India’s Council for leather exports claims too optimistically: “We are going up”. They forget about Kanpur disaster though

India’s Council for Leather Exports (CLE), the Indian agency that promotes and supports the leather industry, is placing very good expectations. In fact, they claim that India’s tanning turnover, coming from leather exports, will supposedly increase by 5 to 6% on annual basis. “The business trend kept going well until November – pointed out the […]

UK fashion celebrates the made-in-Italy: “A fundamental partner for sustainability”. Burberry thanks Italian tanners

UK fashion thanks Italian manufacturing, and Burberry gives thanks to the Italian tanning segment: Without the help of manufacturers based in Italy, her majesty’s fashion industry could not achieve the sustainability goals it has set for itself. This is what emerged from “UK-Italy: Lezioni di Moda Sostenibile” (Teachings for sustainable fashion), conference that is organized […]

Everything goes, Italian leather doesn’t: Bosca’s history, USA-based brand that has been proudly using Italian leather since 1911

“The only thing that hasn’t changed in 108 years is the fact that we purchase Italian leather”. Stating this, (in an interview released to columbusceo.com), is Chris Bosca (in the image taken from daytonadailynews.com), ceo of Bosca, leather goods’ manufacturer with its HQ in Springfield, OH, USA. The company was founded by Italian emigrant Hugo […]

The US Army reforms its boots: “The leather needs to be lighter and softer”. The new models are being tried out for 3 months

Durability, water resistance, shock absorption, ankle support, perspirability.  These are the characteristics required for the new boots for the United States Army. Moreover, the US Army demands the boots to be lighter, more flexible, and that they breathe more: for these reasons, three boots’ suppliers, Altama, McRae Footwear and Belleville BootCompany, need to find leather […]

Vietnam, footwear and accessories close a golden 2018: exports grow in double digits, for a value of 20 billion

2018 comes to an end, bringing positive results for Vietnam’s footwear industry. During the year that just ended, the Asian country exported nearly 11% more than in 2017. Moreover, bags and luggage also performed well on foreign markets. According to data from LEFASO (Vietnam leather, Footwear and Handbag association), the reference association for the sector […]

London men’s fashion week kicks off: fur free and little leather as well

According to tradition, fashion events focused on fall-winter 2019/2020 new trends kicked off in London, as usual. The London Fashion Week went on from 5 till 7 January, ahead of Pitti Uomo, another exhibition event, held in Florence, dedicated to fashion for men (Milan and Paris fashion shows are coming up next). In London they […]

In the commercial war underway, the USA do not raise duties and open to talks. Yet China set barriers to calf skin trade

Donald Trump, the President of the United States of America, summarized the story on Twitter by saying: “Negotiations between the USA and China are going on extremely well!”, including a remarkable exclamation mark. In fact, the USA and China, recently involved in a mutual commercial war that turned upside down international relations throughout 2018, are […]

Honda patent “smart functional leather”, a smart leather to collect and convey information

Allegedly Honda have submitted, at the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the US patent agency, an application for “smart functional leather”. The news has been reported by autoguide.com, an information website fully dedicated to car lovers and fans. According to the magazine, Japan’s car manufacturer has supposedly designed and developed a peculiar material to […]

Zimbabwe partly steps back on leather protectionism, while applying duty concession to export of hides and skins. Just for two years though

Zimbabwe’s government has published, in the national official directory, a newly issued law about duty concession applied to exports of tanning raw hides and skins. Such regulation, which comes after a long and controversial debate over the best possible use of local hides and skins, partly offsets the protectionism policy, implemented in the country. The […]

India’s meat & leather industry argue about duties: the former (raw material) rejects them, the latter (shoes and bags) needs them

India’s meat-leather industry is split while desperately aiming to different scenarios: on the one hand, the former craves for removal of export restrictions; on the other hand, conversely, the latter, at the end of the cluster, begs for preservation of protectionism policies to safeguard its own commercial interests. The first point was taken, last December, […]

Leather goods and training: the French from Longchamps explain how they manage the generational change

In an interview with weekly Paris Match, Longchamp’s production manager, David Burgel, outlined the criteria for admission to the 3 professional qualification centers for leather craftsmen, held in partnership with the French government and the employment agency Pôle Emploi . “The only requirements are talent and motivation, there are no age restrictions or school qualifications” […]

England, the training standards that can guarantee specialized labor to the leather industry have been set: UKLA and brands rejoice

A new training standard for the future manufacturers of the leather industry is now present in England. Giving the news is UK Leather Federation, announcing the approval of the new parameters by the British job training institute (Institute for Apprenticeship). The result finally arrived after two years of efforts by numerous businesses in the leather […]