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Over the past few weeks, we have had some queries from our customers with regards to certain products, brands or ranges. We would like to address some of them here, in case other people have the same questions.

I see that you have a Mulberry section on your website, but I can’t actually buy from it. How do I buy Mulberry from caseluggage?

Unfortunately, we are unable to sell Mulberry online. However, you can visit our stores in Bluewater, Guildford & Leeds to see our Mulberry ranges. We are excited about some new Mulberry pieces, the Bryn satchel which is the perfect day bag in a smaller size and the larger, carry-all. And also, the Mulberry Del-Ray bag. They are both coming to a Case Luggage store near you, very soon!

If I buy an item online, can I return to a store for a refund?

If you buy an item from caseluggage.com, at the moment, we are unable to offer exchanges or refunds in store. However, we do offer free delivery & returns, so if you are unhappy with your purchase, simply contact us, and we will arrange to collect it from you, and issue a refund.

 

I am looking for a piece of Tumi luggage that you don’t have on your site, can you get it for me?

We would be happy to try and help you find a piece of Tumi that we don’t have on our website. Please contact us with the details of the piece that you are looking for, and we will try to source it for you. We often have products in store, that are not available online, so please call us if you cant find the perfect item online. Other than Tumi, we sell luggage from brands including Rimowa, Lulu Guinness, Knomo, Samsonite, Bric’s & Delsey.

At Case Luggage, we have loved selling Bric’s products for over 20 years. This Italian brand epitomises affordable luxury with beautifully designed (and often made) travel ranges in both hard and soft side ranges. On our site you will find Bric’s luggage, Bric’s suitcases and Bric’s accessories.
There is a special look and feel to every Bric’s piece, and you will always feel special using your Bric’s pieces as you move from airport to beach to yacht to city.

We are proud to introduce the latest collection from Bric’s, titled the Safari Range. This classically styled, crocodile-embossed luggage, with a beautiful leather trim, provides the perfect pieces for any stylish traveller on the go.

If you would like to see our entire Bric’s range, please click here.

Luggage comes in all sizes, colours and patterns these days but generally luggage brands stick to the traditional purpose of luggage – to carry your personal items whilst on the move.  One would expect a good set of luggage to be lightweight, secure and easy to manoeuvre, whilst remaining stylish and tasteful.

But what happens when luggage gets a little too travel clever?

Innovative inventor company Hammacher Schlemmer has invented The Only Scootercase. This alternative hand luggage converts into a scooter so you can transport yourself and your luggage through the airport and beyond in super quick time.  Here at Case Luggage HQ we’re wondering if travel insurance companies would payout upon an airport scooter related crash…we doubt it!

Maybe luggage like this is best kept for the kids; or the kid inside us all.  We’re uncertain if this new luggage innovation is likely to catch on with busy business travellers or holiday makers impatient to hit the hotel bar, but we can’t deny we do love some luggage fun. If you have seen any other great ideas, please get in touch!

If you’re not keen on ‘propelling’ yourself through the airport then why not opt for a piece of stylish Samsonite carry on luggage, Bric’s carry on luggage or Knomo hand luggage all with free UK delivery.

Bric’s is one of our most popular brands. The company was established in 1952 in Italy.

We have loved selling Brics products for over 20 years both in store and now available online. We sell products from across the ranges including Bric’s luggage, bags, suitcases and accessories. The brand epitomises affordable luxury, with beautiful Italian designed (and often made) travel ranges in both hard and soft side ranges.

There is a special look and feel to every Brics piece, and our customers always feel special using the pieces as they move from airport to beach to yacht to city.

We are proud to present the latest range from Bric’s which has been produced in collaboration with another popular Italian brand, Missoni. The Bric’s suitcases and accessories have been transformed by the colourful Missoni patterns, creating a truly stunning range.

 

Missoni by Bric’s Laptop Cover                      Missoni by Bric’s Holdall                                    Bric’s Rodeo Life Trolley

   

In a way it’s slightly crazy that luggage goes on sale just when everyone is gearing up for their Summer Holidays, but all it means is that there is some great product at great prices for all our customers. Here’s a quick preview of some our stand out offers for this season. SALE STARTS ONLINE THURSDAY 16TH JUNE.

TUMI

There are some great ranges that are either having a facelift or being reintroduced in other guises that will be on sale. The stand outs are : Townhouse, and T3. Townhouse is having a slight facelift and has returned as Bedford, whilst the Ducati inspired T3 range is making way for a new collaboration between Ducati and Tumi later in the year. Remaining Townhouse pieces (excluding Trunks) are 25% off, and T3 is at 40% off. 

 

Pictured : T3 Packing Case : Was £645, Now £387 ; Boarding Tote : Was £295, Now £177;

Backpack : Was £295 , Now £177.

BRIC’S

The Brics Rodeo Life range is and will remain one of our favourite core travel ranges. This season you have the opportunity to purchase selected pieces in Dark Brown at a specially discounted 25% off. This is a fantastic opportunity to either add to your current collection or start a new one, safe in the knowledge that the collection and colour are continuing after Sale. You will also find a few discontinuing pieces in the Core Olive colour – we’ll leave you to find those nuggets…. 

 

Pictured – Brics Medium Holdall (our best selling style)  – Was £245, Now £183.75

Brics Packing Case 67cm ;Was £365, Now £273.75

 

RIMOWA

We do not often get the opportunity to offer core Rimowa product at a discounted product, so we are delighted to present Rimowa’s original Salsa collection of lightweight, hard wearing polycarbonate suitcases at 20% off. These are iconic pieces made from the finest polycarbonate, and are a great purchase for both business and holiday travel. Grab this whilst you can.

 

Pictured : Rimowa Salsa Cases : 77cm – Was £475, Now £380 ; 70cm  – Was £440, Now £352 ;

56cm  – Was £385, Now £308

That is all for now – plenty to be getting on with. To start shopping the caseluggage Sale just CLICK HERE. We will review more brands and categories over the next week. Happy Shopping, and if you are travelling soon – Safe Journey. 

The contest is now over for the caseluggage.com  awards, it was a hardly fought contest, and after two nerve-racking, grueling weeks of voting, the results are in! It would be cruel to all the brands nominated to further lengthen the process, so just below are the results! Congratulations to all the winners, and commiserations to all those who are not taking home a caseluggage.com award, there is always next year!

 

 

Best New Range Launch:

 

1) Alpha Bravo by TUMI  (36%)2) Vapor by TUMI  (32%)

3) Salsa Air by RIMOWA  (23%)

This was a closely fought contest between three great ranges, that attracted the greatest number of votes. At the start of the voting process it seemed as if the Vapor range was the obvious winner, but after some late voting the Alpha Bravo stole the top spot just before the count!

 

Best New Colour in a Range:

1) City – Vapor Produced by TUMI  (35%)

2) Violet – Cosmolite Produced by SAMSONITE  (30%)

3) Gold – Cosmolite Produced by SAMSONITE  (20%) 

Samsonite did extremely well in this category, giving merit to the wonderful Cosmolite range, but were just short on taking the Gold prize. Again, it was a close contest with the Violet Cosmolite looking certain to win but it seems that the same TUMI flurry in the last category struck again with the City print robbing Samsonite of the victory.

 

Best Leading Design Piece:

 1) TUMI – Knox Backpack  (35%)

2) BRICS – Thermoform Trolleys  (29%)

3) RIMOWA – Salsa Air Cabin Case  (24%)

Again, and possibly this was a theme of the caseluggage.com awards, TUMI won another award. However, out of all the categories this was the most closely fought, resulting in a situation where there were just two votes between 1st and 3rd. All three were deserving winners, however, as is the nature of competition there must always be winners and losers. Congratulation again to TUMI!

 

Best New Business Collection:

1) Wheeled Briefcases by TUMI  (72%)

2) Bayswater by KNOMO  (17%)

3) Touraine by LE TANNEUR  (11%)

This was a walkover by TUMI, with their competitors not even coming close. Both Knomo and Le Tanneur will be disappointed with their performances however, at times one must simply recognize the great work done by TUMI in their business collection and just admire it. 

 

Best Supporting Accessory:

1) NIO Security Tag by NIO  (38%)

2) iPad Cover by KNOMO  (24%)

3) Riley Wash Kit by TUMI  (19%)

TUMI only just missed out and would have taken all 5 awards if it weren’t for the genius design and originality of the NIO Security Tag. The NIO took an early lead in the voting and then never looked back, comfortably winning by 14%. We at CASE are very excited about this product and think it has a very bright future, well done NIO!

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And thus, there comes the end to the 2011 caseluggage.com Awards. A big congratulations to all those who took home awards and better luck next year to those who just missed out. Thanks must also be paid to all those who voted in the awards, we all hope your favourites won! However, sadly, with good news always comes bad and today Hollywood lost one of it’s most famous stars with the sad passing of on and off screen legend Elizabeth Taylor, who died after a long battle against illness. She will always be remembered for her double Oscar winning perfomances and her parts in such films as Cleopatra with ex husband Richard Burton.

The King’s Speech reigned supreme at last Sunday’s Oscars, with the British Film picking up a massive 4 Oscars. However, the Awards season is not quite over yet, as the last major event of the calendar is still to come. I am of course referring to the CASE Academy Awards, where we at CASE recognize all the amazing achievements made by particular brands and pieces of luggage throughout the past  year.

Below is a list of the categories and a short list for the winners of these awards. Please feel free to comment on this blog piece with your suggestions for who should win what. Each nominee is linked to their product page, so have a look and decide for yourselves! Votes will also be taken throughout all the CASE stores and the awards will be announced on the CASE blog shortly, so make sure to check!
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Good luck to all the nominees!

It seems that the Chinese Calendar has got it wrong this year, as 2010 has not been the year of the tiger, but instead the year of the laughable reality star. The British public first had to endure the graceful movements of Anne Widdecombe on Strictly Come Dancing, then listen to the out-of-tune vocals of X Factor’s Brazilian underdog Wagner, but surely the antics of food nutritionist Gillian McKeith, on ITV’s I’m a Celebrity Get me out of Here, is a joke too far.

If routine fainting and whining wasn’t enough, news today has informed us that Gillian has tried to get out of her last task by claiming that she is in fact pregnant to get out of the Jungle Jail.  With further reports now suggesting that Gillian’s outbursts and never-ending list of phobias has led ITV bosses to excuse her from any more bush-tucker trials, we at CASE believe it is time for Gillian to pack her bags and leave the jungle.

The only thing left to do is choose the right case! Well seeing as we have all learnt how Gillian is quite a fragile character, who is easily put out of her comfort zone, maybe the Samsonite Cosmolite would be the ideal  piece as with its special Curv technology it is possibly the most durable piece of luggage we offer. The Cosmolite can withstand any type of travel, even the force of a 4x4’s wheels, so we are confident it will get her through even tougher times than she has suffered in the jungle.

However, if it is class and dignity that Gillian is soughting after, after a rough time in the jungle, perhaps Brics are a more suitable brand. The Brics Life Range in fact epitomizes affordable luxury with a chic collection of suede effect brushed cotton pieces that are water resistant and trimmed with sumptuous Italian leather, that will certainly stand the test of time.

Finally, if Gillian is finding it difficult to part from her jungle surroundings, then we believe the Tumi Townhouse Carry More will be the perfect bag for Gillian to leave the jungle with. A luxurious leather holdall, which is ideal for short breaks or overnight stays, this piece offers a great deal of interior space whilst also having a striking design that will be sure to be a bigger jungle hit than Peter Andre’s “Insania”!

After much anticipation and waiting , we finally have the announcement that William and Kate will be getting married. Once they get the minor job of dates, venue, and which set of parents picks up what part of the bill, they will quickly turn their thoughts to honeymoon and of course what luggage to take.

If you ask the guys at Italian favourites Brics, they will tell you that William waited until they had perfected their new Rodeo Life Spinner  trolleys which will be launching in December. In fact the clue was in the new advert which features Italian Eros aiming an arrow of love at the featured trolley case. Lightweight, highly manoeuvrable and most importantly stylish , these cases, with the addition of extra Rodeo Life holdalls, beauty cases and garment bags will be perfect for a European Luxury honeymoon.

For a more casual , adventure based holiday, they should be focussing on Eagle Creek luggage and packing accessories, as well as T Tech by Tumi Duffles and Trolley Cases.  Eagle Creek Packing Accessories are ideal for carefully and neatly packing Shirts in to  Folders, and Socks and underwear in to Cubes. Tumi’s new T Tech Duffles – the Pershing and Lobos have been best sellers this year for all types of Adventure Travel.

 

 

Finally, if the new Royal couple decide to have their Wedding List at Harrods, then we have just introduced a new range designed by the eponymous Wedding Dress designer Vera Wang for Hartmann. Elegantly designed with a more feminine touch, Vera Wang has developed a luggage collection that epitomizes her classic modern aesthetic and incorporates unexpected details reflecting her iconic style. Known for her nonchalant approach to fashion and luxury, Vera Wang’s luggage collection resonates with her signature layering, intricate draping and exquisite attention to detail. Prices range from £295 to £595.

 

Whatever they choose, we are sure they will have a fantastic time, and they like you can always give us a call or pop in store to get further advice.

Where do you think they should go on honeymoon??

Then what do we recommend he use?

Well if its a quick trip across Manchester, he probably wont be needing too much. The new Alpha Bravo collection from Tumi features some great holdalls and day bags, including the Tyndall Soft Carry On. A beautifully constructed holdall , made from FXT Ballistic Nylon – similar material material to what is used in bullet proof vests (which may also be useful).

A move to West London with Chelsea, and Wayne may have to smarted up with some Italian influenced travel pieces to impress his new boss. The Rodeo Life range from Brics will be just the ticket. The 1272 Trolley Case, along wit 2511 Wheeled Duffle and 202 Holdall  should certainly suffice. In fact, by January Brics will be launching a fantastic new collection of wheeled luggage, so that will be even better.

Moving to Spain or Italy, we keep a continental theme with Mandarina Duck’s New Work collection. Large stylish but sturdy packing cases that will be perfect for a big move abroad.

Whatever move he makes, there are plenty of bags online, and if he doesn’t move, there are plenty of handbags to buy in store.