With Tumi owned by Samsonite, and RIMOWA owned by LVMH, you are going to see continued price increases, going forward.

Just as "ajeleonard" mentioned, these two companies are competing for the same customers.

When I participated in the RIMOWA open house tour, several members of management admitted that Tumi is their primary competitor in the market.

Tumi is Samsonite International's 2nd best-selling brand in the company's portfolio (19% of the company's revenue). While Samsonite International has a strong presence in the US (37% of revenue, geographically), the company's sales, in Europe, are only 21% (3rd behind North America and Asia).

RIMOWA is among LVHM's newest "Maisons", but is in a portfolio of other strong performing brands that account for 39% of LVMH's total revenue. LVMH has their best selling market in Europe, at 32%, with the US coming in at 18%.

The strongest and fastest growing market for both groups, Asia.

So long as the Asian market continues to flaunt their growing wealth, each company will continue to respond, in kind.

You'll see continued focus on the Asia market from both companies, with limited attempts to steal marketshare from each company's respective footholds.

Unfortunately, the US is just not a top priority for Samsonite International, when they are already the dominant player.