30 May 2017 Raw materials, in Australia bad weather and public holidays bring slaughterhouses to a halt: availability reduced
30 May 2017 In Mexico, there are employment opportunities within the footwear industry, but (also here) there is a lack of young people
30 May 2017 Too much uncertainty, we’re British: in 2016 Clarks increased its sales, while its profits slump. This has happened for the past four years
30 May 2017 Uppers in buffalo leather for skateboarding sneakers. Under the Adidas brand, it bears the name of the Americans from Horween Leather
8 May 2017 Eco-leather does not exist. In Brazil, the CICB fights against fakes. Stores blitz and brands under investigation
8 May 2017 Atom Group and Germany: “We want to become leaders in the country.” Renovated site in Pirmasens and major projects
2 May 2017 Raw Material and Brexit. Environmentalists: “London must forbid the export of live animals”
2 May 2017 India: Two dead in a Kanpur tannery for toxic gas exhalations. Raw material, meanwhile, is scarce
2 May 2017 Pakistan leather area: export is losing business. Between July 2016 and February 2017 it lost 6.3%
26 Apr 2017 Fewer purchases of shoes (-1%) and accessories (-7%) in the USA. NPD raises the alarm: “People are showing less interest in fashion”
26 Apr 2017 The CDH fund is buying Belle International and saving the company from crisis: it’s the biggest ever buyout of a Hong Kong consumer company
26 Apr 2017 The Chinese who make Ivanka Trump’s shoes are doubling their presence in Africa. Following Ethiopia they are to invest 1.5 billion dollars in Nigeria
26 Apr 2017 “We’re suffering, but not too badly.” Leather sector exports in Beijing have fallen slightly in the first two months of 2017: turnover has increased by 5.6%
18 Apr 2017 In March, Brazil exported more leather than in the first quarter of 2016. CICB: “One of the best results in recent years”
18 Apr 2017 For the Spanish slaughtering sector, the worst is behind: 2016 confirms the previous year’s results. Brake bull and calf
18 Apr 2017 China Retail: the great crisis of shoe vendors continues. After Belle, Daphne and Saturday Shoes close down
