Furla Progetto Italia is ready to take action. The leather goods brand has built the new headquarters in Barberino Tavarnelle (near Florence), investing around 30 million euros. It will become the heart of bag production, will employ 250 people and host the Academy for training. Regarding the market trend, Furla explains that 2021 will be […]
There may also be Piquadro running for Sergio Rossi. And Marco Palmieri’s group would be one of the favourites along with the Swiss Bally. Therefore, it is a two-way race. The position of the American Marquee Brands is more secluded. Out of the dispute (without, probably, having ever participated), Style Capital. Its CEO, Roberta Benaglia, confirmed yesterday that she has an acquisition in […]
Expert hands and leather. These are the two fundamental ingredients used by the Swiss DeSede to create the new collection of armchairs and sofas designed by Philippe Malouin. Comfortable shapes and enveloping curves that have engaged the craftsmen of the Klingnau workshop. From their skill comes the DS-707 leather collection. The target “DeSede was very […]
Everything is inside the book about which we are going to write here. It couldn’t be otherwise, given the title: Business trasparency. Masoni Industria Conciaria in Santa Croce sull’Arno published it not just as an example of industrial storytelling, but also as a way to celebrate its first 20 years of activity and to tell […]
The time to share and vote (later on, as we will see) is upon us. We are talking about the World Leather Contest and its Italian finalists. The 23 students selected from a panel of professors and experts, are preparing their prototypes. These items will find their celebration on the social networks (Instagram and Facebook) […]
Concrete data, prospects and ambitions. This is what asks Cotance, together with the other associations that, on Thursday May 20, 2021, signed a joint declaration to denounce the too many limitations of the Farm to Fork strategy. The stance took place exactly one year after the presentation of the project by the European Commission. The […]
Insatiable Chinese consumers. The surprising recovery of the US market. The performance of online sales. Here are the 3 factors that allowed luxury sales to start growing once more in the 1st quarter of 2021 (at variable rates) to no more than +1%, while at constant ones the growth is of between 2% to 3%....
The numbers are reassuring. Because if it is true that turnover has dropped by 23% on an annual basis, cash assets are instead growing. Bonaudo, a tanning group headquartered in Lombardy, has gone through 2020 with such financial strength as to make it look with confidence to the near future. This was explained by patron […]
Cotance, The Confederation of National Associations of Tanners and Dressers of the European Community, took it upon itself to write to Carmen Hijosa. Not just because the Spanish entrepreneur, founder of di Piñatex, is among the finalists of the European Inventor Award 2021. But because she continues to promote its product with the type of […]
Asics aims to leap into premium. A process that, as Carsten Unbehaun, CEO for the EMEA area for the German brand explains, has already begun. In China and Japan, Onitsuka Tigers have made the leap from sports shop windows to boutiques, with the approval of customers. Although the change has also affected prices. Before seeing […]
“UGGs are Deckers’ only”. After the first-degree conviction, Australian Leather’s manufacturing hub had appealed against the US-based giant. The mater at hand: the use of the term UGG to indicate a footwear type that has fur. According to the Australians, in fact, that specific type of boot is the nation’s symbol. In other words: the […]
The number of units slaughtered in Brazil during the first quarter of 2021 decreased. The number of units from JBS, on the other hand, broke a record. Brazilian slaughterhouses have processed 10.3% less bovines compared to 1 years ago. The decrease was further confirmed by the data expressed in tons. Yet, JBS managed to close […]
Marco Bizzarri away from Gucci? It could have happened in March 2020, in full lockdown. The CEO of the brand himself revealed it to WWD. But it is a past thought: now he is ready to write new pages of history for Gucci. Together with creative director Alessandro Michele, of course, who, with MF Fashion,...
And the day of the award ceremony has come. On Friday morning, live on Lineapelle’s social networks and in connection with Seoul, the 4 K Leather Creativity Awards were presented. They represent the epilogue of the second edition of a very high level training course that Lineapelle has developed in collaboration with Hongik University in […]
Burberry made its preliminary earnings for the fiscal year available, after it closed on March 27th, 2021. Result: a 10% decrease in sales and a revenue of 2.34 billion pounds. The (main) causes behind the decrease were the closed stores and the reduced tourists’ flux. The consequence was a loss on the price-per-share, also given […]
The collective shock of the last year is involved, because it prompted many to embrace the standards of the circular economy. This growing green (and thrifty) sensitivity is involved, especially among the younger ones. The fact is that Vestiaire Collective flies, both from the point of view of expanding the user base and business. And […]
“Even if we talk more and more about bio-based materials, it must be said that these are not intrinsically new, nor ecological”. Finally. WWD, the international newspaper interested in the fashion business, asks two questions about vegan alternatives that are encountering so much luck these days. First of all, the newspaper is keen to remember […]
Almost everyone is in. From Mini and Polestar, which in more or less recent times have been involved in public endorsements for alternatives to leather. Up to Kia, which offers “vegan-friendly” interiors for the Picasso 1 and Rio 1 models, or Ferrari, which has fabric solutions in its catalogue (without cloaking them in ideological contrast...
At the end of 2021, the global luxury bag market will reach a value of 65.48 billion dollars (compared to 62.30 in 2020). And with a compound annual growth rate (cagr) of 5.3%, it will reach 94 billion dollars in 2028. The increase in the female working population around the world is the main growth […]
“Being independent gives you pride and flexibility”, said Michele Norsa (in picture on the right from Imagoeconomica), vice-president of Salvatore Ferragamo during the conference call with analysts that was held yesterday. The topic: the financial results of the first quarter of 2021 for the Italian brand. Footwear and leather goods remain the company’s focus, which […]
