The numbers come from APICCAPS (Portuguese Footwear, Components, Leather Goods Manufacturers’ Association), and it was published in the yearly edition of World Footwear Yearbook. Summarizing the findings: global footwear production in 2017 is once again growing, after a flat 2015/2016 period. The global production’s output last year was of 23.5 billion pairs, 2% more than […]
Over the last days, in Ho Chi Minh City India’s consulate in Vietnam promoted a meeting: some corporate representatives of India’s CLE (Council for Leather Exports), along with some delegates from LEFASO (Vietnam Leather, Footwear and Handbag Association) took part in it. That was the aim of the meeting: Indian tanneries want to increase their […]
Ironically enough, over the last two-month period, from April to May, India’s export of buffalo meat increased by 15%, in terms of volumes, and went up by 10% with regard to incomes: such data are provided by APEDA, India’s department of agricultural and processed food products. Despite that, the industry is not in high spirits, […]
In Tanzania, Freddy Kabala, general supervisor of the industrial development plan at the Leather Association of Tanzania, sent an invitation to some Indian potential investors to meet up and discuss together about business investments in the country. According to Kabala, so far the lack of investments has considerably affected Tanzania’s incomes, whose exports massively lie […]
Since Modi’s government took office, one of the paramount projects they focused their efforts on has been the “Namami Ganges”, that is, the cleansing of the Indian sacred river. In the name of the Prime Minister, India’s central government (as well as local councils, run and managed by the same majority party) have been consistently […]
Focus on the records first. Bloomberg have been reporting that Indian government is currently planning to extend their Made in India program about public commodities business. Aiming then to support the domestic leather industry, they are urging ministries, local councils and army officers to buy a vast majority of shoes (70% at least) and accessories […]
To begin with, bad news. Indian government is addressing again (for the umpteenth time actually) the problem of environmental impact, coming from local tanneries and factories based in Tamil Nadu. In particular, the main issue is about pollution affecting two rivers (the rivers Nallaru and Noyyal), into which tanneries and manufacturing plants, located in the […]
Talking about numbers and figures, IULTCS (the international association of leather chemists and technicians) aim at 500 delegates, coming from all over the world, to attend the 35th edition of their Conference. Looking at representatives from India, Brazil and China, especially. The organizers of the Congress, on the agenda in Dresden, Germany, on 25-28 June […]
Today is going to be the final day of Pitti Uomo exhibition, in Florence. Attendance of visitors is estimated to line up with the previous edition, held one year ago: around 30,000 visitors, of whom 19,400 buyers. Such forecast hangs on figures downloaded in the middle of the event, according to which most buyers are […]
CHINA, YEAR 2018: THE TRANSITION CONTINUES. THE LOCAL LEATHER VALUE CHAIN CHANGES AND IMPOSES A NEW APPROACH TO THE INTERNATIONAL ONE. OPPORTUNITIES REMAIN (ESPECIALLY FOR LUXURY), BUT CUSTOMERS ARE NO LONGER HOW THEY USED TO BE, AS RISKS. FROM APLF HONG KONG NO SURPRISES, BUT CONFIRMATIONS ONLY
Despite top record sales, profits decreased by 14% compared to 2016. Such is the 2017 financial statement of Tempe, the company that runs footwear manufacturing for all the brands of Spanish group Inditex. Inditex owns 50% of Tempe, whereas the other owner is a businessman, Vicente Garcia Torres: over the last year, Tempe’s revenues amounted […]
Serious accident in an Indian tannery. Three workers of a company in Pariyavarigam, a town inside the Tamil Nadu state, lost their lives while they were cleaning a tank (in the picture by thehindu.com). One of the workers was a supervisor, 48 years old, while the other 2 were 22 and 23 years of age. […]
After a very positive 2017, manufacturers of machinery and technology for footwear, leather goods and tanning industries look ahead at 2018 in a positive and confident mood. Such optimism was quite widespread amongst exhibitors at Simac Tanning Tech, the trade industry fair ended yesterday in Milan. For the records, visitors increased by 18% compared to […]
On the second day of the exhibition (“which is traditionally the turning point of the fair, after a positive start”) Simac Tanning Tech, which comes to an end today at Fieramilano Rho, confirmed a “widespread satisfaction”, amongst all exhibitors, that marked out this edition, started on Tuesday 20 February, simultaneously with Lineapelle. Attendance, first of […]
The first day was lively, and driving an optimistic mood. This is, briefly, the evaluation, “on the spur of the moment”, of Simac Tanning Tech day one at Fieramilano Rho. Widespread good vibrations amongst exhibitors were confirmed by figures: compared to 2017 edition day one, visitors increased by 19%, and 60% of them were foreigners. […]
Simac Tanning Tech 2018 (the international exhibition of machinery and technologies for footwear, leather goods and tanning industries) is about to kick off at Fieramilano Rho, simultaneously with Lineapelle94 and next to its halls, in an optimistic mood: exhibitors, who now amount to 300, have increased, while the exhibiting area extends across more than 18,000 […]
IT PARADES FROM PARIS AND NEW YORK RUNWAYS TO FLORENCE AND MILAN EXHIBITIONS. SAME GOES FOR INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRY TRADE FAIRS AND ASIAN FASHION TRENDS. THE BRANDS’ MANUFACTURING INVESTMENTS AND THEIR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE EVIDENCE OF THAT. IT DRIVES NEW EXHIBITION EVENTS. LEATHER ACCESSORIES ARE A MUST-HAVE, FOR MEN TOO. THE BAG STAR TWINKLES MORE AND MORE UP IN THE FASHION SKY
Buyers went up at Mipel, as they increased by 5,6%, on the whole, while attending the leather goods international fair that took place at Fieramilano Rho, on February 11-14 (peak attendance on the first two days). Italian buyers showed up again (+5%) and, much more, Russians came back (+26,1%). Looking at Asian visitors, China (+6,8%) […]
All things considered, they are satisfied. In fact, India International Leather Fair, on its 33rd edition, has been sending comforting messages, over the three-day-long exhibition, for the leather industry prospective business. As reported by the Sauer Report, such positive trend is mainly driven by the tanning raw material prices, which are stable and rising in […]
“We consider our Call for Papers achievement to be a success”. At the end of the first stage, while setting up UITIC 20th conference, the international footwear specialists meeting on the agenda in Porto on May 16-18, they have submitted 95 abstracts, carried out by several researchers coming from 19 countries, including footwear industry world […]
