In Italy, shoe exports in 2023 were negative. With -8.7% recorded in the last quarter, shoe exports in 2023 recorded a decline: -0.6%. The figures include finished footwear (excluding ski and snowboard shoes) and footwear parts (which, however, are worth just 5% of the total). The crisis, which is still ongoing and arrived in the...
Differentiating brands and production to be able to reach as many clients as possible within one segment. MNG, company headquartered inside Nola’s CIS (Naples), divided its business in three. The brand Pierfrancesco Vincenti will focus on Italian retail with shoes made near Naples with Italian leather. The brand MNG Collection on the other hand makes...
Offerings and concerns for Italy’s footwear segment. From brands acquiring manufacturers and consequently impoverishing offering and creativity, to the major (positive and negative factors) of third-party manufacturing. Giovanna Ceolini, entrepreneur leading Parabiago Collezioni, and (just confirmed) president of Assocalzaturifici explained in this interview her viewpoint on present and future. Interview with Giovanna Ceolini Some are...
Ermenigildo Zegna Group is investing in an accessories production site for footwear and leather goods in Sala Baganza, near Parma. According to news sources, the goal is to strengthen production and give value to the Italian chain, as the project also aims to train a new generation of artisans. The opening of the site is...
Holding Moda buys Emmetierre and Fast Pelle. The Tuscan companies are specialized in the production of leather goods and handbags. With this operation, Holding Moda strengthens its presence in the leather goods’ segment, as it’s already present with the acquisitions of Gab (2021) and Taglionetto (December 2023). The companies part of Holding Moda, controlled by...
At Expo Riva Schuh (Riva del Garda, 13-16 January) the boot dilemma is on stage. Go for it for the coming winter season? Or take the increasingly warmer climate into account? Companies must take fashion and climate into account to satisfy the public. Where is the customer who follows the fashion trend and the one...
Concern about the shipping situation in the Red Sea is at an all-time high. Shipping times are getting longer, costs are rising and the global supply chain risks seeing the spectre of the blockade experienced during the pandemic again. Although some operators are not so pessimistic. It is not only companies that have to receive...
“We are at the exact moment when the first phase of our history has ended and the second is beginning”. It could not, from a certain point of view, be otherwise, “since we are living through a historical period of change”. Luca Sburlati (left, in the photo), CEO of Gruppo Pattern, puts down on paper...
A new cluster active in the luxury accessories’ segment is growing its strength. Eurmoda-Margot group announced the acquisition of 100% of Macuz, located in Florence and active in the production of high-quality metal accessories. With this operation, Eurmoda could reach a revenue of 100 million euro by the end of the year. Starting January 2024, […]
Leather distinguishes A.G. Spalding & Bros products from Spalding products. The first brand is at the premium end of the market, and offers articles made from 80% Italian leather. The second is lower end, and has a lower percentage of (non-Italian) leather products. “Leather is a material that lends value to the product”, Luca Lin,...
Velasca is anticipating production. And it’s just the first move to quadruple turnover: from 25 million in 2023 to 100 million in 2028. Exports are now 40% of revenue, with the USA and France as the two leading destinations. The company founded in 2013 by Enrico Casati and Jacobo Sebastio now has 90 employees. Today...
D&G’s haute couture is made 100% in Italy and, for 2023, will be based in Puglia (between Valle d’Itria and the Fasano coast). Dolce&Gabbana choose to bring the Grand Tour among olive trees, and has since 2012, when it presented its first haute couture collection in Taormina, travelled among the most iconic locations of Italy. Travelling...
Italian shoe exports in 2022 were up 20.4% on 2021, despite -20.2% in Russia and -53.6% in Ukraine. Even more significant is the +20.6% on 2019. Veneto, on a regional level, and Florence, on the provincial front, confirm themselves as champions. Compared to the pre-pandemic data, however, Lombardy and Milan are flying. Emilia-Romagna is the...
It’s sort of a multi-level news that comes from Turin and sees British brand Burberry and Italian Pattern involved. The former made the purchase, including employees and plant that already used to produce for it. Meanwhile, the latter is focusing on developing and consolidating its cluster thanks to the liquidity from the sale and keep […]
Increasingly higher numbers for Margot group, Italian holding specialized in the creation of metal accessories for the apparel, leather goods and footwear segment. Revenue in 2022 reached the 50-million-mark and, for 2023, the goal is to close at 80 million euro. The results were discussed by Marco Vecellio, CEO of Margot, during an event in […]
Are there already enough sneakers on the market? Evidently not. This is demonstrated by the challenge won by sports shoe brand Blocks 79, born at the beginning of 2022. Cristiano Martelli (former founder of the Atlantic Stars brand) launched his new footwear at the February 22 edition of Pitti Uomo. A few months after the...
Tech4Fashion Hub is born in Villa Torlonia: the innovative startups’ incubator for the footwear segment is the first of its kind in the Romagna region and is born thanks to the initiative by the city of San Mauro Pascoli. Supporting the project is Cercal, for training and contents, and the region of Emilia-Romagna, which is […]
In a move that legitimises the grey market, the Kremlin is giving the green light to parallel imports. It will be possible to sell products in Russia that are not authorised by the brand owner, manufacturer or retailer. The Ministry of Industry and Trade is preparing a list of products whose prices have risen because...
Comfort, stores and leather. In addition to prices and availability. These are the starting points for Amedeo Testoni’s recovery. The brand founded in Bologna in 1992 changed ownership on January 1st 2022 and is now controlled by Viva China, majority shareholder of Chinese group Li Ning (owner of Clarks). Massimo Bettio (in photo), COO of...
Gianvito Rossi has redesigned the production model of his company and plans on making it a standardized model to help grow the entire footwear district in Emilia Romagna. Starting 3 years ago, GGR (footwear plant) in San Mauro Pascoli, has activated a partnership with the Industrial Engineering department of Università di Bologna (Bologna University) to improve...
