From 2019 to 2021 (without considering 2020 as statistically irrelevant due to lockdowns), work accidents in European tanneries decreased 16%. In Italy we know that from 2003 to today, they dropped 60%. Statistics are useful to better understand the results obtained in terms of workplace safety, and even more so to be able to identify […]
Merging to beat Chinese competition. This is the main objective of the merger between the tanneries Viposa and Vancouros. This is how Viva was born, a Brazilian company with a turnover of around EUR 600 million per year. The announcement comes after five years of negotiations and six joint ventures. The new reality will have...
There is more movement in leather goods than in footwear. The large luxury groups enjoy more tailwind than the independents and, above all, of the players in the lower segments. In the leather market, a chess game is being played: the economic figures are negative and for the tanneries, moving the right pawns, in terms […]
Basic materials, soft nappa more or less thick, leathers with a natural sheen or more “pushed”, fluid, liquid. From naturalness to experimentation, from sporty casual to extreme processing. The trends for the winter season 2024/25 outlined by the Lineapelle Fashion Committee, under the title “Metamorphosi”’, call for a transformation, a change of point of view....
The slowdown was present even at the end of 2022, and it was confirmed during the first half of 2023 on the same basis (inflation, lower demand and geopolitical concerns). Lineapelle’s Market Insights show a complex period for the tanning segment around the world which knows very few exceptions. Italy The main indicators show the first...
Lacking young people in the fashion industry? The competition International Lab of Mittelmoda – The Fashion Award, offers them an important opportunity. “More than 600 young people participated. Only 25 made it to the finals. And these, for us, have the qualification to continue to pursue fashion. Not only to become a future creative director....
The second richest man in the world, LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault, landed in Brindisi last week in his private jet. He paid a visit to the manufacturing operations of Antonio Filograna Sergio‘s Green Seagull Group. Filograna himself told to Nuovo Quotidiano the details of the “welcome visit”. Arnault came to Puglia to see and touch...
[sponsored article] With the approval of the ‘Lei do Couro’ (Leather Law) in January 2022, the issue was taken care of in Portugal. Now APIC (The Portuguese Leather Association representing the tanning industry and the Leather Cluster in Portugal) is ready for international collaborations so that regulations governing the commercial use of the terms leather […]
Shoes and handbags: quantity decreases, revenue increases. What concerns operators is the slowdown experienced during the 2nd quarter of 2023. The number of companies in both segments has decreased, while the total number of people working in them has increased. Of course, fashion brands are influencing the context and third-party manufacturing is “leading” the statistics....
“Made-in-Italy companies of the leather chain, accounting for between 80% and 90% of global fashion goods, are represented by the 4 associations – says Flavio Sciuccati, senior partner of The European House Ambrosetti and director of global fashion unit –. It’s a segment that covers machinery, finished products and tanneries, employing 130,000 people and generating...
Fendi accelerates the bureaucratic process in Tuscany. Louis Vuitton is racing to build the factory in the Marche. Brands do not want to waste any time and need to meet production and logistical requirements. Fendi has reportedly completed the first step in the bureaucratic process to build the industrial complex in Serravalle Pistoiese. The brand...
Fashion shows at Lineapelle Milano (Fiera Milano Rho – 19/21 September 2023). The red carpet is back with the 102 edition of the fair, hosting designers and brands that enhance leather and its most original and creative applications. For the fourth Lineapelle Designers Edition (19/25 September 2023, in conjunction with Milan Fashion Week), 6 brands […]
The rumours were correct: Apple‘s veg turn is real. The Cupertino-based multinational has decided to remove leather accessories (such as iPhone covers and smartwatch straps) from its collections with a view to “sustainability”. And, in confirmation of the fact that for multinationals, marketing strategies are just as important as industrial policies, Apple makes the decision...
Holding Moda bought 4 suppliers. The company controlled by Holding Industriale (HIND) announced the purchase of 4 laboratories already supplying goods to its enterprises. These are: Manifattura Lendinarese, Taglionetto, Elledi and Lanificio Arca. The goal is to vertically integrate the chain even more, but also to widen the service offering for customers and optimize the […]
The performance of the global footwear segment, its criticalities and new opportunities. Just a few days before the opening of UITIC’s 21st Congress, which will bring to Milan some of the most relevant players of the segment, we interviewed Yves Morin. We talk about some of the topics to be discussed from September 19th till...
From 19 to 21 September, 1,330 exhibitors from 47 countries will be the protagonists of Lineapelle 102. Everything is ready, then, for “the exhibition platform capable of defining the horizons of the global fashion, luxury and design supply chain”. An event that kicks off with a rich agenda of contents and proposing, as stated in […]
Three fairs for more than 1,250 brands exhibiting their products will be presented at Fieramilano Rho from 17 to 20 September. There are 1,024 (of which 520 are Italian) exhibitors at Micam, the international trade fair dedicated to footwear. Over 200 are registered for Mipel, the leather goods fair. More than 30 will be on...
Visibility, first of all, because manufacturing companies “are the heart of Italian luxury, but they are not sufficiently known”. But not only visibility because, in the medium term, the MADE campaign systematises the commitment that the OTB group already deploys towards its suppliers and that it still intends to deploy (an example? “accompanying SMEs in...
Adapta launches circular brand Itera. The French startup selling stock from luxury brands and tanneries, has added a new division to its business, after five years of activity. Itera’s products are made with unsold leather. The project’s origin After 10 years working with large luxury brands (Hermès, Chanel, Céline), Virginie Ducatillon created an enterprise to […]
Russia wants to increase domestic shoe production. The autarchic push comes (also) from below, as 3 out of 4 Russians believe it is necessary to develop it, because they do not want to wait for the return of western brands. But despite this sentiment, Bris-Bosphorus, one of Russia’s largest shoe factories, with 18 million pairs...
