LEATHER DESIGN WEEK | Direct object

Luxury brands and tanneries. Upholstery and furnishing accessories. Footwear and leather goods. The Milan Design Week, held from April 9 to 14, in its frenetic multiplication of events and exhibition spaces that, from Fieramilano Rho, has invaded the whole city, has placed, perhaps more than ever, leather in the role of privileged “object” of the action of an infinite number of players. Which have made it the tool for enhancing their creative choices. In these pages (before going into a consideration in terms of meaning) we propose a selected and undoubtedly amazing gallery of very exclusive, extremely interesting projects

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LEATHER DESIGN WEEK | Explicit subject

“Leather returns to dress the house with its own personality”. And it does it differently, in a new way, maybe more complicated, but able to communicate to the great public with A renewed adaptability and a flexible modernity. The confirmation comes from the last, oceanic salone/fuorisalone

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THE BOTTEGA VENETA CASE | The moment of truth

A brand that “still has a lot of potential to be used in terms of its offer” and that, from the next winter collections, should show the first Results of its relaunch. Bottega Veneta in the analysis of Flavio Cereda (Jefferies) and Mario Ortelli (Ortelli & Co)

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REVVED UP LIVESTOCK SEGMENT | Meat consumption train

Meat consumption in Africa is destined to increase. But production of bovine and ovine livestock is, for the most part, small and not structured, unable to keep up with the trend. This is the part of the market that South Africa wants to cover

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Uber Air, a flying cab with leather interiors, is ready to take off soon

Uber are ready to take off: planes will have leather interiors. Last week on Tuesday, during a conference held at the Uber Elevate Summit, an annual event fully dedicated to the future of flying vehicles, on its third edition, the company, headquartered in San Francisco, announced the forthcoming launch of a new taxi service: namely, […]

2019 luxury revenues to exceed 270 billion euros, predict Bain&Co/Altagamma

In 2019, luxury global turnover is bound to exceed 270 billion euros: leather goods and footwear, most of all, will be driving sales. Such are the estimated figures emerging from the Altagamma (High End) Monitor over the worldwide markets, carried out by Bain&Co together with Altagamma Consensus 2019. Throughout 2018, luxury items overall turnover reached […]

Inside Birkenstock backstage: here leather undergoes special processing

For the very first time, Birkenstock let visitors get in and see two, out of five, of their manufacturing plants. Over the last five years, the German company, which currently hires 4,253 employees, that is 25% of Germany’s whole footwear industry, enjoyed a considerable boost: in fact, their business increased by around 20% on average. […]

Lineapelle and UNIC in Stockholm: StoryTechTelling hits the target

First Shanghai, on Thursday 30 May. Then Madrid, on Thursday 6 June. Finally, yesterday, a journey off to Sweden, which proved to be meaningful for a number of various reasons. At the Embassy of Italy in Stockholm, Lineapelle and UNIC – Italian Tanneries (supported by ITA – Italian Trade Agency) held the third and last […]

Corichem to build a new pavilion while aiming to redouble manufacturing capacity

Corichem are about to carry out a few relevant investments. The company, headquartered in Sarego, in the province of Vicenza, is a leading manufacturer of chemical solutions in the leather tanning industry: they are now expanding their own manufacturing site to meet the market growing demand. “Our new pavilion, which will extend across 7,000 square […]

Ethiopia, Huajian gets broader: they will own Jimma Industrial Park for 40 years

Huajian Group, one of the largest Chinese (but not only) women’s footwear manufacturers, has signed an agreement with Ethiopian Industrial Park Development Corporation to take over the business of Jimma Industrial Park, built by China Communications Construction Company, opened in December 2018 and state owned. Thanks to this agreement, Huajian has acquired the operational rights […]

Sofia Ciucchi si dimette da Il Bisonte

Palamon sells Il Bisonte to the Japanese of Look Holdings for 100 million

From rumours to the operation, done and completed. A week after the rumours of a possible sale of the brand Il Bisonte by the English fund Palamon Capital, the official announcement that it has been sold to Look Holdings, a Japanese company operating in the clothing distribution and listed on the Tokyo stock exchange. The […]

Revolution Bikkembergs: Modern Avenue gets to 100% and unifies the lines

Chinese group Modern Avenue has completed the acquisition of Levitas’ shares which, in turn, controls the brand Bikkembergs. The group, which already held 51% of shares, now holds 100% of the brand, after taken over 24.5% from Zeis Excelsa and the remaining (identical) share from  Sinv, a company from Vicenza, thus becoming the sole owner […]

When the made in Italy shoe wins: the cases a.testoni, Doucal’s, Diadora

There is a part of made in Italy that functions and speaks the language of footwear. That of the  brand a.testoni, for example, which saddle up to conquest China. The Bolognese brand (which has been controlled by Sitoy group in Hong Kong since the end of 2018) develops a turnover of around 30 million euros […]

Footwear, Europe and leather: Luis Onofre, new president of CEC, speaks out

Plans, goals, problems to solve. Luis Onofre (in the picture), newly elected president of CEC, European footwear confederation, spotlights the footwear industry scenario. The Portuguese designer, who is the owner of the company of the same name, takes over after Cleto Sagripanti: he will remain in office for three years. What projects/plans are you going...

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