Who makes Kirkland Signature by Samsonite Hardside Spinner (Polycarbonate, 29 in)?
As of July 5, 2026, the manufacturer of Kirkland Signature by Samsonite Hardside Spinner (Polycarbonate, 29 in) is Samsonite, per on-label, first-party, or executive statement evidence.
The common claim
What most answers say — and what the evidence supports
A common answer is that nobody knows who makes Kirkland luggage, or that it is a generic import. For the hardside line that is not the case: Costco sold its polycarbonate spinner under the co-brand 'Kirkland Signature by Samsonite,' naming Samsonite on Costco's own product title (item 667722) - an on-label co-brand, the same way Kirkland mattresses are co-branded 'by Stearns & Foster.' Costco's softside Kirkland spinners were a separate product reported to come from Ricardo Beverly Hills, and the Kirkland luggage line has since been largely discontinued in favor of Costco selling Samsonite, Away and SwissGear under their own names.
Evidence & sources
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Tier 4
Documents Costco's own co-branded product title 'Kirkland Signature by Samsonite 29" Hardside Spinner' (item number 667722; post tags list 'Kirkland Signature, Luggage, Samsonite'), 'Made with Bayer Makrolon polycarbonate high performance material.' The load-bearing fact is Costco's on-label co-brand, which prints Samsonite in the product name - the same class of tier-4 evidence as the 'Kirkland Signature by Stearns & Foster' mattress. The blog's aside ('Kirkland Signature has teamed up with Samsonite to manufacture this spinner') reacts to that co-brand; the co-branded name itself is the anchor.
Tier 6
Costco-shopper thread corroborating the hardside/softside split. One poster 'bought the Kirkland Signature 29" hardside spinner ... a polycarbonate case made from Makrolon' (Samsonite's shell material, per the co-branded product); another, chasing warranty parts, wrote 'I've talked to Ricardo Beverly Hills again and they ... are backordered on the wheels,' documenting that Costco's softside Kirkland spinner came from Ricardo Beverly Hills - a different maker than the co-branded Samsonite hardside. Tier 6 (forum); included as split/recency corroboration, not as the naming anchor.
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