It was succesful. Which is why it so surprising to see Shinola struggling. The US-based brand was forced to fire 30 people to “refocus its strategy for future operations”. Some tanneries, specifically those located in the United States, fear for the future of their supply contracts. What kind of brand is Shinola? Shinola was founded […]
Increase exports to Europe. And, therefore, compensate for the probable reduction of American orders caused by the trade war. This is Jones Hsueh’s strategy, co-founder of Chinese shoe manufacturer Kaihong Shoes. The company develops 85% of the business with the American market, producing for a large group of US brands. For example: Steve Madden, Naturalizer,...
Portuguese footwear export will fall by 5% in 2019. But now, the industry reacts by focusing on sustainability. The country’s reference association (APICCAPS) already has a 12-point action plan made of 50 steps. The timeframe The document should contribute to the revamping of Portuguese footwear export. After 10 record-breaking years, the decrease in 2019 will […]
Leather goods factory are burning in India, and the outcome is terrible. Hell broke out on Sunday, December 8, when a terrible fire destroyed a leather goods factory in New Delhi, India. The outcome is tragic: 43 people died. The fire broke out around 5 am in a building in Anaj Mandi, an ancient district […]
The Indian buffalo supply chain has to deal with a double problem. The first: Beijing blocks meat. A ban on New Delhi beef has been in force in China since 2001, but for a year now authorities have also prevented imports from third parties. And here we come to the second problem. Indian slaughterers, left […]
Doubt is starting to spread. Still it is kept at bay and diluted by analysis (of dubious origin and politically-reasoned) that maintain the general idea that they are “green”. Now that alternative materials have become mainstream, different news outlets are asking: are fake fur and vegan leather really sustainable? After all, news outlets are starting […]
“When they started the didn’t have a single employee”. The Bridge’s story, brand that is celebrating its 50 years of activity, is told by someone who has seen all its progress. In other words, Roberto Masini, one of the owners of Conceria Il Gabbiano of Santa Croce sull’Arno (in picture on the right) will do...
Unity is research. Nine European research institutes have joined forces to jointly develop their footwear business. All under the coordination of CEC (European Footwear Confederation). The memorandum of understanding was signed during the last Confederation Assembly, held in late November in Brussels. The objective The objective of this platform is “to contribute to creating a […]
Once upon a time in Tunisia. 50% of the leather chain has disappeared in the North-African country over the last decade. Akram Belhaj, president of the local Fédération Nationale du Cuir et de la Chaussure, is sounding the alarm. Africanmanager.com interviewed him, and he explained that “the country’s stores today sell counterfeit products. In order […]
India’s leather takes a dive on international markets. Council for Leather Exports (CLE), inf act, has shared the data regarding the chain’s export performance during the period from April to October 2019. The result is anything but brilliant. Export dropped by 5.6%. CLE also pointed out how the downward trend was more accentuated month after […]
Pakistan’s leather started the fiscal year well. During the period going from July 1st and September 30th 2019, which corresponds to the Asian country’s first financial quarter, leather and finished exports grew by 10.4%. According to data published by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, sales reached 131.4 million USD, against the 119 million USD of […]
This was shot in Argentina in September. And it shows two evidences. The first, conjunctural, is the particularly negative state of South American tanning
Six faces, six characters to tell a difficult, complex, worrying year. 2019. You will find them in the following pages
Green lights, red lights the leather marketplace is affected by contrasting pushes: sometimes going in the same directions, sometimes opposite. Lineapelle 97 (Milan, October 2-4) was the time to collect the feelings and opinions live from tanners
Chanel say goodbye to crocodile and reptiles, leather responds. “It is not the right vision of sustainability”, it is an economic choice: it will not last”
Liz Alessi, vice president with proxy for materials development, defines the meaning of leather today, in a market that is attentive to process and performance, as far as fashion is concerned
The number, while not “mind-blowing” surely is surprising. Based on data contained in the World Footwear Yearbook, published by Portuguese Association APICCAPS (Associação Portuguesa Ind. Calçado Componentes Artigos Pele Sucedaneos), the global footwear industry produced somewhere around 24.2 billion pairs of shoes during the year 2018.
Of course, it is still producing a lot, but beijing is no longer the paradise it once was for footwear manufacturers. And the reasons, in one way, are a paradox
