eBags was an

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of handbags,

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, backpacks, laptop bags, and travel accessories that was founded in Greenwood Village, Colorado near

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. It was acquired by

Samsonite Samsonite International S.A. is an American Baggage, luggage manufacturer and retailer, with products ranging from large suitcases to small toiletries bags and briefcases. The company was founded in 1910 in Denver, Colorado, Denver, Colorado, U ...

in 2017. Before being acquired by Samsonite in 2017, the main website, eBags.com, carried bags and accessories from hundreds of brands. eBags also operated the eBags Corporate Sales site and During 2020, eBags stopped selling brands not owned by

History

Jon Nordmark, Peter Cobb, Frank Steed, Andy Youngs, and Eliot Cobb founded eBags in 1998. The website eBags.com launched in 1999, selling seven brands including

, JanSport, and Skyway luggage. Initial listings focused on luggage, as four of the founders previously worked at Samsonite. In 2002, eBags.com expanded to operate the website for Tumi, a luxury luggage manufacturer. eBags formed a new division, Global Technology Services (GTS), to operate Tumi.com starting in 2002. International divisions followed for the UK (2005), Germany (2006), and Japan (2006). eBags also operated retail sites for Case Logic, starting in 2005. eBags.co.uk was launched in 2004, along with a UK satellite office in

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. The UK site closed in December 2008 and the company focus returned to growing the main site, eBags.com. eBags purchased Shoedini.com in March 2004 and renamed it to 6PM.com in November 2005. 6PM was sold in October 2007 to Zappos. By February 2016, eBags had sold over 25 million bags, and offered its own private label products under the name The eBags Brand. In April 2017, Samsonite agreed to acquire eBags. The eBags headquarters in Greenwood Village, Colorado were closed in September 2020 and moved to Massachusetts. , eBags.com retailed products from 5 brands: eBags private label brand, Samsonite, American Tourister, Hartmann, and High Sierra.

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Companies based in Greenwood Village, Colorado Retail companies established in 1998 Internet properties established in 1998 Samsonite Online retailers of the United Kingdom Online retailers of the United States