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Gaming is a massive, underserved market. Tumi and Razer aim to change that
International travel and lifestyle brand Tumi has partnered up with gaming juggernaut Razer to release an innovative and focused set of luggage for esports players.
Launched this month, the four-piece...
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Kathmandu Holdings launches new name and identity
The parent company is looking to distinguish itself from its Kathmandu brand and this revision to its brand identity wil...

‘We’re very positive’: Four Pillars bets on domestic travel
The gin distillery has launched its first airport retail space this week, hoping to get ahead of a coming boom in domest...

Inside the surprising potential of the Australian tourism industry
Experts suggest there will be a rise in fortunes as we move into 2022.

Kathmandu’s sales, supply chain hurt in first quarter
Group CEO Michael Daly said the business continues to feel the impact of Covid-19 lockdowns.

Taking the ‘doorbuster deal’ online: Strandbags gears up for peak season
After unveiling a new look and feel in-store, the luggage retailer has spent the last few months revamping its digital o...

‘They want revenge’: Australians flock to book post-lockdown holidays
Pent-up wanderlust prompts higher spending on travel to unwind in luxury.

Word on the street: Retailers react to Australia’s border reopening
Leaders from AuMake, AWPL and July share how the international border reopening will impact them and how their business ...

‘That’s the power of the US market’: July co-founder talks global expansion
Athan Didaskalou explains why the Aussie luggage brand's recent US launch has been such a success.

Samsonite strikes a positive note as Covid wreaks havoc on sales
Covid’s ongoing impact on global travel continues to impact travel-retail brand Samsonite which has recorded a loss attr...

Strandbags hit with seven counts of misleading sales practices: ComCom
The Commerce Commission alleges that between July 2018 and January 2020, Strandbags used misleading sales practices to s...

‘We are hopeful’: travel retail welcomes Hong Kong-Singapore bubble
Just a week after a trans Tasman travel bubble was opened between Australia and New Zealand, Singapore and Hong Kong hav...

DFS to open T Galleria in Queenstown
The new T Galleria New Zealand store will feature DFS’s new design concept ‘Resort Galleria’.

Back from the brink: Antler ushers in a new era
Last May, struggling global luggage company Antler fell into voluntary administration, but now it's focusing on a new pr...

Heinemann MD ‘devastated’ by lack of government support of travel retail
Job losses 'inevitable' as government fails to support travel retailers decimated by pandemic.

Beyond JobKeeper: ARA looks to steer travel retail to recovery
ARA chief executive Paul Zahra says the travel retail industry is at breaking point and could shed thousands more jobs i...