Frankfort noted the company's strong results reflect the increasing recognition of the Coach brand globally as well as a positive consumer response to the product offerings, and he said the company should continue to report solid results on the top and bottom lines through a combination of global productivity gains and distribution growth.

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Productivity growth fell in distribution (from 2.4% in 1970-95 to 1.7% in 1995-2004) and in finance and business services (from 1% to 0.3%).

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The main difference between the more flexible economies (meaning not just America but also Britain, Canada, New Zealand and others) and less flexible ones (Germany, France, the Netherlands and others) is not in productivity or even jobs but in the distribution of income.

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Their efforts to include people with disabilities in their distribution centers have paid off for them in productivity gains.

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