A dualism that doesn’t exist
Vegan marketing is coming to the four wheel industry too: the goal is to absorb electric cars into its idea of sustainability. But the market is far more complex than propaganda
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It belongs here
All those that believe that the new auto market, the one of hybrid and electric cars, is leather free, is largely mistaken. Green and synthetic aren’t synonyms, warn tanners. While regardless of what is said by polemicists, leather’s sustainability is a fact
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4 x 4
The boundary is quite fleeting. In certain cases, it doesn’t even exist anymore. For cars, fashion and accessories the word of order is contamination. And these examples tell it In a particularly significant way
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The (fundamental) importance of a nuance
It’s “the type of thing that makes a vehicle different”. What this “thing” is and why it has this type of power, is explained by somebody that knows a lot about car interiors (as James Bond can confirm)
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UPHOLSTERY GEOGRAPHY | 80 billion worth of good reasons
How much is produced and where. What market and preference trends are present. around the world of upholstery, in collaboration with CSIL
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LEATHER DESIGN WEEK | Direct object
Luxury brands and tanneries. Upholstery and furnishing accessories. Footwear and leather goods. The Milan Design Week, held from April 9 to 14, in its frenetic multiplication of events and exhibition spaces that, from Fieramilano Rho, has invaded the whole city, has placed, perhaps more than ever, leather in the role of privileged “object” of the action of an infinite number of players. Which have made it the tool for enhancing their creative choices. In these pages (before going into a consideration in terms of meaning) we propose a selected and undoubtedly amazing gallery of very exclusive, extremely interesting projects
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LEATHER DESIGN WEEK | Explicit subject
“Leather returns to dress the house with its own personality”. And it does it differently, in a new way, maybe more complicated, but able to communicate to the great public with A renewed adaptability and a flexible modernity. The confirmation comes from the last, oceanic salone/fuorisalone
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THE BOTTEGA VENETA CASE | The moment of truth
A brand that “still has a lot of potential to be used in terms of its offer” and that, from the next winter collections, should show the first Results of its relaunch. Bottega Veneta in the analysis of Flavio Cereda (Jefferies) and Mario Ortelli (Ortelli & Co)
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PORTUGUESE LEATHER | Waiting for a better shoe market
Potuguese tanning grew exponentially from 2010, but in 2017 it stopped. The segment finds footwear to be its top client, but the rise of sneakers, along with alternative materials and relocations, make the cycle negative
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LEATHER IN THE NEAR EAST | Jordanian horizons
Amman’s tanning segment has great potential: the availability of raw material. The sector is lively and hungry for more. But in order to use its full potential it still has a long way to go
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LEATHER IN THE NEAR EAST | Hebron’s leather
The double-edged relationship with Israel: good for business but limiting due to bureaucracy. Turkish and Chinese competition. What the Palestinian chain needs. And what could live without
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REVVED UP LIVESTOCK SEGMENT | Meat consumption train
Meat consumption in Africa is destined to increase. But production of bovine and ovine livestock is, for the most part, small and not structured, unable to keep up with the trend. This is the part of the market that South Africa wants to cover
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RAW SIGNS | Going back to the past
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Uber Air, a flying cab with leather interiors, is ready to take off soon
Uber are ready to take off: planes will have leather interiors. Last week on Tuesday, during a conference held at the Uber Elevate Summit, an annual event fully dedicated to the future of flying vehicles, on its third edition, the company, headquartered in San Francisco, announced the forthcoming launch of a new taxi service: namely, […]
2019 luxury revenues to exceed 270 billion euros, predict Bain&Co/Altagamma
In 2019, luxury global turnover is bound to exceed 270 billion euros: leather goods and footwear, most of all, will be driving sales. Such are the estimated figures emerging from the Altagamma (High End) Monitor over the worldwide markets, carried out by Bain&Co together with Altagamma Consensus 2019. Throughout 2018, luxury items overall turnover reached […]
Inside Birkenstock backstage: here leather undergoes special processing
For the very first time, Birkenstock let visitors get in and see two, out of five, of their manufacturing plants. Over the last five years, the German company, which currently hires 4,253 employees, that is 25% of Germany’s whole footwear industry, enjoyed a considerable boost: in fact, their business increased by around 20% on average. […]
Lineapelle and UNIC in Stockholm: StoryTechTelling hits the target
First Shanghai, on Thursday 30 May. Then Madrid, on Thursday 6 June. Finally, yesterday, a journey off to Sweden, which proved to be meaningful for a number of various reasons. At the Embassy of Italy in Stockholm, Lineapelle and UNIC – Italian Tanneries (supported by ITA – Italian Trade Agency) held the third and last […]
Corichem to build a new pavilion while aiming to redouble manufacturing capacity
Corichem are about to carry out a few relevant investments. The company, headquartered in Sarego, in the province of Vicenza, is a leading manufacturer of chemical solutions in the leather tanning industry: they are now expanding their own manufacturing site to meet the market growing demand. “Our new pavilion, which will extend across 7,000 square […]
USA raw hides and skins slump in 2019 as revenues drop by 23.6% in the first 4 months
In the first 4 months of 2019, exports of US raw hides and skins have been decreasing by 13.5%, in terms of volumes, and by 23.6% in terms of value (that is, -435.3 million dollars). Flicking through data provided and made public by USHSLA (the United States Hide, Skin and Leather Association), one can see […]
Zimbabwe: millions (including European ones) are coming to relaunch Cold Storage Company
The re-launch of Zimbabwe’s meat/leather industry will go from English and Dutch hands. The British company Boustead Beef, in fact, has announced its entry into the management of Cold Storage Company (CSC), a local company partially controlled by the State that, until about 20 years ago, was the largest national player in the sector and […]
