All Gregory articles
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News briefsGregory official gear partner of Merrell Skyrunner World Series 2024
After a successful test run last year, Gregory and the Merrell Skyrunner World Series have confirmed their partnership for the current season. The luggage specialists will equip the entire team of the global trail running series with gear as they travel to 21 races on four continents. Gregory will test ...
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ArticleSamsonite aims for dual listing
Samsonite International S.A., the parent company of Gregory, High Sierra and a number of travel luggage brands, announced that the company’s Board of Directors has authorized management to seek a listing of the company’s shares on a second leading stock exchange in addition to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The ...
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ArticleRecovery in leisure, business travels boosts Samsonite
Annual profitability at Gregory parent Samsonite rose by 33 percent to $450.3 million from $338.3 million for the 12 months ended Dec. 31. The group’s FY operating profit increased by 51 percent to $743.7 million from $492.1 million as the annual gross margin expanded by 350 basis points to 59.3 ...
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News briefsSamsonite looks at options after reported takeover interest
Samsonite, the parent company of Gregory, High Sierra, Xtrem and other luggage and bag brands, is considering options, including going private after receiving a takeover offer from undisclosed bidders, Bloomberg reports, citing sources said to be familiar with the matter. Some private equity firms have reportedly analyzed a deal with ...
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News briefsSamsonite posts double-digit sales gains across all brands in Q3
Samsonite, attributing its gains to normalized growth in European and North American travel and the early stages of recovery in China, reported double-digit sales growth across all its brands in Q3 ended Sep. 30. The Other segment, which includes Gregory Mountain Products, High Sierra and other brands, generated 10.3 percent ...
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News briefsGregory partners with Polygiene
Backpack specialist Gregory has partnered with Swedish ingredient brand Polygiene to bring Polygiene StayFresh™ technology to backpack carrying systems. It is applied to the Baltoro/Deva and Katmai/Kalmia trekking as well as the lightweight Focal/Facet and the Border Traveller travel backpacks. Polygiene StayFresh inhibits the growth of odor-causing ...
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ArticleShe Is Outdoors Women’s Gear Award: A target group with much untapped potential
A down jacket by Rab has won the Women’s Gear Award from She Is Outdoors. Five other products have received honorable mentions. The award offers the opportunity to take a holistic look at the women’s segment, and while there were many impressive submissions, it is clear that a lot of ...
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ArticleBizness Enabler opens own DTC online shop
After opening the retailer-focused online portal named Bizness.eu to sell its distributed brands online, German company Bizness Enabler GmbH has launched My-brand-shop, a new DTC portal operating Europe-wide. In the shop, the Munich-based company offers its distributed brands like BioLite, LifeStraw, Matador and Full-Windsor, as well as Selk’bag (starting in ...
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News briefsSamsonite continues to see improving sales trends, Gregory back to pre-pandemic levels
First half revenues 59 percent to $1,270.2 million from $799.5 million for the six months ended June 30 as the Gregory Mountain Products parent continued to experience improving sales trends that began in the second half of 2021. Excluding China, where renewed pandemic-related lockdowns impacted performance, consolidated second-quarter sales were ...
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News briefsSamsonite has divested all commercial activities in Russia
According to a company release, Samsonite International S.A. (and its consolidated subsidiaries) divested its Russia business on July 1. The withdrawal’s financial terms and details have not been disclosed. The company had announced in March that it had suspended all commercial activities in Russia until further notice. Kyle Gendreau, Samsonite’s ...
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News briefsGregory sales decline slightly in Q1, impacted by Asia and Europe
Samsonite International reported that Gregory Mountain Products sales declined 4 percent to $15.1 million in Q1 2022 from $15.8 million a year earlier, making it the only Samsonite brand to report a decline in the period. Sales in North America increased 5 percent due to the easing of social distancing ...
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ArticleRecovering travel market provides upswing for Samsonite
Gregory Mountain Products saw its third-quarter sales increase 4.1% to $16.6 million, compared to $15.9 million a year earlier. The High Sierra bag brand increased 88.1% to $8.4 million from $4.5 million a year ago. Parent company Samsonite said its luggage business is rebounding as more people start traveling again ...
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News briefsGregory backpacks see a 33.6% sales hike in H1
Gregory Mountain Products enjoyed a 33.6 percent increase in local currencies in the first half of 2021, reaching a level of $32.7 million, but it did not quite recover to the $34.9 million of the first half of 2019. Like before, Samsonite’s less technical brand of backpacks, High Sierra, under-performed, ...
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News briefsGregory introduces plus-size backpacks in partnership with Unlikely Hikers
U.S. backpack specialist Gregory has just unveiled an industry first for the U.S. and Canadian markets with its new Plus Size Collection . The collection comes at a time when more and more people are spending time outdoors as a result of the ongoing pandemic. It addresses size gaps ...
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News briefsGregory’s backpacks outperform Samsonite’s results in Q1
Gregory had by far the best performance in the first quarter within the Samsonite International group, whose luggage business has been deeply affected by the travel and retail restrictions imposed by the Covid-19 outbreak. The brand of technical backpacks and hydration gear booked sales of $15.8 million in ...
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ArticleA difficult year for Gregory and High Sierra
Samsonite ’s two outdoor backpack brands, Gregory and High Sierra , recorded a significant sales decline in 2020, like the rest of the group, because of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Gregory posted a drop of 26.6 percent to $51.2 million, off by 27.5 percent on a ...
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ArticleGregory dropped by 13% in Q3, in group that fell by 65%
Gregory ’s sales declined by 13.0 percent to $15.9 million in the third quarter. They again outperformed the results of Samsonite International ’s less functional brand of backpacks, High Sierra , which plunged down by 70.2 percent to $4.5 million. Across all the numerous brands of Samsonite, sales went down ...
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ArticleGregory and High Sierra could not resist the pandemic
Like the rest of the big Samsonite luggage group, its two outdoor backpack brands, Gregory and High Sierra , suffered sales declines in the first half, to June 30 because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Gregory, which has been generally outperforming the rest of the group, posted a ...
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News briefsCovid-19 halts Gregory's growth
Like the rest of the Samsonite group, Gregory has been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. After posting strong increases every quarter, the technical backpack brand of the group suffered a 7.6 percent drop in sales on a currency-neutral basis during the first quarter. The less technical High Sierra ...
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News briefsGregory streamlines collections to mitigate effects of the pandemic
Backpack manufacturer Gregory announced a streamlining of the next two seasonal collections, starting with the autumn/winter season 2020, after which around 80 percent of this year’s collection will remain current for the spring/summer collection 2021. Gregory’s aim is to keep the value of the products stable and, in cooperation ...
