Search Results for: leather

Tannery
  • 11 Jun 2018

Cotance’s roadmap: focus on standing up, to the bitter end, against fake news and “increasing demand for more and more unreasonable tests”

In 2018, they need to gear up to tackle current issues. In 2019, Cotance are going to celebrate their 50th anniversary, while aiming, with stronger and gritty determination, to “give leather what belongs to leather”. During their latest general meeting, the European confederation of national leather tanning associations appointed the new president (Austrian Andreas Kindermann, […]

Magazine Archive
  • 5 Jun 2018

Number 06

IT IS A REALITY THAT “IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE IN FRANCE”, SAYS KERING. THE NEW ARTLAB OF SCANDICCI, THE “GREATEST INVESTMENT OF OUR HISTORY”, IS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A MANUFACTURING CULTURE, THE ITALIAN ONE, WHOSE ARTISTIC INSPIRATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN PRAISED, BUT WHOSE INDUSTRIAL QUALITY IS OFTEN UNDERESTIMATED

Fashion
  • 4 Jun 2018

Cruise Collections 2019 take place at freaky venues: Gucci set catwalk in a graveyard, Dior at rodeo, LV in a garden and Chanel aboard a ship

Luxury brands did boost their creativity and imagination while choosing locations for their Cruise Collections 2019 fashion shows. Yesterday Gucci presented their Resort Collection, which took place in an old graveyard located on the Promenade Des Alyscamps, in Arles, in the south of France. One more original venue, full of gloomy allure, following the previous […]

Technology
  • 4 Jun 2018

Assomac, Italy’s exports go up despite a business slowdown in the past year. Italy confirms leadership, whereas China loses some ground

Although the past year was less positive than the previous ones, as pointed out by Gabriella Marchioni Bocca (President of Assomac), Italy confirmed its global leadership in the manufacturing of machines for the leather and footwear industry; in contrast, China has been slowing down, therefore losing some ground. Reading through the business trend report issued […]

Technology
  • 4 Jun 2018

Lectra’s commitment to industry 4.0 proves rewarding, as research investments, solutions and earnings go up

Lectra multinational corporation have been scheduling their prospective development (along with a budget). In 2015-2016 two year period, they drew up the concept and started up their work focused on Industry 4.0; subsequently, in 2017, they implemented some experimental projects, directed at customers. Now, in 2018, they are introducing their early solutions, while gearing up […]

News
  • 28 May 2018

Forestali’s “invisible” leadership turns “100 years to come”. New ICF Group get listed at the Stock Exchange

Last Saturday employees and managers of Industrie Chimiche Forestali were wearing a meaningful t-shirt. You could read on it: “We are invisible, though we are everywhere”. The Lombard company, headquartered in Marcallo con Casone, where they run their administration offices and production, “manufacture in Italy and export all over the world technical solutions to glue […]

Leather goods
  • 21 May 2018

Outcomes and “new energy” for Burberry, whose financial statements go beyond expectations, after completing CF&P (Scandicci) leather goods buyout

Burberry’s financial statements, closed on March 31, went beyond expectations a great deal: adjusted profits increased by 5%, going up to 467 million pounds, therefore going better than expected (453 million pounds). In the same period, operating profits increased by 4%, going up to 410 million pounds, and net profits went up to 294 million […]

Counterfeiting
  • 21 May 2018

Counterfeiting: things are getting worse and worse. The internet conveys 31% of fake products, which cause luxury to lose 98 billion dollars

Fake products keep increasing, also because of the internet. According to 2018 Global Brand Counterfeiting Report, issued by Research and Markets, the luxury industry’s estimated losses, caused by counterfeiting, in 2017 amounted to 98 billion dollars (83 billion euros). Over 31% of them, that is 30,3 billion dollars (25,7 billion euros), come from the web. […]

News
  • 21 May 2018

Brazil’s leather exports slump in April, as they drop by 15% in value (volumes go up by 4,2% though). Good news just for crust

Brazil’s leather exports have been collapsing with regard to value. In fact, in April Brazilian raw material exports considerably decreased, in terms of value, -15,12%, compared to last year same period. Earnings coming from sales reached 137 million dollars. Such data have been provided by the Secreteria de Comércio Exterior (SECEX), the Brazilian government agency […]