Colmenero’s adventurous resistance: the football shoes used by Pelè and Bobby Charlton

There is a small laboratory in the heart of Chalco, an old neighborhood in Mexico City, where football is standing still at the time of Pelè. Here Jose Luis Rivera is continuing the tradition passed to him by his father-in-law, David Rivas, along with its leather handmade football shoes’ brand: Colomenero. Rivas made football shoes...

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Louis Vuitton to open third factory in the same town and build their own Scandicci: French luxury recreates the Italian district model

The news needs two different and subsequent interpretations. Let us look at the news story, to begin with. Louis Vuitton started the construction works to open a new leather goods factory in the municipality of Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule (situated in the department of Allier, in the region of Auvergne Rhône-Alpes). The plant, which will extend across 6,000 […]

Tod’s revenues keep going down: 216 million euros, -4.3%. Good news from Roger Vivier and direct retail: “Comforting messages”, says Della Valle  

The first quarter of the year has not been amazing, but not so appalling either. From January to March 2019, Tod’s sales just reached 216.4 million euros. Therefore, they decreased by 4.3% at current rates of exchange and dropped by 5.7% at fixed rates of exchange, slightly below the average expectations of analysts, whose predicted […]

In CHANEL there is still a lot of Lagerfeld: Viard reinterprets the master inserting new elements, also in the iconic bags

What will happen to CHANEL after Karl Lagerfeld? In February, after the disappearance of the couturier, it was the question that everyone, in the fashion world and outside, was asking, even a bit preoccupied. Now everything has been revealed. CHANEL’s Cruise took place in Paris. Without considering the weight that pre-collections now have for luxury […]

Ethiopia, tanners at war with exaggerated protectionist practices: “Duties only favor foreign investments if used this way”

No stimulus for local enterprises and financial policies that favor foreign investors more than local ones. These are the accusations made by local tanners to the Ethiopian government, as reported by local newspaper The Reporter Ethiopia, in an article that reads how a lot of representatives from various companies in the sector have, since Friday, […]

Roche Bobois revenues reach 257 million euros (+5%) in 2018: Cuir Center accounts for 13% of the brand’s turnover, while gearing up for the web

Going on slowly. Successfully though. In 2018, Roche Bobois turnover increased by 5% on annual basis, therefore reaching 257 million euros. The flagship brand of the home furnishings French group accounts for 86% of the company’s turnover, mostly driven by its units based in Europe, the United Kingdom and North America. Cuir Center, whose brand […]

Bangladesh leather tanning workers demand for infrastructures in Savar: over 7,000 job layoffs after the district relocation

Relocation of Bangladeshi tanneries to the new district of Savar has been considerably affecting the national leather industry. First of all, in terms of overall turnover: in fact, the long-standing process to move tanneries away from the old production site, located in Hazaribagh, entailed a disruption of manufacturing activities. Secondly, it undermined employment as well: […]

Destroying unsold goods, Paris studies a law to make it a crime: fast fashion and luxury brands have been warned

Paris (could) declare war to everyone active in the fashion industry, if the brand is caught destroying unsold stocks. In France, as a matter of fact, the government is preparing a law that makes the mentioned process illegal. According to indiscretions published by WWD, Brune Poirson, France’s State Secretary and minister for ecological transition, is...

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If leather is the star: Berluti creates a very special collection for Sotheby’s (that includes a Porche 911)

Fourteen exclusive pieces. And leather as the absolute star. In the spotlight, the collection developed by Berluti for Sotheby’s in view of an exceptional online sale entitled “Berluti: the art of craftmanship”, born precisely from the idea of celebrating the craftsmanship of the LVMH group brand’s craftsmen. There are featured: a leather backpack combined with […]

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Chaos in India: in the midst of elections, tanners call out a “conspiracy” against them

While the elections take place (they started April 11th and will be over on May 19th) and the candidates’ attention seems to reside elsewhere, Uttar Pradesh’s tanners fear a boycott. On the pages of online daily newspaper firstpost.com, the president of Uttar Pradesh Leather Industry Association, Taj Alam, explains he believes there is a “conspiracy” […]