Coach to buy rival Kate Spade for $2.4 billion

May 8 (Reuters) - Handbag maker Coach Inc said it would buy smaller rival Kate Spade & Co for $2.4 billion.

The $18.50 per share cash offer represents a premium of 9 percent to Kate Spade's Friday close. (Reporting by Sruthi Ramakrishnan in Bengaluru; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)