toy retailer.55% of many toy retailers' income comes from the pre Christmas buying frenzy; the toy industry is probably the most fashion conscious of the retail sectors. It is often governed by what is coming out at the movies. Once the movie has done the rounds, they toy is obsolete in the consumers mind.Spoodle GardenersThe South African garden industry introduced Mulberry Bear as a character to encourage Spoodles to become interested in gardening. Many garden centres now have a childrens garden sector where they have a whole category of products aimed at children.Garden centres in South Africa and the USA have started childrens gardening clubs with the aim of getting gardeners into the habit at an earlier age.Pester PowerThe 8-14 year olds, the tweens, rely on pester power to influence their parents when it comes to shopping. This market in Canada alone is worth $20 billion (Ref. Ropin the Web, Alberta Govt. Summer 2004)The main source of enjoyment for this age group is music, TV and sports. This means as a retailer you need to think through some key issues.As the Alberta research emphasises:1. Make sure your business is connected in some way with local sports programmes that are heavily supported by this age group.2. This age group has a green streak, therefore make sure you have an environmental message you can get across to this group.3. Sponsor school events, such as Student of the Week, Athlete of the Year or any other appropriate award.4. Promote your business via S.M.S. This group will not see or register your traditional adverts.5. Relate your products to fundraising events wherever possible.6. Look at fast food retailers and build into your offer playgrounds, contests, games and other incentives.7. If there is a company to closely watch when marketing to tweens it is American Girl. TV Does Have a RoleWhy is it called pester power? Look at the results of the research carried out by Raising Kids in the U.K.12% of parents think advertising to kids should be banned30% think adverts are a great tool to introduce kids to marketingbut83% of parents have been pestered to buy a specific Christmas toy68% of parents have been pestered for snacks30% of parents have been pestered over a movieIf we reverse the coin, pester power is a highly successful retail tool, especially as 30% of Australian parents take their children shopping (Ref B&T 12 August 2005). Hence the success of McDonalds Happy Meals. The kids and the parents buy.How Pester Power WorksWhen my daughter was younger we fell into the pester power market. In our location we had a choice of four garden centres we could visit. Our daughter was adamant that we could only visit one of them. When we challenged her why that one, the response was they recognised her as a person and gave her a flower.You dont need a lot of money to capture the market; its the little things that make the difference. As a result of that care, we are still loyal to Zanthorrea Nursery many years later.