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Ducati Luggage and Travel Accessories

By Paul Crowe

Ducati Tumi LuggageDucati is on a licensing roll. They are leveraging their brand name and attaching it to all sorts of things which can be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on how far they go with this. This line of luggage looks very nice and they have backpacks and messenger bags which work well for a rider, the red and black color scheme matches a lot of Ducatis out there.

Some manufacturers have more branding possibilities than others, the history, prestige or general appeal of the brand determines if it will work. Harley and Triumph also do well in this area but it’s easy to get carried away. It’s a short step to soap and cologne and who knows what else, once the marketing guys get going, they can be hard to stop.

Ducati Press Release:

Tumi, the leading international brand of prestige travel, business and lifestyle accessories is pleased to announce a three-year licensing agreement with Ducati.

The exclusive Ducati Collection by Tumi includes a range of eight racy black and Ducati red travel and accessory bags that will feature the company’s logos. The collection, which includes wheeled luggage, backpacks and messenger bags, will retail in the USA between $125 for a small map bag to $550 for a large wheeled duffle and will be available through 500 Tumi retail stores and Ducati’s network as well as top specialty and department stores worldwide.

“Tumi is the most innovative, design-driven luggage and briefcase brand in the world,” says Laurence Franklin, CEO of Tumi. “We are thrilled with a partnership that brings together two internationally recognized, high-performance brands. It is an arrangement that emphasizes our individual strengths and expands our visibility in new markets.”

Federico Minoli, Chairman and CEO of Ducati, declared: “We are delighted to have achieved another excellent result and to be able to add Tumi to the number of our official licensees. It is a brand that is perfectly in line with the Ducati philosophy: Tumi products are at the top of their sector, they are highly functional and their finishing touches are reminiscent of the world of Ducati motorbikes.”

Tumi has been diversifying its product range by adding new categories to its highly successful travel, business case and day-bag collections. These category extensions are part of Tumi’s global strategic growth initiative which also includes opening ten free-standing Tumi retail stores in the USA and an additional five in Europe and Asia per year over the course of the next three years. Tumi currently has over thirty stores in the USA and twelve in Europe and Asia.

As part of the marketing efforts between the two companies, Tumi will become official sponsor of the Ducati factory team competing in the MotoGP World Championship. Tumi will also develop additional products that will be customized for motorcycle enthusiasts, as well as day and travel styles for general use.

Claudio Domenicali, Ducati Corse CEO, added: “I’d like to welcome Tumi as one of our sponsors. The Ducati Corse MotoGP team will be enthusiastic about travelling around the world with the products of such a prestigious brand.”

Posted on March 21, 2006 Filed Under: Motorcycle Accessories, Motorcycle Business, Motorcycle Gear


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