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Kate Spade is dead and out of style. Empty stores and mega sales. Wouldn't be surprised to see them go out of business within a year.
They still are nice, and I like them way more than say, Coach in style, but in terms of general trends and fashion, yes, they are definitely on the way out. I regularly have seen liquidated inventory from Kate Spade sold at Ross for cheap. My wife and 3 daughters like to go shopping at these cheaper stores sometimes and so we regularly end up in the accessories sections and it's wild to see what I would previously call mid-range designer purses now selling out of Ross.
Still, they are far from "dead," in that they are still doing BILLIONS in sales. As in, I just looked it up and in 2026 they still sold 1.1 billion in revenue, which is no slouch. I looked up Coach, which is kind of a comparable range brand, and Coach did 6 billion, so they have ABSOLUTELY fallen behind. But I wouldn't say dead.
My guess is they are definitely dying in the trend-setter hubs, which is NYC, LA, Miami, Chicago, Atlanta, and San Francisco. So, there is usually a 5 year trickle-delay out from there to the rest of the country. It doesn't always stick, but what happens is it gives brands a chance to essentially restructure and reinvent themselves. Many brands have successfully pulled this off multiple times as their brand has began to shift in popularity just with the times. Others, not so much.
Look at how a brand like Coach. It has had it's ups and downs many times in terms of fashion popularity. Think back to Coach 20 years ago, with their old C brand monogram everywhere. It was trendy, it was hot. It was accessible mall luxury that had a very traditional Department store to Outlet store lifecycle... and then the brand started to die. It got old. It got boring.
Then, Coach reinvented themselves completely. Reintroduced more premium leather craftsmanship. Reduced dependence on monogram-heavy designs. Introduced fashion-forward silhouettes like the Tabby. Really leaned into a sort of "vintage" inspired redesign, and then made an absolutely brilliant move of pivoting to show off their new look through social media influencers and TikTok partnerships with various well known female fashion creators. It worked.
Gucci has pulled it off over and over again (even though I personally don't care for their 2020s look compared to 90s and 2000s stuff).
So, I have yet to see what Kate Spade does, but I kind of hope that have a comeback because my wife has about 25 purses, probably 15 of them I bought for her as gifts over the years, hence why I know all this stuff lol, and I DESPISE big ugly walking brand advertisement fashion gear. I always hated Louis Vuitton for it. I hated the old Coach look. I hate branding like that. Kate Spade was always far more subtle branding, which I respected and I felt looked just classier over all. Just my opinion.
So, ya, they might continue their long and slow death, but I think they still are in a position to reinvent themselves as they are still heave cash flow rich for the time being.
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Still, they are far from "dead," in that they are still doing BILLIONS in sales. As in, I just looked it up and in 2026 they still sold 1.1 billion in revenue, which is no slouch. I looked up Coach, which is kind of a comparable range brand, and Coach did 6 billion, so they have ABSOLUTELY fallen behind. But I wouldn't say dead.
My guess is they are definitely dying in the trend-setter hubs, which is NYC, LA, Miami, Chicago, Atlanta, and San Francisco. So, there is usually a 5 year trickle-delay out from there to the rest of the country. It doesn't always stick, but what happens is it gives brands a chance to essentially restructure and reinvent themselves. Many brands have successfully pulled this off multiple times as their brand has began to shift in popularity just with the times. Others, not so much.
Look at how a brand like Coach. It has had it's ups and downs many times in terms of fashion popularity. Think back to Coach 20 years ago, with their old C brand monogram everywhere. It was trendy, it was hot. It was accessible mall luxury that had a very traditional Department store to Outlet store lifecycle... and then the brand started to die. It got old. It got boring.
Then, Coach reinvented themselves completely. Reintroduced more premium leather craftsmanship. Reduced dependence on monogram-heavy designs. Introduced fashion-forward silhouettes like the Tabby. Really leaned into a sort of "vintage" inspired redesign, and then made an absolutely brilliant move of pivoting to show off their new look through social media influencers and TikTok partnerships with various well known female fashion creators. It worked.
Gucci has pulled it off over and over again (even though I personally don't care for their 2020s look compared to 90s and 2000s stuff).
So, I have yet to see what Kate Spade does, but I kind of hope that have a comeback because my wife has about 25 purses, probably 15 of them I bought for her as gifts over the years, hence why I know all this stuff lol, and I DESPISE big ugly walking brand advertisement fashion gear. I always hated Louis Vuitton for it. I hated the old Coach look. I hate branding like that. Kate Spade was always far more subtle branding, which I respected and I felt looked just classier over all. Just my opinion.
So, ya, they might continue their long and slow death, but I think they still are in a position to reinvent themselves as they are still heave cash flow rich for the time being.
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