Most people don’t buy luggage on a whim—they buy it because they need it. Could be that their old suitcases don’t wheel as easily as they once did or that zippers are broken or the material on the suitcases is beginning to fray. If your suitcases are ...

After 90 years as a family-owned business, high-end luggage merchant Kaehler Travelworks LLC is changing hands to stay afloat in the aftermath of the recession. Travel Outfitters Inc. agreed last week to pay $4.4 million for Winnetka-based Kaehler as part ...