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TUMI

Basic information

Country
United States
Founded
1975

Overview

TUMI is a travel and business bag brand founded in the United States in 1975 by Charlie Clifford. It offers luggage and accessories, primarily suitcases, briefcases, and backpacks, with an emphasis on durability and functionality. The name derives from the Peruvian ceremonial knife “tumi,” and black ballistic nylon is an iconic material. It is currently part of Samsonite and operates globally.

Concept

Since 1975, TUMI has been optimizing world-class business, travel and lifestyle essentials with elevated, considered product design to uncomplicate, beautify, and seamlessly complement our customers’ lives on the move.

Tagline

Made for You Since 1975

Sub-brands

  • TUMI Accents 1975

    An accessory line derived from TUMI, focused on making its travel and business cases easier to identify and personalize. Its range of components—including tags, patches for monograms, handle wraps, and zipper pulls—adds accents to key touchpoints on a case. While TUMI+ provides storage and functional extensions, TUMI Accents serves identification and personalization, complementing existing collections.

    Personalization for identification and decoration

  • TUMI Sport 1975

    A derivative line established by TUMI to expand into the sports and active sectors. Designed with athletes’ use in mind, it offers bags and accessories intended to protect gear in “premium” specifications, with collections tailored to the needs of specific sports, including golf, racket sports, cycling, and esports. Its purpose is clearly distinct from that of the business-focused TUMI Alpha, complementing the brand with expertise for active settings.

    A line extending into sports use

  • TUMI Alpha 2008

    As TUMI’s core collection, this derivative line focuses primarily on bags and luggage for business and travel. Designed with practical needs during transit in mind, including TSA locks, it serves as a benchmark for “durability + functionality,” centered on FXT® ballistic nylon, the brand’s signature material. In contrast to TUMI Sport, which expands into sports use, and TUMI+, which provides add-on functionality, it is positioned as the main line for everyday use through business trips.

    Core line for business and travel