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
“UNIC is strong and authoritative. The association has reached a high degree of representativity. Many large tanning groups have understood our exceptionality and have decided to join us. Our path continues to be very exciting”. Gianni Russo, president of UNIC – Italian Tanners, summarizes the structural changes of the association after the assembly that took […]
Communicating the values of leather to an audience that knows the quality of the material, but not the tanning process. Increase the appeal of leather to that market share of consumers who, on the other hand, perceive it as a product that is now taken for granted, old. Communicate in a transparent way, because it […]
The 2019 Sustainability Report tells the story of Italian leather’s 12 goals. Which has become even cleaner, safer and efficient. And no, we aren’t talking of goals the same way they are discussed in football. The document of yearly occurrence prepared by UNIC – Italian Tanners for the year 2019, decided to align itself with […]
The 23 tanneries that received aknowledgement are (in strict alphabetical order): Anaconda, B.C.N. Tanneries and Bonaudo. Then Chiorino Technology, Conceria Antiba and Conceria Incas. Followed by Conceria Laba, Conceria Lloyd and Conceria M2. The list continues with Conceria Settebello, Conceria Sirte and Conceria Superior. Then goes on with Conceria Zabri, Dean Industria Conciaria Pelli and […]
Xenon acquires 100% of Zuma and Casadacqua. The transfer of ownership of the two tanneries, part of the A&A Pelli Pregiate group, to the investment fund was done via the Xenon Private Equity VII fund, managed by Xenon AIFM. The alligator farm owned by A&A in New Orleans (USA) is also part of the agreement. […]
“Leather is the most profitable product of farms”. This consideration is enough, when used to validate the thesis that leather is jointly responsible for deforestation in South America and elsewhere, to understand how certain Vogue offices do not have clear ideas about the tanning industry. Cotance, representing the industry at European level, batten down the […]
A debate broke over one of Greta Thunberg’s armchairs… The Swedish activist appears in a picture while held by her mother. But he political adversaries, calling her a hypocrite, do so due to an armchair in the background. The more attentive ones recognized it: it’s the Eames Lounge Chair more, design piece from 1956 which […]
The US president once again attacks on the commercial front. First of all, against France, and thus against Italy as well. The threat comes from London, where the NATO summit is currently taking place, and to which the US president should be participating. The statement made by Robert Ligthizer, Secretary of commerce, are what concerns […]
The performance of global luxury grew by about +4% in 2019 (about 1.3 trillion euro). Operators expect 2020 to have about the same performance. The evaluation co-made by Bain-Altagamma titled Market Monitor 2019 and Altagamma Consensus 2020, respectively, say trends are just slightly inferior to the prior year’s ones. Yet, we know how the scene...
Lineapelle is in Guangzhou to showcase leather’s sustainability to over 170 buyers from China’s fashion system. The workshop (November 28th) titled “New Sustainability Models in Leather Fashion”, involves UNIC – Italian Tanners and was organized with the help of ITA – Italian Trade Agency. The event in Guangzhou, which is on its 4th edition – […]
On one side is a mountain of clothes and accessories made with low-quality materials, piled up as if they had no value. On the other side are shoes and handbags made with vegetable-tanned leather. This is the image that attracted people to the Consume Less, Consume Better event. It took place yesterday, in Tokyo, and […]
A partner from an industrial or financial background. Somebody that will help consolidating. Gruppo Conciario CMC and Lamonti Cuoio are looking for somebody that “can add value to the business”. According to the IlSole24Ore, they are entrusting Mediobanca with the task. The start of the operation will be in December, while in January the first […]
One phase after the other. From raw hides to finished leather. All done inside the same production site. That’s how Conceria Italia’s leather is created: by a company that celebrated its 50 years’ anniversary on November 29th inside Villa Mattarana in Verona. The beginning Everything started in 1969. Antonio Negro decided to abandon the marble […]
The Sale Monumentali (Monumental Rooms) of the Marciana Library in Venice hosted, on November 28th, the presentation of the restoration plans for Orthopascha. The manuscript was written in the 1500s on parchment and is bound in leather. The same Marciana Library has been conserving it, as it contains the 1508 dissertation, in Latin, by Pellegrino […]
The industry should grow at a rate between 3% and 4%, which isn’t stagnation, but it is less than what it thought it would be and was budgeted. The fashion industry is concerned for 2020. According to The State of Fashion 2020, the report crafted by the collaboration of McKinsey & Co. and Business of […]
Antonio Belloni, LVMH general manager, explains the Tiffany operation: a jewel (it is appropriate to call it so) of the high-end that suits the French conglomerate. But not only. In an interview with La Repubblica, Belloni explains why LVMH believes in furs and made in Italy. Why Tiffany “It is part of those few luxury...
