Glory days for leather, at 1930 Football World Cup. In fact, in the prestigious world championship first edition, the ball was a leather tanning artwork: framework, manufactured in Argentina, was made with leather, while inner tube was made with porcine material and main seams had a leather small lace. As the following editions went on, […]
Italian leather actually cares about sustainability: “We look at sustainability while implementing our work”. During 2018 UNIC – Italian Tanneries general meeting, President Gianni Russo (in the picture), also in charge of Russo di Casandrino, remarked that firmly. And he is fully entitled to it of course. “Italian tanneries invest, on average, over 4% of […]
Good news for Italy’s tanning industry: in 2017, the overall leather manufacturing increased by 6.1% compared to the year before (129 million square metres of finished leather and 11,000 tons of leather sole). In addition to volumes, earnings went up as well (+1.8%, that is, 5.1 billion euros). Good news from overseas markets as well, […]
“Quality is a topical issue that concerns the whole industry. We are working on it to find a suitable solution. In cooperation with Cotance, the European confederation of national tanning associations, we are currently developing a project, based in Spain, to tackle the quality deteriorating of sheep leather”. Gianni Russo, President of Russo di Casandrino […]
Today is going to be the final day of Pitti Uomo exhibition, in Florence. Attendance of visitors is estimated to line up with the previous edition, held one year ago: around 30,000 visitors, of whom 19,400 buyers. Such forecast hangs on figures downloaded in the middle of the event, according to which most buyers are […]
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 […]
