There is a particular market that has dynamics all its own. Where geopolitics and international economics count for little or nothing. This is the corporate gift market, in which the leather goods company Sapphire from Vimercate (Monza Brianza) is a specialist. Personalised leather products that large companies give as gifts to their employees, customers and...
The tenth edition of Intreccincantiere has its winners. The creative contest, created by Manifattura di Domodossola, and realised with Lineapelle and Gruppo Banco BPM, recognised the merit of the students who tried their hand at creations using weaving (a product so dear to the Piedmontese company). Idrisse Jabri (IES Sixto Marco, Alicante) won the Footwear […]
It’s not possible to render via pixels the liveliness of a show consisting of meetings, anticipations, handshakes and promise. But we will anyway try to make you relive LP London with a selection of shots from the stands and presentations. On 9 July, the Ham Yard Hotel opened its doors to the public attending Lineapelle, as the […]
Does Burberry need to become the Coach of the UK to lift itself up? The strategy of elevating the brand’s positioning is not yielding the desired results. Not even after many years and huge investments. Now the British brand is in the eye of the storm because it may cut hundreds of jobs. Should it,...
Is this the beginning of the end of the slowdown or a flash fire? In the U.S., luxury spending fared “less bad” – improving significantly – in June. Leather goods showed great shape. Or at least says Citi’s Card Insights report, which monitors the spending patterns of more than 10 million U.S. cardholders. Not as...
Born in Switzerland, produced in Italy. That is how the story of the growing success of Scrambler footwear and the Benci Brothers shoe factory was born. The reference entrepreneur is Flaviano Bencivenga (right in the photo), formerly of Navyboot, a company that was sold in 2008 after reaching a turnover of EUR 100 million. After...
Protecting small footwear manufacturers in the Veneto region and local manufacturing traditions. After more than a decade in business, this is still the mission of Alberto Gregorelli, who founded Iza Boa in Verona in 2012. The brand impressed Giacomo Scaglia, owner of Wage Italia (a Milan-based company that manages the manufacturing and distribution licenses for...
“Young brands struggle to find space in the Italian market”. So says Alberto Olivero, 32 (pictured), who founded the eponymous leather goods brand in 2022, and whose design is inspired by the automotive industry. A statement that does not shake the confidence of the designer at the helm of the company based in Sommariva del...
He chose them, loved them and has never abandoned them. That’s why the Adidas 11 PRO football boots are now called TK PRO. The German sportswear company has dedicated to German champion Toni Kroos, who has just played his last tournament with the national team before retiring, the footwear with which he has played continuously […]
The future, for Lineapelle, is a habit more than a mission. It is written for its business to open the doors to style trends in materials and accessories a season in advance of the finished product. But that is not enough. Lineapelle has always imagined the future for those who are to be the creative […]
From vegan materials to leather. And from a Singapore niche to the quality guaranteed by the LVMH galaxy. The leather goods brand Aupen was born at the end of 2022, but has already gone through several revolutions. It quickly went viral on TikTok because its bags were photographed on the arms of prominent celebrities. And...
Confindustria Moda expects a challenging 2024. Very challenging. Numbers from the leather and accessory supply chain in the first quarter showcase the industry’s slowdown, and the common feeling is that the second quarter went worse. In fact, pending official data, only 1 in 10 entrepreneurs expect an improvement in the period (April to June). “September...
ICEC has been working for years and years on traceability schemes, and more importantly, continues to work on them. The subject remains dynamic, as director Sabrina Frontini explained during the July 4th webinar, and it requires continuous updates to follow both technological and market evolutions. And let’s not forget regulatory ones: the implementation of the […]
Protecting privacy and health with a diamond fiber. This is the uniqueness of Ferronato accessories, a Swiss brand with Italian origin. The brand is part of Ferronato KGS Group, a holding company founded in 1906 and specialized in metallic fabrics for industrial applications. This leather goods’ line is made in Italy and incorporates shielding from...
Portugal’s footwear segment has Italy as its benchmark in luxury. Not only that: it wants to nibble market share from it through more competitive pricing. “We definitely want to reduce the gap with Italy by raising the quality of our production and changing our mentality”, Paulo Martins (in photo), CEO of Lusitanian shoe manufacturer Celita...
What you can see in the photo is the reconstruction of a military sandal from Roman times. It comes from the Bavarian State Office for Monument Protection, whose researchers analysed a recent find in Bavaria. It is a leather sole dating back at least 2,000 years and characterised by a very significant detail and it […]
With the double appointment in London and New York, Lineapelle opens its new trade fair season, culminating with the Milan event in September. The first appointment is Tuesday, 9 July 2024, at the Ham Yard Hotel, in the heart of the City. The second is scheduled for Wednesday, July 17 and Thursday, July 18, at […]
LVMH and Richemont are still the focus of investors’ attention. A few days ago, LVMH boss Bernard Arnault bought shares in the Swiss conglomerate. An act that has, inevitably, triggered speculation about a possible deal between the two luxury superpowers. Which – and herein lies the renewed interest in them – are now announcing changes...
hat’s edutainment. We are in Spoleto, for the 67th edition of the Festival dei Due Mondi (The Two Worlds Festival, ed.), a historic kermesse on the Italian cultural scene. An event that, from 28 June to 14 July, tackles – as per its mission – an artistic interpretation of research and avant-garde with regard to […]
The luxury segment hits the brakes and Italian leather goods production plummets. A boom in requests for Redundancy Fund, with the record in the last 15 years. Leather goods starts 2024 in reverse. Economic indicators for the first quarter of this year are all negative. It’s a real “Italian alert”, because the outlook is not...
