It’s easy to say what is ‘green’ and what isn’t, when all the reasoning is done based on slogans. It’s much harder when one looks for scientific proof behind the slogan. When we do that we find, for example, the vegan diet’s big limit as a way to feed the planet: it’s not sustainable. Six […]
The first news is that Birkenstock would be for sale. The second, that the race of private equity funds is already underway to grab the German brand. According to rumours, CVC Capital Partners, which took control of Pasubio tannery in 2017, appears to be in pole position. Among the suitors there would also be Permira […]
Leather goods perform well. Specifically, Hermès, Dior, Louis Vuitton and Prada all do well. Less, but still positive for Gucci. That’s what the sales estimates prepared by analysist for the last quarter of 2020, following the Christmas season, is showing. The Christmas take-off though isn’t the same thing as an immediate recovery for the luxury […]
he need for maximum flexibility. The need to continue investing with a broad vision. A market that will find momentum, but not immediately in these first months of the year. These are the three analysis along which, in this interview, the words of Alessandro Iliprandi, owner of Bonaudo tannery and vice president of UNIC – […]
If in 2020 Conceria Pasubio achieved satisfactory results, despite Coronavirus, it owes it to the commitment of its staff. For this reason, the group from Arzignano (Vicenza) has decided to recognise an extraordinary bonus to its employees for a total financial commitment of 700,000 euros. The measure, in pay-checks, benefits 450 employees, half of the […]
Promoters were satisfied by Metcha’s first year. The digital platform that explains leather to Millennials and Gen Z, so that they may get closer to the material’s culture, has reached almost all the objectives it had set for itself. One of them? To reach an audience of 2 million people around the world, registering 600 […]
New year, new retouching of price tags. At least in China. Hermès has made an increase of about 5% of the tags, Bottega Veneta between 3% and 10%. But these are not the only brands that raise their prices. The information shared by daigou, then, speaks of increases in sight also for Louis Vuitton (from […]
Serge Brunschwig’s comment on the relationship between fashion and animal materials can be paraphrased like this: free leather in free fashion. The CEO and president of Fendi, speaking with the Spanish newspaper Expansión, first of all confirms the commitment of the LVMH group maison to issues of sustainability and supply chain transparency. But then he […]
The larger goal, with regards to our segment, is to “sell our leather better”. While when considering this current period, we should get ourselves ready when “the positive signs” that we are seeing turn into something concrete that can mean a speedy recovery. These, among others, are the main topics that resulted from the interview […]
A cycle of sustainability-focused webinars. Lineapelle offers them. And it does so by involving its whole community and, specifically, those located in London and New York, where during the month of January there would have been the two local edition of Lineapelle. As Covid-19 made it impossible, Lineapelle created the Sustainability Talks: a series of […]
ILM changes its date. The leather goods fair’s organizers chose to delay the date of the Offenbach event by a month. The German tradeshow, planned for March 6th – 8th, was rescheduled for April 10th – 12th. “It would be irresponsible towards our exhibitors and visitors to hold a fair during the first quarter of […]
It is not said that breaking through China is a prerogative of fashion giants. Here is how Senreve, a small US brand of leather goods with production and materials, both made in Italy, including leather, did it. Not just quality, aesthetics, transparency and price. Senreve studied the People’s Republic for two years, before approaching it […]
Moreau Paris packs. Onward sold it to the Tuscan Factory, the company that owns the brand DROMe. The Japanese holding company Onward thus continues in the process of dismembering its fashion business. First it sold Onward Luxury Group, its Italian “arm”. And now, while looking for a buyer for Jil Sander, it concluded the sale […]
The new owner explains the successes, strategies and future of P448. The sneaker brand that for a few months now has been controlled by StreetTrend, an American company led by Wayne Kulkin (pictured), who has already been Stuart Weitzman ’s CEO for 25 years. StreetTrend owns, in addition to P448, the brand PS821 and has […]
Restyling taking place for Tanneries du Puy. Hermès Cuirs Précieux, the tanning division of Hermès that controls the French tannery will close in 2021 the substantial reorganization project that started in 2018. Restyling taking place As reported by leprogres.fr, the structure that hosts Tanneries du Puy has been undergoing, for 2 years, a physical restructuring […]
Curtiembres Fonseca is under a new ownership. A group of Argentinian investors acquired the company, which is the main one in the country. The new board is already operational. Curtiembres Fonseca is under a new ownership As reported by cueroamericano.info, the now ex-owner communicated that the company’s stocks have been sold to a group of […]
In 2020, in China, bag sales have been considerably increasing by 70 to 80%. Together with jewellery, leather goods are, among luxury goods, the sector which most enjoyed a boost throughout the year, deeply hit by coronavirus outbreak and the pandemic. According to a joint report, provided by Bain and Tmall, China’s luxury goods market […]
Two digital stores on Tmall. In addition, they have definitively made up with Alibaba group. Gucci announced they have signed a deal with the Chinese e-tailer. From December 21st, Kering group’s fashion brand will launch its first flagship store on the platform Luxury Pavilion. Here they will supply a vast audience, composed of around 750 […]
To pursue the line of sustainability and effectively implement a more and more circular economy model. On top of that, to consider 2020 as an extremely disruptive year which, right because of this reason, has urged (and will keep urging) tanneries to set a structurally evolutive approach. This is the only way tanneries will manage […]
Leather and finance are still in the spotlight in the very last part of 2020. In fact, in addition to several tanning deals, which took place throughout the year, one more has been carried out by Vesta Corporation, based in Ponte a Egola. The Tuscan tannery has sold off its 70% majority shareholding to Bravo […]
