Great Insights From eBags.com CEO

Great insights in how to change things in an online retail environment. Its not one thing. Its about a lot of changes adding up to big improvement. In this case at least 20% sales increases at eBags.com....Eliot Cobb

Reinvention is a constant in retail. Only those retailers that are able to adjust to meet continually changing customer demand and market conditions can stand the test of time. eBags has grown and evolved over the past 17 years from an online startup to a recognized leader in the luggage space. Despite nearly two decades of advancement, the retailer has found its greatest success to date by turning back the clock and returning to its roots.

Four of the five founders of the online travel accessories retailer were former Samsonite Luggage employees who leveraged their strong segment expertise to build a market-leading luggage-focused assortment. However, as the retailer grew over the years it lost its luggage-first mentality expanding into hyper-competitive verticals, like fashion handbags, that stymied its growth instead of spurring it...............more

eBags CEO Packs a Tech-Powered Punch

eBags + Twyst Team Up To Create The "TLS Connect": The World's Smartest Professional Backpack

Great new product from eBags..... Eliot Cobb

Groundbreaking Product Uses Twyst Smart Bag Technology to Help Commuters + Travelers Keep Track of Their Essentials

DENVER, July 26, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Two Denver-based innovators, eBags and Twyst, announced today that they are combining their expertise in a first-of-its kind collaboration. As the leading online retailer of luggage, backpacks and travel accessories, eBags has already received accolades for its carefully crafted private label luggage and commuter bags. Now, thanks to a partnership with local tech start-up Twyst, one of the company's best-selling backpacks will get a high-tech upgrade to incorporate Twyst's Smart Bag Platform that includes RFID (radio frequency identification) technology. The resulting product, the TLS Connect, will provide more than sleek, elegant storage for its owners' devices—it will actually help them keep track of their personal essentials.

"Today's traveler's are completely reliant on technology," says Kevin Schaff, CEO of Twyst. "Yet ultimately, it's the human brain that's responsible for keeping track of our devices—and as we all know, humans are not infallible. Leaving a smartphone at home can kill productivity; leaving a laptop on the plane can be catastrophic to business. With so much at stake on a daily basis, we wanted to take human fallibility out of the equation…and give the bag its own brain."


So how does it work? TLS Connect: the World's Smartest Professional Backpack is fitted with Twyst's unique technology that enables users to link any belongings they carry on a regular basis—from smartphones to tablets to laptops and beyond—to the backpack itself. The technology is linked to a smartphone app that registers and stores each device, so the TLS Connect can immediately send a message to the user's smartphone if a product is missing or removed. The backpack comes with RFID adhesive tags to link the backpack to up to 50 unique items via a low-frequency Bluetooth signal.

"eBags is constantly looking for ways to make our eBags Brand products structurally smarter with meticulous, user-focused design," says Bernard Majeau, Director of Product Development at eBags. "Making them technologically smarter is a natural next step. We believe the TLS Connect will pave the way for a new generation of truly indispensable professional and travel bags."

To this partnership, the Twyst development team brings deep experience in hardware development, RFID technology, data modeling, machine learning and software development; eBags brings 17 years of proven expertise in the design and development of luggage and professional backpacks and bags. Both Colorado companies share an entrepreneurial spirit—and a tireless dedication to improving the customer experience. Development of TLS Connect technology will be funded with aKickstarter campaign, which launches today. Supporters can donate at a variety of levels, from $3 to $425 and beyond. Donations of $159 and above will reward investors with one of the very first TLS Connect bags.

"eBags is creating the ultimate platform for connected travel products, wearables, accessories and more," says CEO Mike Edwards. "TLS Connect is our first branded product launch in this growing category. It makes sense that the world's largest online retailer of luggage and backpacks should partner with the pioneer of smart bag technology to create a product that will help millions keep track of their essentials."

About eBags
With more than 17 years in travel and 26 million bags sold, eBags is the leading online retailer of luggage, backpacks and accessories. The company is devoted to helping its customers find the perfect travel gear for any journey. eBags features 67,000 products from 600 brands, including Tumi, Samsonite, Travelpro, Fjallraven, Kenneth Cole, North Face and more. For more information, follow eBags on Facebook or Twitter @eBags or visit eBags.com.


Eliot Cobb is a Co-Founder and the original CFO and Secretary of eBags.com

High Tech Travel Tools From eBags

Interesting article on eBags travel tools that will assist every traveler out there... Eliot Cobb



High Tech Travel Tools From eBags

Image: eBags

Traveling is one of my all time favorite activities. Having a literal change of scenery is important to my sanity, I have found. It also encourages me to get out there and see the world. See, I’m an extreme introvert who prefers staying at home most of the time. Except when I want to be out exploring places I’ve never seen before. I’m a person of extremes, I suppose.

One of my favorite parts of traveling isn’t traveling at all. Though the trip is obviously the point and the most important part of the process, getting ready for a trip and planning it are almost as much fun for me.

One of the parts of preparing for a trip is to make sure you have the proper tools. If you’re going somewhere rainy, bring a raincoat. If you’ll be going somewhere sunny, bring sun screen and a hat. But some tools are universal, no matter where you’ll be traveling.very overnight trip requires packing. Most people, like me, struggle with bringing too many things. We plan for the “what ifs” and “but, maybes”. The “just in case” events. So trying to fit as much as possible into a suitcase is imperative. You know, just in case.

To that end, packing cubes have become more and more popular. But they can be hard to use. They often lose their shape when you try to stuff them with many pairs of socks, or bunched up dirty laundry. eBags has designed a new set of packing cubes to combat that. The eBags Ultralight Packing Cubes are colorful containers that have structural integrity in the form of spring-loaded frames that hold their shape, both when filling them, and when sitting in your suitcase. Each cube also has a little handle, and the tops are made completely of mesh for great ventilation. The other sides are made of tough, lightweight CORDURA nylon that you can actually see through a little bit. The insides are coated with a silicon layer to make them easy to fill, and there is a polyuerethane coating on the outside to make them ever so slightly sticky, holding in place with each other. The YKK (!) zippers have rubbery pulls, making them easy to zip and unzip, and the cubes zip open on three sides for easy filling.

These cubes come in different sizes and colors. There are three sizes: small (6.5 x 6.5 x 3.5 inches), slim (13 x 6.5 x 3.5 inches), and large (13 x 13 x 3.5 inches). You can buy them individually, or in mixed packs of three, four, five, or seven. They come in green, blue, gray, or a yellowy-orange. Mix and match colors if you like. As you can tell from the measurements, the cubes are designed to fit together as a system. Swap out two smalls for a slim, two slims for a large, etc. Playing Tetris with your suitcase has never been so much fun. And the overall sizes have been thought out to fit well in commonly used roller bags.

Very highly rated at the eBags website, the Ultralight Packing Cubes will add organization to your packing without adding weight. I’ll be using them any time I pack a suitcase for keeping its innards neat and tidy, and helping me to organize by outfit or by type of clothing. There are many more photos and some videos that allow for more packing cube ogling on the eBags website.

Image: eBags

Another useful and sometimes vital tool when traveling nowadays is an external battery/charging tool to charge or recharge all of your devices. You can only get so much power out of your cell phone or tablet. Maybe you’re nowhere near an outlet, or even your car charger, and you have to make an important call or put out some fires at work. Or maybe your kids just want to want to watch a movie on their tablet. I haven’t had a lot of luck with the small, cheapy types of recharging devices, but the eBags Lifeboat Quick Charge Battery is another matter. This sucker is heavy and packs plenty of recharging punch. And it works.

Using the included cable, charge up the Lithium-Polymer Lifeboat Quick Charge Battery through a USB port on your computer, or with a USB wall charger. Once it’s charged up, you can then, in turn, use it to charge other devices, up to two at once. The included cable will charge many devices, but if you have an Apple product, you’ll need to use your own Lightning cable. The battery holds 9000 mAh capacity at 3.7V(33.3Wh), weighs 11 ounces, and measures about 6 x 3 x 3/8 inches. Its outside is anodized aluminum.

Image: eBags

While you’re charging the Lifeboat, its LED indicator lights will flash. When it’s fully charged, the lights will stop flashing. Once you need it to charge another device, simply connect the two, and the Lifeboat will automatically turn on and start charging the device. The LEDs will illuminate, showing how much power is left in the battery. When it’s almost out of power (down to 100mA), the battery’s indicator lights will turn off, though it may still have more power in it to give. When it is out of power, it will automatically turn off.

The four indicator lights clearly tell you how much power is left in the battery. All four lit means that there is at least 75% capacity. Three lights means between 25% and 75% power. Two lights means less than 25% remaining, and only one lit means, “Recharge me now!”

It did take a little while to charge via USB on my desktop computer. It took a couple of hours, out of the box, having started with a partial charge. But then it charged up my iPad Mini 4 from 47% to 100% in about 2 hours 20 minutes with two lights remaining lit at the end. It then charged my iPhone 5s from 57% to 98% in about 90 minutes. There were still two of the LEDs lit after that.

The eBags Lifeboat Quick Charge Battery will be in my regular arsenal, especially since I sometimes end up working in odd places around town as I take my kids to their activities. But it will also be a vital component on every trip I take.

About eBags

With more than 17 years in travel and 26 million bags sold, eBags is the leading online retailer of luggage, backpacks and accessories. The company is devoted to helping its customers find the perfect travel gear for any journey. eBags features 67,000 products from 600 brands, including Tumi, Samsonite, Travelpro, Fjallraven, Kenneth Cole, North Face and more. For more information, follow eBags on Facebook or Twitter @eBags or visit eBags.com.

Eliot Cobb is a Co-Founder and the original CFO and Secretary of eBags.com

EBags coming out with a line of internet-connected technologies

"News on eBags latest upgrades which should make things easier for travelers everywhere." Eliot Cobb

EBags, Colorado’s most established e-commerce company, is coming out with a line of internet-connected technologies meant to make life easier for business road warriors and other travelers.

Next month, eBags Inc. plans to unveil a system of tags and a mobile phone app that turns bags into “smart” luggage able to keep an inventory of what’s inside and help locate the bag itself.

“Anything that leaves your bag you’ll know about it, or if it doesn’t make back into your bag, you’ll know that, too,” said Mike Edwards, eBags’ CEO and president. The app will keep track of travel rewards and do other things, too.

“It’s going to evolve and get connected to everything you do on your journey, not just be a bag finder,” Edwards told me.

The technology is part of eBags’ push to become known more as an innovative travel brand, not just as a website for deals on bags and luggage.

Read the full report in the Denver Business Journal: http://bit.ly/265XcT2.

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