Prada is not for sale: the next generation of managers is gearing up. The news comes from Valvigna, based in the municipality of Terranuova Bracciolini, in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany, where Prada fashion house have just inaugurated a garden-factory designed by architect Guido Canali. “Lorenzo, my son, is getting ready to be in charge […]
Mulberry are speeding up in Asia to offset losses in the United Kingdom. The British luxury leather goods brand closed their financial year on March 31: overall revenues increased by 1%, therefore going up to 169.7 million pounds (193 million Euros). Profits, before tax, went down to 6.9 million pounds (7.83 million Euros), therefore dropping […]
That is true: you can make everything with leather. As further evidence, Hender Scheme, a Japanese footwear and accessories label, came up with a new creation that shows and proves the multiple applications of leather: they made a leather jigsaw puzzle. Two variations are available, in 108-piece or 300-piece respectively. Starting from June, customers may […]
Lancel’s transfer has come true at last. Swiss luxury Richemont holding announced they eventually sold Lancel to Emilian Piquadro. In the short release they issued to make public the transaction deal, the Swiss group firmly state that such agreement will not affect, to a relevant extent, their capital assets nor their cash flow. They expect, […]
The venue was one of the most elegant in Paris: namely, Hôtel de la Rochefoucald-Doudeauville, which hosts, for the records, the Italian Embassy. On June 7th, in such ideal location, it took place a special meeting event: over 80 people, among fashion designers, young designers, fashion brand product managers and representatives of fashion academies, gathered […]
In 2018, they need to gear up to tackle current issues. In 2019, Cotance are going to celebrate their 50th anniversary, while aiming, with stronger and gritty determination, to “give leather what belongs to leather”. During their latest general meeting, the European confederation of national leather tanning associations appointed the new president (Austrian Andreas Kindermann, […]
When a customer and a salesperson meet, in a premium car exhibition, they are most likely to talk, among other things, about “leather” and “technology”. Likewise, when designers and managers, who work together in a manufacturing company, discuss a new project, they are likely to ask one another: “How many leather units are required? And […]
Russian Miratorg Agribusiness Holding are about to build up a tannery, located in the region of Bryansk, which is due to start working next autumn. The tannery will be a leather supplier for important car manufacturers, such as Porsche, BMW and Mercedes. The alleged news has been reported by Tass press agency, while quoting the […]
Pompeii keeps surprising. The restoration of the ancient tannery, discovered around 1873 under the ruins of the city buried by the eruption of Vesuvius, in 79 A.D., just entered its second phase. UNIC are supporting such restoration, which will bring to the set-up of an open-air museum, available for visitors. Yet, in the recent days, […]
IT IS A REALITY THAT “IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE IN FRANCE”, SAYS KERING. THE NEW ARTLAB OF SCANDICCI, THE “GREATEST INVESTMENT OF OUR HISTORY”, IS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MANUFACTURING CULTURE, THE ITALIAN ONE, WHOSE ARTISTIC INSPIRATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN PRAISED, BUT WHOSE INDUSTRIAL QUALITY IS OFTEN UNDERESTIMATED
Luxury brands did boost their creativity and imagination while choosing locations for their Cruise Collections 2019 fashion shows. Yesterday Gucci presented their Resort Collection, which took place in an old graveyard located on the Promenade Des Alyscamps, in Arles, in the south of France. One more original venue, full of gloomy allure, following the previous […]
Cotance, the European Confederation of national leather tanning associations, held their annual meeting, yesterday in Verona, to renew their presidency appointments. After being in charge for two years, German Thomas Bee (Schafstall Holding GmbH, right in the picture) is going to be replaced by Austrian Andreas Kindermann (on the left, in the picture), who takes […]
Although the past year was less positive than the previous ones, as pointed out by Gabriella Marchioni Bocca (President of Assomac), Italy confirmed its global leadership in the manufacturing of machines for the leather and footwear industry; in contrast, China has been slowing down, therefore losing some ground. Reading through the business trend report issued […]
Since tanneries were forced to close for nine straight days, at least 1 million hides and skins could not be processed. Although the overall situation is about to get back to normality in a week or so, damages might supposedly amount to 1,5 million leather units less. CICB, the association of Brazilian tanners, have drawn […]
South America is being on red alert owing to the critical juncture Alpargatas is currently dealing with. In fact, Brazil’s footwear giant have been remarkably cutting down jobs and productivity for a while at this point. The company has been directly involved in a complex financial deal, which led, last year, to the disinvestment of […]
In July 2016, they had stepped into the company, buying some capital shares. Slightly less than two years later, French Maroquinerie Thomas have entirely bought out Tuscan leather goods manufacturer B&G. As reported by Il Sole 24 Ore, the leather company, based in Lastra a Signa (for the records, they also run a manufacturing plant […]
Lectra multinational corporation have been scheduling their prospective development (along with a budget). In 2015-2016 two year period, they drew up the concept and started up their work focused on Industry 4.0; subsequently, in 2017, they implemented some experimental projects, directed at customers. Now, in 2018, they are introducing their early solutions, while gearing up […]
Richemont are about to create a new role in their own management, as they are going to appoint the Fashion & Accessories unit manager. Starting from next 1stJune, Eric Vallat will first take this brand new position and, as a new member of the company’s executive committee, he will directly report to Jèrôme Lambert, chief […]
The new plant, which extends across 3,500 square metres, is due to start working in a month or so. That is the new factory, built up by Nuti Ivo Group in Santa Croce upon Arno, for leather manufacturing by Nuti Ivo tannery. Top modern and advanced machinery, placed in the plant, will guarantee remarkable energy-saving […]
The leather tanning industry may create over one million jobs and may therefore become the second source of revenue in the country. In Nigeria, they do believe it: during the second edition of the local Leather Fair, which took place in Lagos, experts and professionals explored opportunities for development and innovation in the industry. Over […]
