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‘When Lachlan calls, you answer’: Inside this Murdoch-backed luggage giant

Athan Didaskalou and Richard Li, the co-founders of prestige luggage brand, July, started the business after tossing up a number of product ideas in categories primed for a shake-up. Five years later, July – the premium, design and innovation-focused luggage brand – is one of the fastest growing companies in a category that up until five years ago, was an outdated, dying category.

  • By Jane Lindhe
  • Forbes Staff
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