The conclusions of a complex 2018. The possible developments of 2019, which doesn’t seem to be destined to be the year that cancels doubts and concerns. The annual ICT (International Council of Tanners) convention took place today in Hong Kong, and it created a round table at which all the main tanning associations of the […]
The French leather chain exports goods worth 11,7 billion euro in 2018 (+10%). Foreign purchases, on the other hand, lose 8% (10.7 billion): for the first time, the French balance of trade for the segment is positive. What changed? Internal demand was down at the same time that consumers turned to less expensive goods, while […]
A tool to photograph the social and environmental commitment of the European tanning industry, as well as to trace the progress made from 2012 to date. The path to get to the second edition of the European Social and Environmental Report, a program funded by the European Commission and coordinated by Cotance, the association that […]
The Vietnamese tanning industry expands and, in some measure, involves Italy in the process. On March 8th, 2019, the PrimeAsia group inauguarated its new production site located in the Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, in the south of the country, where high-end machinery manufactured by Officine di Cartigliano, Erretre, Bauce, Huni e Feltre were installed, with […]
“Parma calfskin has arrived as far as Washington”. It is with pride and amazement that the owners of Conceria Incas (Castelfranco di Sotto) tell how their finest leather was chosen by the White House to bind precious books, invitations and caskets. The Parma article, a certified and registered product, entered the White House a few […]
Gruppo Finco, based in Bassano del Grappa (near Vicenza) invests in the United Kingdom. The enterprise, tied to Sace Simest, the Italian export and innovation cluster connected to Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, tanning holding based in Veneto managed by Bernardo Finco, has obtained financing to renew the technology inside HH tannery. The business is based […]
In India the revenge of the “untouchables” goes through leather. The Chamar community, formed by the last in the Hindu social pyramid, gathers the workers of the leather supply chain. Basically, the employees of tanneries or the producers of items such as bags and shoes: the upper castes do not get their hands dirty with […]
“2018 turned out to be positive, yet 2019 will go even better”. Mark Langer, chief executive officer of Hugo Boss, is optimistic about the future, considering 2018 rewarding financial statements. At the end of the past year, global revenues amounted to 2,196 billion euros (+2% compared to 2017 at current rates of exchange, +4% at […]
Italy’s fashion system is one of the propellers of domestic economy, and leather industry is one of its crown jewels. On March 5, at the Senate, in the Koch hall, they held the presentation of Lo Stato della Moda (The Fashion State), a publication promoted by Confindustria Moda. During the event, arranged by the working […]
The goal is simple: to tell, in the noblest sense of the word, the excellence of Italian leather. And to do so in a particularly stimulating context regarding a “future” approach.On Monday 11 and Tuesday 12 March, Lineapelle is going to be in Seoul to be the protagonist of the #sharinginnovation event. The program for […]
“We follow the fashion trends, but Lumberjack is leather. The focus in the collections is leather and our iconic products are made of leather”. The new country director of Lumberjack Erkan Emre, recently arrived in Treviso, in the Italian headquarters of the company controlled by the Turkish group Ziylan, has it all figured out. The […]
In the United States, bovine livestock slightly go up in number: at the beginning of 2019, they have reached 94.8 million units, including calves. As for animals intended for fattening (14.4 million units), they have been increasing more remarkably (+2%). Such data, reported by leatherbiz.com, hang on estimates provided by USDA, the United States Department […]
Argentina’s exports of bovine meat have been increasing, yet exports of leather keep running steadily. The national Institute of Statistics (INDEC), headquartered in Buenos Aires, has recently made public a few data about Argentina’s exports: according to such figures, throughout 2018 Argentina’s exports of bovine meat amounted to 3 billion dollars overall (that is, 2.7 […]
The new free-trade policy imposed by President Macri has had cross effects on Argentinian leather industry. To begin with, it has hit companies, which are facing the recession of domestic sales and, at the same time, increasing management costs: “Small and medium-sized enterprises are dealing with an appalling situation: many of them are striving hard […]
One hundred exemplars, each one assembled by hand by the artisans of the historic Mulliner car body. A rich series of details able to make any collector of luxury cars pale. It’s the new Bentley Continental GT Number 9 Edition, a custom-built model by the British company created to celebrate its 100th anniversary, which will […]
According to Canadian news outlets, the news that broke regarding the receivership of Erwyn Hymer Group’s North American division was a surprise for everyone. The company, division of the European caravans’ group, fired 100 employees at the half of January 2019, all while news broke of alleged financial irregularities by the group’s management (which led […]
USA and China are one step away from an armistice. Wall Street Journal writes that negotiations are so far forward that at the meeting taking place on March 27th, when the counterparts will meet again in Florida, could be the one to get the presidents’ signatures on a new trade agreement. The deal would mean...
There is more than just the alligator by-products chain at risk: the continuity of bio-medical research based on the animal is at risk, and the specie’s conservation program is fighting for survival as well. California is close to placing a ban on the commerce of alligator leather and other parts, and many of the players […]
The brand is going under watrer, the Qatari royals have decide to discard it. Mayhoola for Investments fund, owned by the royal family of Qatar, has put on sale the British luxury bags brand Anya Hindmarch which in 2017, according to Business of Fashion, lost 28.2 million pounds and recorded a revenue decrease of 10% […]
2019 has big news and ambitious goals in store for Balmain and Alexander McQueen Balmain The French fashion house, controlled by Mayhoola for Investments, the fund owned by Royals of Qatar, intends to triple the revenues in the medium term starting from a turnover that in 2018 should be between 180 and 185 million euros. […]
