Double Asian event, with the presence of Italian exhibitors, and organised by Lineapelle and UNIC / UNAC. Tokyo Leather Fair, which took place on May 25 and 26, was the first event showcasing the summer trends in 2018. Feedbacks were good, albeit confined to a stable but narrow niche. Attendees showed a keen interest in […]
It was an edition for debutants. This year FFANY (May 31 – June 2), the Midwest and New York quarterly event dedicated to middle priced and high-end footwear, saw delegations from India and Ethiopia. “Manufacturing is a high standard and technology tends to increase the quality of tanning,” commented CLE (Council for Leather Exports). Across […]
The recent ban on cattle trade to the previous provisions on the slaughter taken in Uttar Pradesh and other key states, the Indian meat chain risks paralysis. The leather chain paradoxically has to resort to the supply of tannery raw material from abroad. It is the alarm launched by the Calcutta district tanneries association that, […]
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“Pulse of Fashion 2017” (published by Global Fashion Agenda and The Boston Consulting Group) coined the word “leathery”. Unfortunately, the new name unveiled at the Copenhagen Fashion Summit did not impress us. The authors of the study argue – with a controversial method already detailed in the number “La Conceria n. 19 “- that natural […]
The Indian leather chain risks a paralysis due to the Animal Cruelty Prevention Regulation issued by the New Delhi Government on May 26. The new provisions stipulate that cattle (cow, bull, ox, buffalo and calves) can exclusively be sold in farms to ensure the traceability of the product. Indian meat and leather associations, which in […]
The Russians are returning to buy luxury goods, but they will do so in the shops of their cities, abandoning the trip to shopping capital. According to Deloitte, sales of luxury goods increased by 8% in 2016 and this year will increase by at least 11%. In addition to preferences, there are accessories, textiles and […]
The Busenitz Pro Horween is now being distributed, under the Adidas brand. It is the first skateboarding sneaker with uppers in bison leather. And it is also fruit of the partnership between the German company and the most prestigious American tannery, Horween Leather, founded in Chicago in 1905. Historically, Horween is known for having been […]
The design may already be presented as early as this year. And according to Bentley, the interiors will be as beautiful as leather interiors. But instead they will be materials made from mushrooms, jellyfish and other things. Using a label which, especially nowadays, is currying great favour with those in the marketing world, they will […]
The faith of former CEO of Porsche, Wendelin Wiedeking in the footwear sector is so strong that he has invested “several million euro” in the young company from Berlin, Shoepassion. Founded in 2008 by Tim Keding and Henry Bökemeier, Shoepassion is a brand specialised in traditional leather accessories: footwear, gloves, belts and luggage. The Porsche […]
There has been a growth in leather products sales whereas profits have dropped. While has been an increase of 15% and revenues exceeding just a billion pounds, accessories have increasingly become Burberry’s strength. The same top management recognised “leather products” as a key factor, an element shown by the “overcoming” of two-digit growth in stock […]
Cotance (the European Federation of National Tanning Associations) and “industriAll” (federation of trade union organisations) are aiming at checking current levels of attention and practices for the health and safety of workplaces in tanneries; and updating the tools for evaluation and certification by companies. The Project Steering Committee, which met on May 11 in Paris […]
In 1908 William Pearce opened a tannery in Northampton specialising in relief prints to recreate the effect of exotic skins (snake, crocodile, ostrich and lizard) on cow leather. A florid activity started in a modest building and then moved to an Art Deco palace. In 2003, Michael Pearson, then William’s CEO and the founder grand […]
Data provided by USHSLA, US Holders Association, on trends in the first quarter of 2017, captures a two-speed trend in values. Salted leather with salt grew double-digit: by 17% in volume (3.8 million units) and 19% in value (380 million dollars). On the other hand, wet blue is in a negative area, with a performance […]
The export of Indian leather has a negative trend. According to the Council for Leather Exports (CLE), between 2016 and February 2017, the total exports of leather dropped by 4.12%. In the fiscal year of 2017, the equivalent value of exports was $ 5.1 billion, or 1.4% lower than the same period of the previous […]
In the first nine months of the 2016-2017 fiscal year, Bengalese exports of leather fell 4.7% in value, moving from a turnover of $ 211 million a year earlier to the current 201 according to the ‘Export Promotion Bureau (Bangladesh Export Promotion Bureau). The agency identifies the primary cause of the slowdown in the slow […]
A gang of 7 people including a Chinese citizen, who was the brains behind this illegal practice was arrested in Karachi in late April. The authorities seized 592 packs containing more than 4,700 donkey leather from the Lahore area and ready to be smuggled across the border. The value of the goods, according to the […]
“Leather is one of the furniture materials on which it has been invested more in research and development. It has become the star of the interior design of marine equipment, thanks to techniques so advanced that he does not put any limits on use” commented Roberta Mantellassi, owner of the well-known furniture company Mantellassi 1926, […]
The European Alliance for the Leather Goods Industry (ELGA) was set up on 27 April in Brussels. It will be a body that finds collective responses to the problems of European leather goods by promoting the wealth of knowledge and the innovation scope of the sector, defending it from the threat of counterfeiting , and […]
Coach has signed the agreement to acquire Kate Spade. The total transaction value is of 2.4 billion of dollars. Victor Luis, CEO of Coach, says “through this acquisition we will create the first New York based house of modern luxury lifestyle brands”. Furthermore, the US leather giant would be interested in Jimmy Choo, a brand […]
