CALPAK

CALPAK

Designs and sells travel luggage

Overview

Calpak makes luggage and travel bags that pair practical features with a playful, stylish vibe for both everyday trips and longer adventures. Its products are designed to be lightweight and durable, with useful details like organized compartments and expandable options so travelers can pack efficiently and move easily. Compared with many bag brands, Calpak emphasizes a distinctive blend of utility and fun in its designs, aiming to be accessible in price while still looking stylish. The goal is to encourage people to go places and enjoy the experience of traveling.

About CALPAK

Simplify's Rating
Why CALPAK is rated
C+
Rated C on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Design

Consumer Goods

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Compton, California

Founded

1989

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • WWD covered CALPAK’s Spring 2026 launch on February 11, showing sustained brand momentum.
  • The Taco Bell collaboration still drives cultural reach and low-cost customer acquisition.
  • Spring 2026 personalization and canvas expansion deepen average order value across travel and everyday purchases.

What critics are saying

  • Away and Monos dominate tested-luggage lists, squeezing CALPAK’s premium positioning in 2026.
  • Reliance on viral Luka demand exposes CALPAK if social interest cools after 2026.
  • A plastics-packaging crackdown threatens margins and SKU redesigns if California enforcement intensifies in 2026.

What makes CALPAK unique

  • CALPAK’s February 2026 Spring campaign fuses luggage, lifestyle, and emotional branding.
  • Its Luka line remains the signature asset, now expanded into printed versions and daily-use formats.
  • The 2025 Baby Collection and 2026 Colette Canvas broaden CALPAK beyond core luggage.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Company Match

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Paid Vacation

Paid Holidays

Wellness Program

Performance Bonus

Employee Discount

Company News

Forbes
May 31st, 2025
The Family Behind Calpak: How Second-Generation Innovators Are Elevating This Aapi-Owned Travel Brand

Lifestyle and travel accessory leader, CALPAK, is expanding its Baby Collection this April with two new styles. CALPAKIn the heart of Los Angeles in 1989, Edward and Judy Kwon launched Calpak that would eventually shape the way travelers packed. Originally called California Pack, it started as a limited collection of handbags and wallets. Over the early years, the brand gradually grew its product line, reaching new markets through major retail partnerships. A key milestone came in 2005, when Calpak launched its first hard-shell luggage collection, designed to meet the growing demand for durable, lightweight suitcases.In the 1990s, Judy and Edward Kwon, immigrants from South Korea, began to expand their 'California Pak' line with soft-side luggage and smart duffel bags. CalpakWhat began as a small family venture would soon evolve into Calpak, a global travel brand focused on creating high-quality, stylish, and accessible travel bags.Calpak’s story is not just one of product innovation—it’s also a narrative of family legacy

Trend Hunter
Aug 13th, 2024
Premium Gym Carrying Bags

CALPAK is proud to introduce its first-ever gym-focused collection, the Fit Collection, which marks the brand's first foray into fitness accessories.

Modern Retail
Feb 29th, 2024
Inside Calpak's road to its brand-new baby gear collection

Since DTC travel bag brand Calpak launched its line of puffy Luka duffel bags in 2019, the team realized that people were using it for more than vacationing.

E!
Feb 29th, 2024
Fan-Fave Travel Brand CALPAK Just Launched Its First-Ever Baby Collection, & We're Obsessed

As it so happens, cult-fave travel brand CALPAK just launched its first-ever baby collection, featuring chic parenting essentials that draw inspiration from the internet-viral Luka Duffel Bag.

FOX 5 Atlanta, WAGA-TV
Apr 22nd, 2022
Taco Bell Corp. partners with Calpaktravel

Taco Bell will be partnering with CALPAK, a Southern California-based luggage brand, "to deliver travel essentials fit for all styles and vacations," according to a Taco Bell news release.

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