After the postponements, came the cancellation of the fair. APLF calls off the 2020 edition and postpones the appointment to 2021. After two date shifts in the spring, the Coronavirus pandemic now forces the Hong Kong fair to stop. APLF calls off the 2020 edition As early as February, we said, APLF organisers announced a […]
The Fashion Studio in via Brisa 3, alas, is in lockdown. But this does not slow down the hunger for knowledge of leather and, above all, the desire to satisfy it. Lineapelle’s educational offer for brands and schools doesn’t stop. Rather, in compliance with the precautionary measures necessary to combat the spread of Coronavirus, it […]
The equation is (sadly) simple: when the demand for meat is high and that for finished leather is low, raw hides for the tanning segment don’t end up in tanneries. The US chain is being blocked by the Coronavirus. Stephen Sothmann, CEO of LHCA (Leather & Hide Council of America), believes this to have a...
We know, by writing about them we play their game. We should respond with silence. But you need to know your opponent to be able to beat him, says the adage. So it is good to focus on PETA‘s opportunism. The vegan-chic association dot not tolerates that the Coronavirus epidemic overshadows its battles. Instead, it […]
Here is the news: SMCP’s brands said no to exotic leather. The French edition of Fashion Network used the expression “give up” exotic leather. Good (not great). But the question is different: Sandro, Maje and Claudie Pierlot, the brands in question, have never really said yes to crocodile, lizard and reptiles. “No to exotic leather” […]
Tanning wants to restart, even during the Coronavirus storm. There is a reciprocal need: Pakistan needs its tanneries to re-open to avoid a deeper crisis. Pakistan Tanners Association’s (PTA) president for the western area, Sheikh Fazlur Rehman. On April 2nd, Fazlur Rehman, asked authorities to allow tanneries to open back up. Slaughterhouses are accumulating raw […]
White, because everything is to be thought, build, written. All to be discovered in its hypothetical entrepreneurial and productive, personal and social, psychological and behavioural evolutions. Everything is to be understood in the way in which, inevitably and forcibly, we will be forced to change. We asked a group of protagonists in the leather industry to imagine how.
Sometimes they come back. Great Britain Connolly’s leather is reborn: a tannery that made a lot of leather in the 1900s (in the true sense of the word), but that was then lost. Now it starts from its history. And from its DNA
In a letter to the Italian Government, Gianni Russo, president of UNIC – Italian Tanneries, looks forward for “a possible decision to progressively restart economic activities, not specifically included in the list of the essential ones, could involve in the first place functional industries such as the tanning industry“. The premise “Italian leather ranks first […]
Open and operational. The Coronavirus epidemic in Portugal didn’t cause the forced shutdown of tanning-related industrial activities. But Portuguese tanners fear a domino effect, because the paralysis of the international chain will likely end up impacting local ones. Nuno Carvalho, president of APIC (national tanners’ association) and CEO of Carvalhos group, states: “our companies are...
Good news from Chinese tanneries: leather has survived CRV. In response to LeatherMag’s questions, China Leather Industry Association (CLIA) president Li Yuzhong explains that the leather processing industry has returned to 90% of its production capacity. In short, the supply chain is recovering quickly after the so-called lockdown. The measures to contain the spread bring […]
Japan too is facing the Coronavirus emergency. While the Government of the Rising Sun declares a national emergency, Tokyo Leather Fair announces that it will not be held in May. The appointment is therefore postponed to next December. It will not be held in May Tokyo Leather Fair would have celebrated its edition number 102 […]
They aren’t related, but they do have the same name and are, in some sort of way, colleagues. We are experiencing their agreement: Stefano Domenicali, CEO of Lamborghini and Claudio Domenicali, CEO of Ducati, agree that Italy’s industry must recover. Contingencies to prevent the spreading of Coronavirus must of course be implemented. But plants cannot […]
Keeping in touch with customers at the time of Coronavirus? You can with a web community. There is no other way at the moment. Brands, from the largest to those less popular, have implemented “high creative content” digital ad strategies: those who focus on culture, those who have transformed followers in aspiring designers, those who […]
The Blueprint Erasmus + Skills4Smart TCLF European project (Textile, Clothing, Leather Goods and Footwear) moves forward. After carrying out, in 100 companies and 50 academies of professional training, an analysis of their demand for skills and expertise, they have launched a number of training programs accordingly. Such courses are due to match the eight occupational […]
CRV has brought André to bankruptcy. The historic footwear brand, formerly in difficulties, is in receivership now. French footwear is not going to give up though. In fact, some younger brands, such as Timothée Paris and Me.Land, are more confident and take initiatives to get past the current situation. Coronavirus brings André to bankruptcy The...
Dealing with a decreasing demand and a rather uncertain outlook. Things are like that for Pittards too, as 2020 looks quite problematic. The British tanning and leather goods group made public data and figures about 2019, along with their outlook for this year. “The new year has begun with a downturn in demand”, commented President […]
In the end, 2019 was not an easy year. In the meantime, Coronavirus, whose impact is still unpredictable, is about to affect the next months to come. US raw hides and skins fear CRV outbreak now. LHCA (Leather & Hides Council of America), the association representing traders and tanners in the USA, put the matter […]
The lockdown order, or mandatory shutdown of operations, still hadn’t arrived. But CRV is causing stress for both Germany and Sweden. Operators in both countries are having issues relating to their national and international supply chain partners. Local governments are undecisive, as shown by the difficulties in providing tools to assist with employees and business […]
