For global consumers, the United States has long been more than just a travel destination—it is a retail and fashion mecca. From the flagship boutiques of New York’s Fifth Avenue to the sprawling designer outlets of California and Florida, the U.S. has offered international visitors a potent mix of local and luxury brands, competitive pricing,...
25 Apr 2025
British heritage travel brand Antler has unveiled a new ‘Essentials’ collection offering a new range of accessories and apparel, a new category for the luggage brand. The ‘Essentials’ collection has been designed to be lightweight and adaptable to make travel seamless and stress-free, following “huge consumer demand,” explains Antler in a...
18 Feb 2025
Premium travel goods brand Carl Friedrik has signed a two-year licensing deal with British Formula One team Williams Racing, which will see the brand launching a co-branded travel collection later this year. In a statement, Carl Friedrik said it will design a travel collection exclusively available in Williams Racing’s signature colour palette...
11 Feb 2025
Casetify, known for its smartphone accessories, has expanded into travel with a fully customisable, made-to-order premium luggage line available in North America and South Korea. In a statement, Casetify said the expansion marks a “natural evolution for the brand,” leveraging its proven expertise in impact protection for travel gear while...
13 Jan 2025
Norwegian accessories upstart Db has quietly been reshaping how adventurers and urban nomads perceive luggage. This week, the brand secured a minority investment from LVMH Luxury Ventures. Founded in 2012 by entrepreneur Truls Brataas and professional free-skier Jon Olsson, Db represents a new breed of design-driven equipment brands that...
6 Dec 2024
Australia’s number one fashion travel brand Nere, which launched in the UK in 2023, and its parent company Strand, is scouting retail locations in the country as it looks to drive growth and reach of its colourful luggage and accessories. As travel bounces back to pre-pandemic levels, the fashion luggage category continues to grow, with brands...
23 Oct 2024
Riyadh Air, the world’s newest global airline, owned by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), closed out Paris Haute Couture Week with the unveiling of its cabin crew’s uniforms designed by Saudi Arabian designer Mohammed Ashi, founder of Ashi Studio. “It’s not cabin crew ‘uniforms,’ it’s cabin crew fashion,” declared Tony Douglas, chief...
3 Jul 2024
The 100-year old British brand, Antler, is redefining luxury travel experiences for modern jet setters. The brand is in flight to have its biggest summer of travel ever and with a 12-month retail residency beginning next month in the heart of NYC’s Soho it’s ready to demonstrate to the US market why, after a century in business, its journey has...
26 Jun 2024
British travel brand Antler is opening its first standalone retail space in New York City in July. Located on Spring Street in SoHo, the store will act as a 'residency' retail experience, showcasing the brand’s heritage and legacy alongside its products as it looks to build customer loyalty. The “world of travel” destination will operate as a...
17 Jun 2024
British premium luggage brand Timothy London has opened its European flagship store on Jermyn Street in London. The 2,267 square foot space has been designed to showcase the brand’s growing product offering in an environment that reflects Timothy London’s “fusion of classic British design and modernity” with muted panelled walls, oak parquet...
12 Jun 2024
Premium British menswear brand Hackett London has unveiled a collaboration with London-born contemporary travel accessories brand Carl Friedrik. The four-piece capsule collection of travel goods has been tailored for the “modern globe-trotter of discerning taste,” explains both brands and offers understated style, functionality and quality for...
2 May 2024
German fashion brand Boss has unveiled a travel capsule collection designed “in close” collaboration with supermodel Naomi Campbell as it looks to accelerate growth in womenswear. The Naomi x Boss collection launches today, February 15, and has been designed to target the contemporary, sophisticated traveller with a line of “laid-back”...
15 Feb 2024