It is a real Manifesto of Intent, and it concerns Business for People and Society. It is being drafted by UN Global Compact Network Italy, a local network of the UN Global Compact (one ofthe world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative). Among its signatories, as of today, is the Veneto tanning group Dani. Dani signs the […]
On a year-on-year basis, the decrease in turnover in the first quarter of 2024 is 6.38%. But compared to the November-January 2023 period, there is a 5% growth. This is why Pasubio Leather, Vicenza-based tanning group with a particular focus on automotive leather, is pleased with “the resilience of the group despite the reduction of […]
Super-luxury fashion is not faltering. Haute couture has (or is itself) an antivirus to the crisis and seems unconcerned about what is happening around it. “Globally, haute couture is doing well”, says Sidney Toledano, president of the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture, on the eve of Paris Couture Week, scheduled for 24-27 June. The...
“2023 was a boom year. At the beginning of 2024, we thought we would drop a bit, but for now we are keeping up the pace, in fact we have grown”. These statements make headlines on their own, all the more so when they are made by a Tuscan leather goods manufacturer, Boldrini Selleria, a...
Gucci‘s second men’s collection designed by Sabato De Sarno was shown at the Milan Triennale on Monday, 17 June 2024. A location chosen to pay homage to the Italian creative tradition, that unites the museum and the brand. All this, creating a conversion dynamic between craftsmanship, innovation and aesthetic refinement. De Sarno’s new proof (which...
Louis Vuitton opened Paris Fashion Week (18-23 June) on Tuesday, with a mammoth show. In the House of UNESCO, the pacifist anthem of Pharrell Williams, creative director of the French brand’s men’s lines, was on stage (in the photo, from the fashion show video that you can watch here). Le Monde Est à Vous: this […]
In Milan, the Men fashion show (on the calendar from 14 to 18 June) straddled past and future, with one constant: the freedom to dress without rules. It’s showtime at Moschino. Creative director Adrian Appiolaza brings to the catwalk a collection that reinterprets the brand’s iconic pieces in an ironic – without nostalgia – key....
Estimates for the full year are still as they were in November: +4% (+6% in the optimistic scenario) for EUR 385 billion in turnover. But, meanwhile, 2024 has started badly. According to the Altagamma-Bain Market Monitor update, sales of personal goods fell by 1-3% at current rates in the first quarter. While there is no...
Consumers are more careful to the product: they are no longer satisfied with “the media narrative proposed by a brand”. This was stated to Corriere della Sera by Giuseppe Santoni, executive chairman of the company Santoni, founded by his father Andrea in 1975. For the Marche-based footwear entrepreneur, 2024 is not and will not be...
New license and factory for Asso. The footwear company founded in Fermo in 1987 announced that it has signed a three-year license agreement for footwear (men’s, women’s and children’s) with the Ferrè brand. The debut collection will be the spring/summer 2025 season. Thus, the expansion path continues, after the company started working with Balducci...
ICEC’s 23/24 business year closes with growth. From June 2023 to May 2024, the number of certified companies increased by 15% year-on-year, while the number of issued certifications increased by 20%. On this basis, the leading certification body in the leather area, which held a session in Milan on June 13th for its board meeting […]
If everything, a slowdown is underway, but not a widespread crisis. This is what emerged from the 106th edition of Pitti Uomo, which started on Tuesday 11 June and closed on the 14th. The Florentine fair highlighted companies in the premium and luxury segment that are not only holding out, but growing. On the one...
There is more Italy in D.A.T.E. sneakers. The Tuscan brand, born in 2005 and names after the 4 founders Damiano, Alessandro, Tommaso, Emiliano, began to diversify production before the pandemic. Covid simply accelerated the process. Vietnam used to absorb 100% of production, but now the made-in-Italy portion is worth 30% of total production, with the...
Pantofola d’Oro strengthens its supply chain by acquiring its manufacturer, the Costa shoe factory in Porto Sant’Elpidio (Fermo). A historic family-run business with 18 employees. “In this way we have retained skills,” explains Kim Williams, CEO of the brand born in 1886 in Ascoli Piceno. At her booth at Pitti Uomo, Williams (pictured) told us...
Cuoio di Toscana accompanied Marine Serre‘s debut as Guest Designer at Pitti Uomo 106. The Consortium supported the French designer for her fashion show on 12 June in Fiesole, just outside Florence. At the centre of the collaboration was a special passport cover (pictured) that served as an invitation to the fashion show. A leather […]
A call for “coopetition” in the leather supply chain, the merger of cooperation and competition consists in the message launched on June 13th, from Montelupo Fiorentino (Florence) during round table “Sustainability Last Call. The leather supply chain responds.” The initiative was organized by tanning chemicals company FGL International (Castelfranco di Sotto), which is part of...
The ribbon cutting is scheduled for June 28th. On the date an industrial hub dedicated to processing the meat of camelids (such as alpacas or llamas), with an adjoining tannery for processing the hides, will begin activities in Turco, Bolivia. The investment shows the growing South American interest in the all-round products and by-products of […]
Resilience is the only thing that matters. But without public support for investment, the crisis will be complex to manage. That’s the summary of the current situation, according to Assomac, the association representing Italian manufacturers in the footwear, leather goods and tannery technology supply chain. 2023 went well in terms of exports, but the data...
Picketing in shops, farces at fashion weeks, smear campaigns on social and media. To all this we are now accustomed. But the violence that has been unleashed against Marc Jacobs, his team and his employees represents a dangerous leap forward. Because a no-fur organisation (which we won’t mention so as not to give them further […]
The Court of Milan placed Manufactures Dior in receivership to re-establish control over its supply chains. The investigators confirmed that the operational offshoot of Dior Italia was unable to prevent the maison’s contracts or subcontracts from ending up in processing at Chinese-run leather goods factories that had failed in more than one respect. This measure...
