And so it’s here: an in-crisis Burberry changes CEO. The British luxury brand has appointed Joshua Schulman as its new CEO. He will take over, effective immediately, from Jonathan Akeroyd, who is leaving the company with a mutual agreement with the board. Burberry also reported retail sales for its first quarter 2024 (April-June): £458 million, […]
Winds of aggregation are blowing in the international leather industry. In Italy, Feltre, a tanning technology specialist based in Montorso Vicentino (Vicenza) has acquired a significant stake in Wega (Arzignano). In the USA, Tannin Corporation took over the historic greasing manufacturer Whittemore-Wright. Feltre in the capital of Wega The all-Venetian partnership between Feltre and Wega...
Between Los Angeles and San Martino Buon Albergo (Verona). That’s the reach of the brand HTC-Hollywood Trading Company, founded in California by Zip Stevenson to breathe new life into American vintage. Zipper then met Verona-based Andrea Brà, resulting in a collaboration that is still vibrant today. Californian inspiration but products made in Italy, with leather...
Inspired by South Pacific wicker baskets and Japanese bamboo weaving, Dragon Diffusion has transformed a handcrafted product into a luxury object. The Belgian brand has been creating bags, small leather goods and belts for 15 years now, using a handcrafted technique developed in India. For the bags, it uses wooden shapes around which it develops...
The investment in the new brand identity goes beyond purely graphic or aesthetic aspects. It represents, explains chairman Chiara Mastrotto, “a commitment to sustainable innovation that goes hand in hand with uncompromising quality”. This is why Gruppo Mastrotto is keen to shine the spotlight on the website redesign and logo restyling, which were presented on […]
It took Prada and Ferragamo to explain a simple concept to the general public: leather is green and circular because it consists in upcycling a food industry waste. During the fifth edition of RCS Academy business school’s Fashion & Luxury Talk (July 11), first Lorenzo Bertelli, head of sustainability at Prada Group, then Davide Triacca, […]
The Vietnamese leather supply chain needs to invest in sustainability, because the opportunities to intercept the market share that China is losing are present. But to meet the expectations of European and North American customers now requires greater product and process quality. And, in this regard, Italian quality can best assist them in dealing with […]
Never on discount. The product is at the heart of the brand BnGRS business. It is patented, it is made in Italy, it is handcrafted, it made of leather. And since last year, it has been produced in-house. The growth trajectory of the company based in Sant’Ambrogio di Valpolicella (Verona) will continue in 2024. We...
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...
