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Kate Spade & Company
Type
Subsidiary
Traded as NYSE: KATE
Industry Fashion
Founded New York City, New York (1976)
Headquarters New York City, New York, United States
Key people
Craig Leavitt (CEO)
George M. Carrara (COO)
Deborah Lloyd (CCO)
Products Clothing
Accessories
Perfumes
Revenue Increase1,242.72 million USD (2015)
Net income
Decrease 17.09 million (2015)
Number of employees
6,800 (2014)
Parent Coach Inc.
Website katespadeandcompany.com

Kate Spade & Company, initially known as Liz Claiborne Inc. (founded in 1976 in Manhattan), and then as Fifth & Pacific Companies until February 25, 2014, is a fashion company that designs and markets a range of women's and men's apparel, accessories and fragrance products under the Kate Spade New York and Jack Spade labels.

Liz Claiborne Inc. was founded in 1976 by Liz Claiborne, Art Ortenberg, Leonard Boxer, and Jerome Chazen. In 1980, Nina McLemore founded Liz Claiborne Accessories. Liz Claiborne Inc. went public in 1981 and had made the Fortune 500 list in 1986, ten years after it was founded, with retail sales of $1.2 billion.

After retiring in 1989, Claiborne died on June 26, 2007, at the age of 78 from complications from cancer.

On May 15, 2012, Liz Claiborne Inc. officially became Fifth & Pacific, Inc. and shifted focus to three brands – Juicy Couture, Kate Spade New York, and Lucky Brand Jeans.

On October 7, 2013, Fifth & Pacific Cos announced that they would sell Juicy Couture to Authentic Brands Group for $195 million. In December, the company announced it was selling Lucky Brand Jeans for $225 million to Leonard Green & Partners, leaving the Kate Spade businesses as the company's sole label.

On February 25, 2014, Fifth & Pacific was renamed Kate Spade & Company. Craig A. Leavitt succeeded William McComb, whose retirement marked the official end of the company's transformation from Liz Claiborne to Kate Spade.

Founder Leonard Boxer retired in 1985, and in 1989, Liz Claiborne and Art Ortenberg also retired from active management. Jerome Chazen became the company's Chairman in 1989 and held that role until 1996, when Paul Charron became Chairman and C.E.O. and held that position until 2006. During Charron's tenure Liz Claiborne, Inc. acquired Lucky Brand Jeans in 1999. In 2001, they acquired Mexx and in 2003 they bought another small fashion company, Juicy Couture. The company acquired kate spade in 2006. On October 16, 2006, Liz Claiborne Inc. named William McComb, a Johnson & Johnson veteran, the company's Chief Executive Officer.

On October 8, 2009, JC Penney Co. (based out of Plano, TX), announced that it would become the exclusive retailer for the Liz Claiborne brand. All Liz Claiborne merchandise would exit any additional department-store retailer, and the Liz Claiborne New York designed by Isaac Mizrahi would move from department stores to QVC. The Liz&Co. and Concepts by Claiborne brands originally exclusively sold at JC Penney would be phased out, and the Liz Claiborne merchandise would begin appearing in JC Penney stores in August 2010. In October 2011, the company completed the sale of its Dana Buchman brand to Kohl's. In November 2011, the Company announced that it has completed the transaction to sell domestic and international trademark rights of its Liz Claiborne family of brands and domestic trademark rights of its Monet brand to JC Penney. In 2013, Fifth & Pacific narrowed its focus to the Kate Spade brand by selling both Juicy Couture and Lucky Brand Jeans, returning to a mono-brand company.

Deborah Lloyd, formerly of Banana Republic and Burberry, joined kate spade New York in 2007 and leads the creative aspects of the brand as president and chief creative officer. In this role, she oversees all creative aspects, including product design, merchandising and creative services.

Craig A. Leavitt, currently chief executive officer, joined shortly thereafter.

The Kate Spade & Company portfolio of brands today includes Kate Spade New York and Jack Spade. The Adelington Design Group, a private-label jewelry design and development group, is also operated by the company. It markets brands through department stores, and serves J. C. Penney, via an exclusive license for Liz Claiborne and Monet jewelry lines, and Kohl's with a license for Dana Buchman jewelry.

Q reports

Period Date Adjusted Actuals EPS GAAP EPS

Ratings

2016-06-27 Reiterated Rating Cowen and Company Outperform $30.00
2016-06-04 Reiterated Rating Citigroup Inc. Buy $33.00
2016-05-16 Reiterated Rating Citigroup Inc. Buy
2016-05-12 Reiterated Rating Buckingham Research Buy $31.00
2016-05-05 Reiterated Rating Oppenheimer Hold
2016-05-05 Downgrade Stephens Overweight to Equal Weight
2016-05-05 Boost Price Target Goldman Sachs Neutral $21.00 to $22.00
2016-05-05 Boost Price Target Citigroup Inc. Buy $32.00 to $33.00
2016-05-05 Reiterated Rating Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. Hold
2016-05-05 Boost Price Target Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Neutral $21.00 to $22.00
2016-04-25 Reiterated Rating Cowen and Company Outperform
2016-04-22 Boost Price Target Mizuho Buy $25.00 to $30.00
2016-04-14 Reiterated Rating Citigroup Inc. Focus List to Buy $26.00 to $32.00
2016-04-12 Initiated Coverage Buckingham Research Buy $31.00
2016-04-08 Boost Price Target KeyBanc $27.00
2016-04-08 Boost Price Target KeyCorp $27.00
2016-03-16 Reiterated Rating Wells Fargo Market Perform
2016-03-16 Reiterated Rating Wells Fargo & Co. Market Perform
2016-03-04 Lower Price Target Wolfe Research Outperform $29.00 to $27.00
2016-03-03 Boost Price Target Barclays Overweight $23.00 to $28.00
2016-03-03 Boost Price Target Barclays PLC Overweight $23.00 to $28.00
2016-03-02 Boost Price Target Nomura Buy $23.00 to $26.00
2016-03-02 Reiterated Rating Wedbush Outperform $32.00 to $30.00
2016-03-02 Reiterated Rating Cowen and Company Buy
2016-03-02 Boost Price Target Nomura Holdings Inc. Buy $23.00 to $26.00
2016-03-01 Reiterated Rating Mizuho Buy
2016-02-02 Lower Price Target Barclays Overweight $41.00 to $23.00
2016-01-22 Lower Price Target Mizuho Buy $30.00 to $25.00
2016-01-05 Reiterated Rating Wedbush Outperform $32.00
2015-12-29 Reiterated Rating Wedbush Overweight $32.00
2015-12-17 Initiated Coverage Goldman Sachs Neutral $20.00
2015-12-03 Reiterated Rating Citigroup Inc. Buy $34.00 to $38.00
2015-11-05 Reiterated Rating Mizuho Buy $30.00
2015-11-02 Downgrade Monness Crespi & Hardt Buy to Neutral
2015-10-21 Initiated Coverage Wells Fargo Market Perform
2015-10-14 Initiated Coverage Wolfe Research Outperform $29.00
2015-09-24 Upgrade Stephens Equal Weight to Overweight
2015-09-22 Reiterated Rating Wedbush Outperform $32.00
2015-09-18 Reiterated Rating Wunderlich Buy $39.00
2015-08-11 Reiterated Rating Citigroup Inc. Buy $33.00
2015-08-07 Reiterated Rating SunTrust Neutral $32.00 to $25.00
2015-08-07 Reiterated Rating SunTrust Banks Inc. Neutral $32.00 to $25.00
2015-08-06 Lower Price Target SunTrust Neutral $32.00 to $25.00
2015-08-05 Reiterated Rating Citigroup Inc. Buy
2015-08-04 Reiterated Rating Wunderlich Buy $39.00
2015-08-03 Reiterated Rating Wedbush Outperform $32.00
2015-08-03 Lower Price Target Monness Crespi & Hardt Buy $37.00 to $27.00
2015-07-31 Lower Price Target Mizuho Buy $40.00 to $30.00
2015-07-27 Reiterated Rating Barclays Overweight $41.00
2015-07-14 Downgrade OTR Global Positive
2015-07-09 Initiated Coverage Cleveland Research Buy
2015-06-30 Reiterated Rating Cowen and Company Buy
2015-06-24 Reiterated Rating Sterne Agee CRT Buy $37.00
2015-06-01 Reiterated Rating Cowen and Company Buy $37.00
2015-05-28 Initiated Coverage Oppenheimer Market Perform
2015-05-27 Initiated Coverage BB&T Corp. Buy
2015-05-27 Initiated Coverage BBVA Buy $35.00
2015-05-26 Initiated Coverage BB&T Corp. Buy $35.00
2015-05-14 Initiated Coverage Wedbush Outperform
2015-05-13 Initiated Coverage Wedbush Outperform $39.00 to $39.00
2015-05-12 Initiated Coverage Bank of America Buy
2015-05-12 Initiated Coverage Bank of America Corp. Buy
2015-05-11 Reiterated Rating Nomura Buy $36.00
2015-05-10 Reiterated Rating Mizuho Buy $40.00
2015-05-07 Reiterated Rating Wunderlich Buy $39.00
2015-03-03 Boost Price Target Wunderlich Buy $36.00 to $39.00
2015-03-03 Boost Price Target Mizuho Buy $36.00 to $38.00
2015-02-02 Upgrade Monness Crespi & Hardt Neutral to Buy $37.00
2015-02-02 Boost Price Target Citigroup Inc. Buy $34.00 to $38.00
2015-01-23 Upgrade Mizuho Neutral to Buy $28.00 to $33.00
2015-01-08 Downgrade BMO Capital Markets Outperform to Market Perform $48.00 to $32.00
2014-12-16 Initiated Coverage Cowen and Company Outperform $35.00
2014-12-09 Initiated Coverage Stephens Equal Weight
2014-11-24 Upgrade Bank of America Neutral to Buy $33.00 to $34.00
2014-11-07 Reiterated Rating Barclays Overweight $50.00 to $41.00
2014-11-07 Reiterated Rating Bank of America Neutral $28.00 to $33.00
2014-11-03 Reiterated Rating Wunderlich Buy $36.00
2014-10-30 Initiated Coverage Mizuho Neutral $28.00
2014-10-21 Initiated Coverage Bank of America Neutral $28.00
2014-09-17 Initiated Coverage Wunderlich Buy $36.00
2014-08-13 Lower Price Target Telsey Advisory Group Not Rated $43.00 to $38.00
2014-08-13 Reiterated Rating Nomura Buy $43.00 to $38.00
2014-08-13 Reiterated Rating Citigroup Inc. Buy $44.00 to $34.00
2014-07-08 Initiated Coverage BMO Capital Markets Outperform $48.00
2014-05-15 Boost Price Target Telsey Advisory Group Not Rated $40.00 to $43.00
2014-05-15 Reiterated Rating Nomura Buy $41.00 to $43.00
2014-05-15 Reiterated Rating Citigroup Inc. Buy $42.00 to $44.00
2014-05-02 Initiated Coverage Nomura Buy $41.00
2014-03-18 Initiated Coverage Barclays Overweight $50.00
2014-03-03 Upgrade Citigroup Inc. Neutral to Buy
2014-02-26 Boost Price Target BB&T Corp. $38.00 to $41.00
2014-02-26 Boost Price Target Telsey Advisory Group Not Rated $38.00 to $40.00
2014-02-26 Downgrade Monness Crespi & Hardt Buy to Neutral
2014-01-10 Downgrade Brean Capital Buy to Hold
2013-12-12 Boost Price Target Wedbush $40.00
2013-12-10 Boost Price Target Imperial Capital Outperform $30.00 to $40.00
2013-11-20 Reiterated Rating Wedbush Buy $32.00
2013-11-20 Boost Price Target KeyBanc Buy $34.00 to $37.00
2013-11-11 Boost Price Target BB&T Corp. Buy $30.00 to $38.00
2013-11-08 Boost Price Target Wedbush Outperform $27.00 to $32.00
2013-11-08 Boost Price Target Monness Crespi & Hardt Buy $27.00 to $33.00
2013-11-08 Boost Price Target KeyBanc Buy $28.00 to $34.00
2013-11-08 Boost Price Target Brean Capital $30.00 to $33.00
2013-10-08 Boost Price Target Sterne Agee CRT Buy $28.00 to $30.00
2013-10-07 Reiterated Rating KeyBanc Buy $28.00
2016-06-27 Reiterated Rating Cowen and Company Outperform $30.00
2016-06-04 Reiterated Rating Citigroup Inc. Buy $33.00
2016-05-16 Reiterated Rating Citigroup Inc. Buy
2016-05-12 Reiterated Rating Buckingham Research Buy $31.00
2016-05-05 Reiterated Rating Oppenheimer Hold

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Major Shareholders

Name Relationship Total Shares Holding stocks
KOPLOVITZ KAY 0.15%  (191381) CA / KATE / TIME /
MARTINEZ ARTHUR C 0.08%  (106680) AIG / ANF / HSNI / IACI / IFF / KATE /
Warren Andrew Chief Financial Officer 0.07%  (88978) KATE /
McComb William L Chief Executive Officer 0.07%  (86403) KATE /
ARONSON BERNARD W 0.06%  (73126) CLAC / KATE / NTI / RCL /
JONES EVON L SVP, Chief Information Officer 0.03%  (34805) KATE /
Rubino Nicholas SVP, Chief Legal Officer 0.02%  (31580) KATE / VNCE /
GOODELL ELAINE H Corporate Controller and CAO 0.02%  (20158) KATE /
Rinaldo Michael D VP, Corp. Controller & CAO 0.01%  (16976) KATE /
Vill Robert J SVP, Finance & Treasurer 0.01%  (13729) KATE /
Higley William J SVP, Human Resources 0.01%  (8819) KATE /