Coronavirus outbreak has been heavily affecting H&M business model. Consequently, the fast fashion Swedish group closing 250 stores to reduce costs and promote transition towards digital experience. Of course, when one says that the pandemic has been fostering the expansion of online channel sales, you may surmise that even physical retail has been deeply hit […]
Scottish trade unions, actively playing in the leather tanning industry, have sounded the alarm after rumours about possible job cuts at WJ & W Lang. The tannery, based in Paisley, which is part of Scottish Leather Group, produces hides and leather for the most popular and renowned car manufacturing companies in the United Kingdom. According […]
APLF delays once more. The fair that showcases materials for the fashion industry in Hong Kong, which had already moved the event of 2020, further moves the date. The reason: the Coronavirus pandemic has yet to stop affecting global travel. And so, the appointment planned for March 30th – April 1st of 2021 has been […]
India’s leather industry looks for a way out. Hit by a heavy decrease of demand for fashion goods, many Indian producers of leather have re-focused their production on work gloves. Demand for the latter is growing and originate in many areas of the world. Meanwhile, the footwear segment seems to give a timid sign of […]
Presentations. Manufacturing standards. Relations with clients, who make purchases in a different way, that is true, yet they keep going shopping. Fashion is going through a revolution: a mild one, though a real revolution anyway. Tory Burch (right, in the picture, taken from her Instagram account) claims everything is changing. Things, of course, have been...
Coronavirus outbreak has hindered Hermès plans; it has not stopped them though. In fact, the fashion house has confirmed a new leather goods factory located in the Auvergne region, following the one they are due to open in the Ardennes by 2022. The company has announced they are planning to create one more manufacturing lab […]
German leather industry attempts to smile. Verband der Deutschen Lederindustrie (VDL), the association of German tanning enterprises, made public a report over the leather industry situation. Data and figure certify a tangible recovery of businesses actively playing in the whole industry, including slaughtering. For the records, some difficulties are still affecting footwear companies, yet, overall, […]
Car manufacturers, playing on both banks of the English Channel, have sounded a clear alarm. If Brexit eventually resulted in no deal between the two partners, namely Great Britain and the European Union, 110 billion euros from business deals would go up in smoke in the next five years. Such event would cause unbearable repercussions […]
Formal models with a sneaker’s sole. And, above all, in Italian leather. The Crossover Longwing hybrid shoe (pictured from wolfandshepherd.com) of Los Angeles brand Wolf & Shepherd has been a great success. Launched at the end of last year, the model immediately sold, out and then accumulated a waiting list of over 2,500 people in...
China’s National Health Commission (NHC) has made public the news. Which, subsequently, has brought LHCA, the Leather and Hide Council of America, to fever pitch. Why actually? Because, following that, US leather customs clearance in China might possibly get complicated again. Yes, indeed. Just twenty days ago, raw hides and skins, made in the USA,...
Earthquake for Tapestry. “It has been a privilege to lead Tapestry with its powerful brands and outstanding people,” said Mr. Zeitlin to the press. “I have incredible belief in the Company’s growth potential as each brand sharpens its focus on meeting the broad and diverse needs of their consumers.” Zeitlin had been president of Tapestry […]
Futurmoda have cancelled October edition. Since they cancelled the exhibition event, formerly scheduled on October 21-22, the fair next edition, number 44, will take place in Alicante on 10-11 March 2021. “We are awfully sorry about such decision, as we are fully aware of repercussions for our trade industry – remarked organizers, the AEC association, […]
It is the best format possible today, no escaping. But it is not enough to replace fashion shows: the NYT misses real fashion weeks. “I never thought of writing these words – recognises Vanessa Friedman, fashion director of the New York Times -. I am among those who have complained a lot about the waste...
Further sanitising them is not necessary. This is the shortest possible answer that should be offered to anyone asking tanneries about the safety of finished leather. Safety in this sense: being certain that they do not transmit the virus. Beyond the summary, however, comes the deepening of the Environment Department of UNIC – Italian Tanneries, […]
Retail’s apocalypse is global. In just a few days the retail segment lost a few thousand jobs. But the count is constantly increasing as it’s being updated. The Coronavirus pandemic currently taking place is making this a global matter. The scenario seems to be just beginning to develop: many chains are having difficulties and reorganizing […]
In 2020 first quarter, Natuzzi Group have been going through a predictable though remarkable downturn in consolidated net sales. Covid-19 has not spared anyone then. Sales carried out by the upholstery furniture multinational corporation, headquartered in Apulia, decreased by 22.4% on annual basis. Talking about figures, from January to March 2020 net sales amounted to […]
The Guanajuato footwear industry is about to go south and collapse: in fact, they have lost 12,000 jobs alongside a relevant share of production. A few statistical surveys highlighted such data, subsequently confirmed by Luis Gerardo González García, President of the Cámara de la Industria del Calzado del Estado de Guanajuato (CICEG). In April, Coronavirus […]
One can find the news, kind of revelation actually, in the newsletter published by LHCA (Leather and Hide Council of America), the US leather trade association. Allegedly, Chinese authorities have been demanding, for a while at this point, anti-CRV reassurances, which must be provided by companies importing into China food commodities. In other words, they […]
Capri Holdings estimates its 1st fiscal quarter of 20201 (April to June) to be very grim. Revenue may drop by up to 70% on yearly base. The Coronavirus archived the positive results of the previous income statement, as the group that controls Versace, Jimmy Choo and Michael Kors had cosed the year with 5.56 billion USD of revenue (+6%) […]
Jabouley continues to focus on leather. The French textiles’ group headquartered in Saint-Étienne decided to open a 2nd leather goods production site: Maroquinerie des Pierres Dorées. Adelry.fr, the Agency for the economic development of the Lyon region broke the news first. The Jabouley group has made the decision to open a second site after the […]
