Since launching their smart luggage brand, Away, in 2015, Jen Rubio and Steph Korey have made it their mission to create ‘first class luggage at coach price’. Alistair Crane finds out more. You both worked together at Warby Parker; how did that experience help frame your approach to Away? JR: Steph and I were two of Warby Parker’s early hires, so we were able to learn a lot about the direct-to-consumer space as the model was still being defined.

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