Roche Bobois revenues reach 257 million euros (+5%) in 2018: Cuir Center accounts for 13% of the brand’s turnover, while gearing up for the web

Going on slowly. Successfully though. In 2018, Roche Bobois turnover increased by 5% on annual basis, therefore reaching 257 million euros. The flagship brand of the home furnishings French group accounts for 86% of the company’s turnover, mostly driven by its units based in Europe, the United Kingdom and North America. Cuir Center, whose brand […]

Bangladesh leather tanning workers demand for infrastructures in Savar: over 7,000 job layoffs after the district relocation

Relocation of Bangladeshi tanneries to the new district of Savar has been considerably affecting the national leather industry. First of all, in terms of overall turnover: in fact, the long-standing process to move tanneries away from the old production site, located in Hazaribagh, entailed a disruption of manufacturing activities. Secondly, it undermined employment as well: […]

Destroying unsold goods, Paris studies a law to make it a crime: fast fashion and luxury brands have been warned

Paris (could) declare war to everyone active in the fashion industry, if the brand is caught destroying unsold stocks. In France, as a matter of fact, the government is preparing a law that makes the mentioned process illegal. According to indiscretions published by WWD, Brune Poirson, France’s State Secretary and minister for ecological transition, is...

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If leather is the star: Berluti creates a very special collection for Sotheby’s (that includes a Porche 911)

Fourteen exclusive pieces. And leather as the absolute star. In the spotlight, the collection developed by Berluti for Sotheby’s in view of an exceptional online sale entitled “Berluti: the art of craftmanship”, born precisely from the idea of celebrating the craftsmanship of the LVMH group brand’s craftsmen. There are featured: a leather backpack combined with […]

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Chaos in India: in the midst of elections, tanners call out a “conspiracy” against them

While the elections take place (they started April 11th and will be over on May 19th) and the candidates’ attention seems to reside elsewhere, Uttar Pradesh’s tanners fear a boycott. On the pages of online daily newspaper firstpost.com, the president of Uttar Pradesh Leather Industry Association, Taj Alam, explains he believes there is a “conspiracy” […]

Controversy in Pakistan for Louboutin: its sandal is an homage to chappal, but the brand is accused of “cultural appropriation”

Christian Louboutin divides Pakistan. The stylist created Imran, sandal inspired by the Pakistani traditional Chappal (or chapal). The model has overlapping leather stripes that cover the foot, rubber soles and a slight heel at the back, an emblem of Pashtuns’ social classes that settled in the north-west of Pakistan. Louboutin’s version takes the name from […]

Albania, as speaks Fital, a shoe factory with 8,000 pairs a day: “Currency speculators are ruining us, a hasty EU membership is not the solution”

Production relocation, currency fluctuation and EU membership negotiations starting next June. The future of Albania, a third country in the footwear sector, is all here. “I believe that the strong fluctuations of the Lek, the Albanian currency, are the result of financial speculation, even inside Albania. It is clear that a loss of value of […]

Tanning (sometimes) is also a game: from Atlas to Tropico 6, video games where leather is part of the strategy

Forty units of fiber, 35 of leather, 40 of Keratinoids, 20 of metal and 120 of wood. These are the resources needed to build a tannery in Atlas, one of the best known multiplayer videogames. Building a tannery in Atlas is a crucial step to continue the adventure when using your character, who, in the...

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The Eu is at work for the welfare of fur. But (would you look at that) animal activists become upset

The complaints of animal activists define this as a grave “endorsement” by the European Commission, that has recently taken two strategic steps to protect animal welfare within the fur chain. First of all, the entity made a call to European universities that want to collaborate on the topic of fur-animals (in the “small animals” segment,...

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Leather and innovation: Lineapelle returns to Seoul to explain excellence and new prospects of use

The contact point dates back to last March, when Lineapelle held a series of “promotion and sharing” meetings in Seoul, summarised in the concept #sharinginnovation and characterised by presentations and storytelling activities related to quality, sustainability and the constant innovative evolution of leather and the Italian tannery industry. The next step goes back to these […]