WAmerican Tourister is a brand of luggage owned by Samsonite. Brothers Sol and Irving Koffler founded American Luggage Works in Providence, Rhode Island, United States in 1933. In 2009, American Tourister was acquired by Astrum International, which also owns Samsonite. Astrum was renamed the Samsonite Corporation two years later. Their products include suitcases, backpacks and wallets.
WAntler is a British company that has been designing and manufacturing luggage since 1914. The company is currently headquartered in London, United Kingdom.
WAu Départ is a Parisian trunkmaker founded in Paris in 1834.
WJRSK, Inc., doing business as Away, is an American online and storefront retailer. It is best known as a luggage designer, manufacturer and retailer, but is set to launch a travel clothing line in 2021. Led by founders, Steph Korey and Jen Rubio, in New York City. Rubio and Korey started Away in 2015; they have raised $31 million in financing and sold more than 300,000 suitcases. It is one of the highest funded female-backed startups.
WBelber is a heritage American leather goods company founded in Philadelphia in 1891.
WDelsey is a French company which manufactures luggage and travel accessories. It is based in Tremblay-en-France, in the Paris suburbs. Delsey employs 400 staff, and has a turnover of about 130 million euro. As of 2010, it held second place in the global luggage market, behind Samsonite.
WDelvaux is a Belgian manufacturer of fine leather luxury goods founded in 1829 by Charles Delvaux. The company is the oldest fine leather luxury goods house in the world.
WEastpak is an American worldwide lifestyle brand founded in Boston, Massachusetts, specializing in the design, development, manufacturing and worldwide marketing and distribution of a range of products including bags, backpacks, travel gear and accessories. The company began as Eastern Canvas Products USA, Inc. in 1952, producing bags and packs for the U.S. military before focusing on the consumer market under the brand name Eastpak as of 1976. It is part of the VF Corporation brand portfolio.
WG.W. Scott and Sons was a producer of fine wickerwork crafts, basketry, and luxury leather goods, founded in 1661 in the city of London, England, in the United Kingdom. The company ceased production in 1967.
WGoyard is a French trunk and leather goods maker. Established in 1853 in Paris, and previously doing business as Martin and then Morel, it is older than Louis Vuitton by one year, although Bally was founded even earlier in 1851. François Goyard (1828–1890) made box making, packing and trunk making the family's trade when he purchased Maison Morel, successor to Maison Martin. Edmond Goyard (1860–1937) expanded his business from 1885 to 1937. Robert Goyard (1893–1979) was the face of the brand during the booming post-war years. François Goyard played a significant role in further increasing the firm's growth with his daughter Isabelle Goyard (1959-). Jean-Michel Signoles bought Goyard in 1998, and turned the privately owned company into an internationally renowned brand.
WHartmann Luggage is a manufacturer of luggage and leather goods established in 1877 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin by trunkmaker Joseph S. Hartmann, a Bavarian.
WHermès International S.A., or simply Hermès, is a French high fashion luxury goods manufacturer established in 1837. It specializes in leather, lifestyle accessories, home furnishings, perfumery, jewellery, watches and ready-to-wear. Its logo, since the 1950s, is of a Duc carriage with horse. Nadège Vanhee-Cybulski is the current creative director.
WHerschel Supply Co. is a Canadian company selling hipster retro backpacks and accessories.
WIVAR is a brand of backpacks known for a patented ergonomic and organizational file-like design called the IVAR-LIFT Design. The concept was created originally by Ian Ivarson in 1998, who was a high school student at the time. Following graduation from college, Ivarson launched IVAR in July 2006 from Marin County, California.
WJanSport is an American brand of backpacks and collegiate apparel, now owned by VF Corporation, one of the world's largest apparel companies. JanSport is the world's largest backpack maker, and together, JanSport and The North Face, also owned by VF Corporation, sell nearly half of all small backpacks sold in the United States.
WLondon Fog is an American manufacturer of coats and other apparel. The company was founded in 1923 as the Londontown clothing company by Israel Myers.
WMaquet is a French manufacturer of luxury stationery, leather goods, and art prints, established in Paris in 1841 by the Maquet brothers, Hector and Charles. One of the most renowned Parisian luxury houses, Maison Maquet became official purveyor to Empress Eugénie as well as to several royal courts, winning multiple awards and medals at various World's fairs over the course of its history.
WMCM Worldwide is a leather luxury goods brand founded by Michael Cromer and bought out by Sungjoo Group in 2005. The brand’s signature logo-printed material, called Cognac Visetos, appears on many of its products. Its brass plate insignia is found on all heritage collection bags and most products; each brass plate is identified by a unique number at the bottom. MCM sells its products through wholesale accounts, franchises and directly operated stores.
WOrtlieb Sportartikel GmbH is a German manufacturer of outdoor equipment based in Heilsbronn, Germany, which specializes in waterproof bags. Ortlieb is a leading manufacturer of waterproof panniers for bicycles.
WPacsafe is a brand of travel equipment with emphasis on anti-theft features. Pacsafe is headquartered in Hong Kong with offices in the United States, Germany, and China. The company's range of products include adventure backpacks, urban and leisure bags, women’s bags, photography bags, luggage and travel accessories such as straps, cables and locks. The company logo is a turtle with its shell in the shape of a padlock with a mesh cage pattern.
WSljeme is a trunk making company in Croatia founded in 1921 and held a Royal warrant of appointment to the court of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia from 1931 to 1941.
WSwissGear is a Swiss clothing, luggage and accessory company that is branded as part of the maker of Swiss Army knives. The company is owned by Wenger SA and its products are licensed in North America by Group III International Ltd. SwissGear also sells watches that are manufactured by Wenger and branded under the SwissGear name, known as "SwissGear Legacy Watches".
WTumi Holdings, Inc., is a manufacturer of high-end suitcases and bags for travel based in South Plainfield, New Jersey. Founded in 1975 by Charlie Clifford after a stint in the Peace Corps in Peru, the company is named after a Peruvian tumi ceremonial knife used for sacrifices. Tumi, Inc. was a unit of Doughty Hanson & Co. from 2004 until after its 2012 initial public offering.
WVera Bradley Sales, LLC is the name of an American luggage and handbag design company, founded by Barbara Bradley Baekgaard and Patricia R. Miller in 1982. As of 2019, its home office is in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The company was named after Baekgaard's mother. Its original luxury cotton bag product lines have expanded to include fashion and home accessories, office supplies, and patterned gifts. Many items have distinctive florals, paisleys, or geometric prints with complementary linings, as well as elongated diamond quilting. The patterns were originally inspired by French Provençal country fabrics and have limited seasonal releases each year.
WVIP Industries, is an India's largest luggage Manufacturer company which manufactures luggage and travel accessories. It is based in Mumbai, India and is the world's second largest and Asia's largest luggage maker. The company has more than 8,000 retail outlets across India and a network of retailers in 50 countries. It acquired United Kingdom based luggage brand Carlton in 2004.
WLouis Vuitton Malletier, commonly known as Louis Vuitton or shortened to LV, is a French fashion house and luxury goods company founded in 1854 by Louis Vuitton. The label's LV monogram appears on most of its products, ranging from luxury trunks and leather goods to ready-to-wear, shoes, watches, jewelry, accessories, sunglasses and books. Louis Vuitton is one of the world's leading international fashion houses; it sells its products through standalone boutiques, lease departments in high-end department stores, and through the e-commerce section of its website.