Competition is intensifying in China. Conditions have become more difficult for smaller brands in particular due to ever-rising costs and the increased number of players present in the market.

Bags and luggage in China will continue to grow over the forecast period, owing to increased consumer purchasing power. Although China’s economic growth is slowing down, the country’s economy is still the most dynamic in the world and the government is making an effort to increase income levels.

Owing to economic slowdown in China in 2012, value growth in bags and luggage slowed down compared with the previous year. Bags and luggage is relatively mature and so lower growth was natural.

The world's largest travel luggage company Samsonite opted Huntsman thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) to improve the production lines of its products.