Vera Bradley began as an instinct.
An instinct fueled by the optimism, passion, and bold self-expression of our founders, who imagined a more colorful, beautiful world — specifically a more beautiful world of bags and travel accessories.
They listened to themselves and invited generations of women to listen to be their own muses. That, together with a passion for design, artistry, and craft, has inspired independent women everywhere to embrace their very personal and unique individual styles.
We exist to champion all the ways women move today, enriching everyday moments and playing a supporting role in their adventures. We do that by listening to our own muse, and to yours. In a very real sense, Vera Bradley belongs to every woman who rejects the notion of sameness and the suggestion of conformity and chooses to be bold and expressive in all the ways that matter to them.
Vera Bradley designs for you because Vera Bradley is you. And you are your own muse.
Our vision of hope ... Vera Bradley Co-founders Barbara Bradley Baekgaard and Patricia R. Miller began raising funds for breast cancer research in 1993 after the loss of their dear friend, Mary Sloan. Since then, their genuine commitment to this cause has evolved into the Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer. Together with our donors, event participants and volunteers, we hope for a future free from breast cancer. $25.7 million in contributions have been raised so far to support critical advancements in breast cancer research. Learn more @ www.verabradley.org.
Since 1975, TUMI has been optimizing world-class business, travel, and lifestyle essentials with elevated, considered product design to uncomplicate, beautify, and seamlessly complement our customers' lives on the move. Designed in America, our brand is sold in over 260 stores from New York and Paris to London and Tokyo, as well as the world's top department and specialty stores and travel retail in more than 75 countries.
At TUMI, we are committed to a diverse and vibrant culture, welcoming people from all walks of life. We have people with unique backgrounds, skills and personalities in the workplace, making for a vibrant culture and a talented workforce.
We are committed to sourcing responsibly and minimizing our products' environmental impacts. We take targeted action where we can make a meaningful impact on the environment, building durable and repairable products that are made to last, while increasing our use of recycled, sustainable, and innovative materials. We believe in leaving the world better than we found it, and our efforts in Culture and Inclusion, Sustainability and Philanthropy are some of the steps we're taking to get us there.
For us at Thule Group, everything is about making it easy to live an active life. Our motto, "Active Life, Simplified." captures the ambition of how we develop products so that those who buy them can live an active life a little easier, how we as employees want to live our own lives and what feel we want our customers to have when they do business with us.
We are global market leaders in a number of product categories, including roof racks, roof boxes and bike racks that you use on the car, camera bags as well as multisport- and bicycle trailers. We are also growing rapidly in product categories like sports and suitcases and jogging strollers. We are a global company. Thule Group's products are found in all corners of the world - in distant beaches of Australia, on Boston's streets, on bicycle routes high in the Andes and in the Alps ski resorts.
We are an international group of passionate employees who focus on developing safe, easy-to-use and stylish solutions for active families and outdoor enthusiasts. We help them bring what they care most about when they are living an active life.
We offer products for small items that you always carry with you, such as smartphone shells, as well as for heavier things you transport longer distances using the car, such as bike carrier. In short, we offer solutions to take care of everything you care about and need when living an active life.
Our products are sold in 140 markets. We are just over 2 200 people working for Thule Group at nine production facilities and more than 35 sales outlets worldwide. Net sales amounted to SEK 5.9 billion in 2017.
Thule Group's head office is located in Malmö, south Sweden.