Red Oxx Manufacturing, Inc. is an American manufacturing company which produces travel luggage.[1][2] The company was founded in 1986 in Billings, Montana, by Jim Markel Sr., a retired Green Beret Captain, and originally produced fitness equipment. [3] He was later joined by his son Jim Markel Jr. and Perry Jones, all of whom are retired military parachute riggers.[4] In the U.S., the products have won a 'National Award for Luggage'.[5] Also, the Red Oxx Safari Beano bag was Outside Magazine's 2004 Bag of the Year.[6] As of 2017, Red Oxx sells about $2.5 million per year of their products.[7]
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- Bert Archer. TED ANDERSON, VENTURES WEST PRESIDENT The Globe and Mail, December 6, 2006, retrieved 2024-02-25^
- RED OXX CARRY-ON St. Paul Pioneer Press, June 18, 2006^
- Veteran-owned Red Oxx making high-quality bags in Billings for nearly 3 decades Q2 News (KTVQ), 2023-11-21, retrieved 2025-04-07^
- Red Oxx history^
- Billings, Mont., Company Bags National Award for Luggage Billings Gazette, April 15, 2004^
- 2004 Bag of the Year Outside Magazine^
- Kitt Doucette. Building a Tougher Bag www.mensjournal.com, 2017-12-04, retrieved 2025-04-07^