Counterfeiting is never in crisis. Just the opposite, it seems as if Covid-19 gave it a push. For example, in the USA, it is estimated that footwear (including sneakers), represent 12% of all seized merchandise. The luxury segment isn’t immune: 625 pairs of fake Gucci shoes were recently seized. Meanwhile, in Germany, Louis Vuitton ordered […]
British county West Midlands is training new saddlers and leather goods workers. The Saddlers Company Charitable Fund opened a new training facility on October 7th, 2020, to train the area’s young workers. They will learn how to handle leather to bring local traditions forward. New saddlers and leather goods workers Walsall Leather Skills Center has opened on […]
In the saddle as well as in an armchair. And leather, invariably, is the protagonist. Ducati and Poltrona Frau have collaborated in the development of a new, exclusive, motorcycle model: the Scrambler 110 Ducati Club Italia. A two-wheeler produced in a limited series, and that only club members will be able to buy. In the […]
“Eppur si muove”: the US automotive market restarts its engine by showing recovery signs in September. Most of the demand is for trucks and SUVs. While major manufacturers still can’t show a “+” sign for the year, they show signs of a recovery. “Eppur si muove” Many auto manufacturers in the USA are still recording […]
In 1985, Chanel started taking steps and setting big manoeuvres to enhance and monitor its own manufacturing industry. Nowadays, nearly 40 companies (as reported by Le Figaro), both Italian and international, are either bought out or controlled by Chanel, also through Paraffection enterprise. They compose the supply chain network of the French fashion house, which...
Chanel relies on 1,000 suppliers, half of whom are Italians. How about shoes? They are all made in Italy. And how about tanneries they bought out (Samanta and Gaiera)? “Thanks to their highly specific expertise, we will be able to provide fashion industry with something which does not exist at the moment”. Such are the […]
Il Sole 24 Ore has published an article about it today. Its headline has drawn our attention quite immediately because of a bunch of key words, which prove to be extremely “sensitive” to us. Here it is: “Fully sustainable 100%, from raw materials to selling stores”. The article is an interview given by Michael Burke, […]
It is the usual story, at this point. Nordstrom give up exotic leather and fur and, in the same way as other stores and brands did when they formerly made the same announcement, adorn that choice, as a first step, with a sort of avant-gardism. “Acting as a leading retailer in the fashion industry – […]
The pandemic has been a rather unexpected (and unpredictable) blow deeply affecting Italian leather tanning industry throughout 2020. Yet, however, CRV has not prevailed. Gianni Russo, President of UNIC – Italian Tanneries and owner of Russo di Casandrino, based in Campania, is sure about that. “The pandemic will have some lasting effects for a long […]
The alliance is as across-the-board as ever and, most of all, united. Associations representing global leather industry are part of that coalition. Among others, ICT (International Council of Tanners) and UNIC – Italian Tanneries, together with a large group of associations and confederations you will read about in the next few lines. They all have a […]
It looks like meat, but it is not meat. Do not call it meat then. COPA and COGECA, the two leading associations representing European farmers, have been focusing attention again on debate about meat sounding. The industry players have launched a communication campaign, called Ceci N’est Pas un Steak, to inspire the European Parliament. The […]
Does Generation Z drive luxury sales and shopping? That is true (perhaps) in China, but not in the United States, where they (nearly) spend no more money. So much so that, according to a biannual survey, Taking Stock with Teens, carried out and drafted by Piper Sandler for 20 years, their shopping purchases have now […]
Generation Z and women clientele. Europe and Asia. These are the buyers and the markets where StockX, one of the most important players in the sneaker resale global market, is enjoying a boost. For the records, second-hand sales are countertrend, for the portal, compared with the worldwide overall situation: according to estimates, they will supposedly […]
Our predecessors used to play football in the past age. A team of archaeologists discovered 3 leather balls, which prove to be extremely ancient, upholstered with leather stripes, wool and hair. According to experts, they made use of them to play sport. Perhaps something which most probably resembled polo. A “trifling” detail: they are supposedly […]
Les jeux sont faits. Paris Fashion Week closed on Tuesday (October 6, 2020) with two (highly anticipated) fashion shows that left their mark. In other words, those of Chanel and Louis Vuitton. The French brands have brought a bold and self-confident woman to the catwalk, an expression of a style that is strong in its […]
In search of simplicity. The catwalks in Paris demonstrate the need to return to the essential and to purity. Hermès show was the perfect example of it. As well as presentations by Yohji Yamamoto, Gabriela Hearst and Givenchy. Common goal: to return to quality without frills. In this, leather finds an elective space, as a […]
French leather goods react to Covid. How? By investing in growth. According to local sources, company Epidaure 64 is about to expand thanks to its moment of solid growth. Aì French leather goods react to Covid’s impacts As reported by French radio station francebleu.fr, Luxury leather goods’ manufacturer Epidaure 64 is about to expand. The […]
“The conditions with which 2020 began were excellent – remembers Rino Mastrotto -. A good year was expected. There was planning, there was enthusiasm, there was work for everyone”. Then came Coronavirus, “a deadly unexpected event”. Speaking to Il Giornale di Vicenza, the entrepreneur from Veneto, as well as president of the Tanning Section of […]
The Danes of Ecco, a group specialised in footwear (and leather goods), not throwing away anything, much less leather scraps coming from their tannery in Holland. To be precise, they have launched a project to recover what is left of the internal product development process in their own Style Office. And they make a new […]
Forli-based P448 sneakers are (almost) all American. StreetTrend LLC announced its purchase of the brand. StreetTrend was at first the distributor of the brand, and then decided to acquire 30% of the brand’s capital. Now it is up to 90%, with the remaining 10% owned by Andrea Curti, the brand’s founder along with Marco Samorè. […]
