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    Recovering travel market provides upswing for Samsonite

    15 November 2021

    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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    Gregory backpacks see a 33.6% sales hike in H1

    23 August 2021

    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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    Gregory introduces plus-size backpacks in partnership with Unlikely Hikers

    26 May 2021

    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 and offers ...

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    Gregory’s backpacks outperform Samsonite’s results in Q1

    17 May 2021

    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 the period ...

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    A difficult year for Gregory and High Sierra

    18 March 2021

    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 currency-neutral basis. The more ...

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    Gregory dropped by 13% in Q3, in group that fell by 65%

    13 November 2020

    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 by 74.6 percent ...

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    Gregory and High Sierra could not resist the pandemic

    22 August 2020

    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 drop of 30.8 percent ...

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    Covid-19 halts Gregory's growth

    15 May 2020

    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 brand endured ...

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    Gregory streamlines collections to mitigate effects of the pandemic

    23 April 2020

    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 with ...

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    Gregory continues to outperform

    29 March 2020

    Gregory Mountain Products continued to outperform other brands in the portfolio of Samsonite International last year including High Sierra, the group’s more lifestyle-oriented brand of backpacks. Gregory raised its total turnover by 20.3 percent to $69.8 million in 2019, rising by 21.0 percent in constant currencies. The growth was driven ...