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...Excluding the acquisition of Hartmann, the luxury brand, and High Sierra, a backpack maker, US sales rose 14 per cent....
...From his office in Kowloon across the water from Hong Kong island, Tim Parker, chief executive of Samsonite, displays the confidence of a man who has turned round struggling businesses before....
...Tim Parker, chief executive since 2009, has cut swaths of costs; any signs that these were rising would be disappointing....
...It bought casual bag-maker High Sierra for $110m in July and Hartmann, an upmarket luggage maker in the US, for $35m this month....
...“If we make the right decisions, it’s going to be an $80bn market,” Mr Hartmann said. “If we make the wrong decisions, it will still be a $40bn market....
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