In the past 10 years, Coach has become one of the fashion industry's most dynamic success stories. While new designer names such as Proenza Schouler and Zac Posen paint glamorous fantasies, Coach occupies a highly profitable reality.

In price, the company's handbags are situated between the fancy designer bags that typically start at about $1,000 and the mass market handbags, from companies such as Nine West, that top out at $100 or so. The average sale in a Coach store is $325. Depending on one's income and point of view, a Coach handbag manages to be both a luxury and a bargain.

Without a doubt the one accessory that most women cannot go without is a ladies handbag. And why not, the ladies handbag is a sanctuary, a place to store makeup, their cell phones, and many other wares that are essential to the on the go women. To this end ladies handbag demand has increased in the market place. As a result, so has the selection. And no doubt the top handbag distributors have taken notice.

Take for instance Coach; known for their coach handbags, wallets and other accessories, coach handbags are manufactured to be soft glove tanned leather, which has evolved with new shapes, styles, and material. Coach handbags have always been one of the top handbags to have.