13 Feb 2017 Gucci gains a + 21.4% in the fourth quarter, Saint Laurent is close behind. Bad performances keep affecting Bottega Veneta
13 Feb 2017 The growth of Hermés is the most “normal” of the last five years: + 7.5%. “Driving” leather: + 14%. The CEO: “I am optimistic.”
13 Feb 2017 Hugo Boss focuses on “high-premium” and “progressive”. Accessories come second to fashion line
13 Feb 2017 Europe: Shoe purchase declines in Italy, in France and the UK. Growing prices in Berlin (while the price for bags falls). Online performs well
13 Feb 2017 Pakistan: Government incentives (75%) for “laboratory tests for tanned leather” and the import of raw material
13 Feb 2017 Chennai, India: a 3-day conference declares the importance of chromium as well as the necessity of developing sustainable alternatives to traditional tanning techniques
13 Feb 2017 India, the export of the leather pulls the handbrake: -9.9%. Tanners hope in the Internal Market
6 Feb 2017 Lineapelle New York raises American approval: +8% attendance, solid market and bright expectations
6 Feb 2017 Save the date: Lineapelle, Milan, February 21-23 #lineapelle92. A new Trend Area, and exhibitors keep increasing…
6 Feb 2017 Mass market outdoes luxury: Zara and H&M beat Burberry and Hermès out in the world brand top 500 ranking
6 Feb 2017 Carlyle fund acquires Golden Goose: over 400 million euros in the pot for the star sneakers
6 Feb 2017 French tanners too stand against “vegan leather”: “Ça n’existe pas!” – President Jérome Verdier says
6 Feb 2017 Brian Henke, former Prada top manager, is the new Versace CEO in the States. Keep pushing!
6 Feb 2017 CEC (along with Cotance) promote the “Digital TCLF 2025” project: digitizing process and new expertise
6 Feb 2017 Steve Madden’s shopping as he takes over 80-million-revenue shoe factory in the USA (manufacturing for Minkoff and Spade)
6 Feb 2017 USA raw materials report (January-November 2016): raw leather export goes down (-7,3%), wet blue slump (-21,7%)
