The United States close a challenging 2018, and start the new year with a new-found strength in Chinese demand (but for how long?). All the issues and challenges of a time-period that is hard to interpret, according to Francesco Matelli
The global market which is going to show up at Lineapelle96, scheduled on Wednesday, February 20, the day after tomorrow, is currently facing a difficult situation, quite lacklustre. Such scenario demands for the opening of new potential opportunities rather than solutions. The most important business experience in the global leather industry is ready to open […]
Save the date: Thursday, February 21, from 2pm to 4.30pm. Anyone who is going to turn up at Lineapelle, scheduled next week, at Fieramilano Rho, had better save the date and time. Visitors will therefore be given the opportunity to attend a workshop, “Italian Leather Circularity – Total Sustainability”, arranged by UNIC – Italian Tanneries, […]
The event took place on September 12-14 in its traditional venue, located at Paris Nord Villepinte. Around 240 exhibitors, about half of whom were Italians, participated in the fair. The exhibition, which closed its stands a few days ago, highlighted some trend factors to be considered, though it is not big news in the end. […]
“When we look at leather articles supply, we still observe some gaps. This is the sector we are most actively working on. We consider some opportunities simply because it makes sense”. Such are the remarks François-Henri Pinault, chief executive officer of Kering, pointed out, earlier this week, while presenting the annual accomplishments achieved by the […]
From clothing to footwear, the world of formal elegance is adjusting to changing trends. Strict categories, such as work and leisure, are progressively getting looser; consequently, customers look for a suitable mix between elegance and comfort. Looks like a must to some extent. In other words, the best outfit is supposed to be appropriate both […]
“Our research studies made us aware of the fact that many customers believe that leather, since it is a luxury material, is bulletproof. It is not like that though”. Cheryl Sigmon, sales and marketing manager of Bradington-Young, illustrates the reasons that urged the furniture manufacturer to carry out new initiatives in the US market. Starting […]
The new leather district, based in Robiki, strongly fostered by Egypt’s government to remove ancient tanneries, formerly located in the centre of Cairo, and relocate them in a new manufacturing cluster, may now take advantage of a strategic partner: China. Over the last month, Chinese companies have announced the implementation of two projects in Robiki. […]
If emissions of stink do not stop, tannery will have to pay a fine. The story takes place in The Netherlands, more specifically in the municipality of Oost Geire, a small town on the border with Germany: here Bart Porskamp, a council member of the Dutch municipality, may possibly take tangible action against Rompa Leather. […]
I love Italian leather. Tommy Hilfiger and wife, Dee Ocleppo, arrived at Micam (in photo) yesterday, to meet their buyers inside the stand filled by handbags and shoes, that carry the name of Dee Ocleppo. The products are all made in Italy: handbags are manufactured by leather goods’ producer Paolo Bianchi of Frattamaggiore, while the […]
Cristiano Ronaldo is once again under fashion’s spotlight. And his return has everything to do with leather. The new collections will be presented this afternoon, during an exclusive party inside Terrazza Martini in Milan, and will include the collection of footwear and accessories created by the Portuguese champion for his brand CR7. The capsule collection […]
With the signing of their partnership, announced on January 24th, Under Armour and Virgin Galactic, sub-orbital flights’ division of the airline founded by Richard Branson in 2010, the two entities have created a new branch of fashion: spacewear. Of course, how to dress and accessories astronauts is something as old as astronautics. But the US-based […]
The government of Western Bengala gave designated land to the first 12 tanneries, moving from Kanpur’s tanning district, that requested to build their new production sites. According to The Times of India, about 100 businesses in Uttar Pradesh are waiting for authorization to build new plants in the Calcutta region. The news isn’t shocking: the […]
Two Italian companies are assisting social development in Tanzania. With leather at the centre of it all. Karanga Leather Industry (KLIK) has underwritten a collaboration agreement with Toscana Macchine Calzature (TMC), historical footwear company, and Italprogetti, Tuscany-based business that develops innovative solutions and technologies for the tanning segment, with the goal of increasing the capacity […]
The prize The Research Commission of IULTCS (International Union of Leather Technologists and Chemists Societies) has announced the winners of the 2018 edition of the Young Leather Scientist Awards, a prize awarded to young researchers engaged in the study of new technologies for leather processing. There were two awards: one for basic research and the […]
Good news from Italy for Hermès, whose business is speeding up: in 2018, the brand’s revenues nearly amounted to 6 billion euros (5.966 billion euros for the record), therefore considerably increasing by 7.5% at current rates of exchange and by 10.4% at fixed rates of exchange. How about 2019 forecast? The group also achieved a […]
Will they ever stop? Sounds like a platitude. Necessary though. In fact, yesterday Hermès, the French luxury giant, announced they started up a plan to build a new manufacturing plant, the umpteenth one. The fashion house is expected to open their new factory by 2021, in Louviers, a small town located in Normandy, about one […]
Still we do not know the results of the analysis campaign, inside an experimental project, focused on Italian tanneries’ sewage. Yet UNIC – Italian Tanneries began telling about the first positive feedback coming from a valuable cooperation project recently carried out with ZDHC. They spoke about the initiative before about 300 entrepreneurs and managers, gathered, […]
Detecting the digital profiles required by Europe’s fashion industry, pinpointing overall skills and expertise and fully understand demand for professional training. That applies to all the main players of the business industry, namely textile & apparel, footwear and leather tanning. Aiming at such goals, they launched the Digital Textile Clothing Leather Footwear Industries project, promoted […]
In the next 5 years Europe’s fashion industry will recruit around 1,000 leather technologists, that is, some professionals with digital skills and expertise, to actively work in a complex and digitized cluster. In addition to that, in the next 5 years the industries of leather tanning, footwear and textile-clothing are going to hire over 40,000 […]
