Luggage rolls into smart space

Chinese wanderlust spurs sales surge

In 2016, as many as 120 million Chinese traveled overseas and, in doing so, spawned not just the world's largest outbound travel market in China, but a mammoth opportunity for luggage makers, including expensive global brands.

China is now the world's largest luggage market. Retail sales grew by 8 percent and reached 30.9 billion yuan ($4.48 billion) in 2016, according to consultancy Euromonitor International.