A mirror Cube that turns from one side into a beehive and the other into a screen. In the first case the “cells” form a texture to a wall covered with a patchwork of leathers from which emerges (always following the geometry of the hive) a selected review of very high quality leathers, which can […]
More connected, more transparent. ZDHC will present on Septermber 26th, in Fieramilano Rho, to Lineapelle, “the first global databde for chemicals safety”, during an event held in the LEM conference room (Ponte dei Mari – side pavilion 22). ZDHC group, aka the project “Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals” is progressively enlarging the digital plafrom launched […]
To make clear what leather is and, above all, to distinguish what it is not in the traditional sense of the term. It is the priority that places GLCC Global Leather Coordination Committee, representative that includes ICT (International Council of Tanners), IULTCS (the abbreviation that unites leather chemists) and ICHSALTA (the association of traders), in […]
It is a slow 2018 for the US leather industry, very slow: in the first 7 months of the year bovine leather exports fell 2% in volume (yearly base), meaning 14 million units, and by 21% in value (about 700,000 USD). Wet blue leather also lost 20% in volume (3.6 million units) and 13% in […]
Premise (taken from the introduction to the event that this news is about: “Companies that have been wanting to commercialize a product as ‘green’ have found themselves stuck with methods, initiatives, and tools that were often partisan, inefficient and non-transparent. This situation has brought confusion among both operators and customers, becoming an obstacle for the […]
Milano is back to being ‘extra-large’ for fashion week Milano (planned for September 18th through 24th). The second edition of Milano XL is an event that enlarges the meaning of the runways (also timing wise, since it goes from September 12th to the 24th), it goes into the city, it has as subtitle an Italian […]
Production and export are positive, consumption isn’t. This is the summary of the first semester of the German footwear industry. In the period going from January to June of 2018, the revenue of the German footwear industry went up 3.2%, compared to the same period in the previous year, reaching 1.55 billion euro. The data […]
Oman India Joint Investiment focuses on leather. The investment fund, with the support of India’s national bank and General Reserve of Oman has acquired 26% of Stanley Lifestyles, Bengaluru-based company specialized in the manufacturing of upholstery, furniture and car interiors. With the 24 million USD received (that is the amount paid to acquire the quote), […]
An export made of 9.9 million square-meters of leather, down 33.7% compared to the same month of 2017, with a total turnover now of 77.6 million USD, which is 47.6% down on yearly base. Brazil’s tanning industry, according to data provided by SECEX (Brasilia’s agency for foreign commerce), saw its numbers hit a large obstacle. […]
Delafon Paris (ex leather goods’ manufacturer Delphine Delafon), looks for its comeback with the new collection signer Judith Fabre. The designer and founder, Delphine Delafon had put the company up to be liquidated in September of 2017: she hadn’t found enough funds to develop and commercialize her prêt-à-porter line, made after the leather goods. The […]
A summer filled with large operations for French luxury giant Chanel. The brand, according to lesechos.com, has completed its acquisition of Tanneries Haas (which began in 2012). Eichoffen-based Haas specializes (with another handful of transalpine tanneries), in veal leather and employees 115 people and has 41 million euro of revenue”. In 2017, Haas reached production […]
The numbers come from APICCAPS (Portuguese Footwear, Components, Leather Goods Manufacturers’ Association), and it was published in the yearly edition of World Footwear Yearbook. Summarizing the findings: global footwear production in 2017 is once again growing, after a flat 2015/2016 period. The global production’s output last year was of 23.5 billion pairs, 2% more than […]
If the hosts aren’t positive, then the tradeshow can’t be positive. All China Leather Exhibition, the leather fair that took place inside Shanghai’s International Expo Centre (August 29-31), has felt the doubts about the Chinese tanning sector throughout all three days. As shown by CLIA’s numbers, reference association for the entire leather market of Beijing, […]
Helsinki’s Fashion Week organizers managed, in one instance, to prove themselves antidemocratic, unfair towards the public, and very misinformed with regards to the actual balance present in the fashion industry’s supply chain. This is Cotance’s (European Confederation of the Leather Industry) accusation against Evelyn Mora, the founder of the event and a high-ranking person in […]
More than 100 VIP guests, representing all levels of production and stakeholders in the leather supply chain will be present at the 2-panel debate. Cotance, European Confederation of the Leather Industry, and IndustriAll (Union for Cotance’s fields), have organized the final conference for the Due Diligence for healthy workplaces in Tanneries on October 9th in […]
New entry in the fashion chain group ZDHC (Roadmap to Zero Programme) that counts over 100 members now. Communicating its decision to enter is SSIP (Italian Leather Research Institute – Experiment lab for leather and tanning agents). SSIP explained in a note that “it supports the vision of the program to create a more sustainable […]
A showcase of ornaments and complementary furniture objects made with leather, to shoe the French public the stylistic value and quality of Italian leather. UNIC – Italian Tanners’ Association flies to Paris for Maison & Objet (September 7–11), a tradeshow dedicated to design and lifestyle. The Italian Tanners’ Association will be present with 17 products […]
Total turnover for the Chinese leather, fur, and leather goods’ segment is growing in the first semester: including the businesses that have revenue of at least 3 million USD per year, total business done reaches 87 billion USD, which is 4.3% more than the previous year. What decreased is the growth rate, now 2.3% lower […]
Kering’s biannual incomes have been enjoying a considerable boost thanks to Gucci’s performance. In fact, in the first six months of the year, the group’s turnover has been increasing by 26,8%, reaching 6,43 billion euros. Such outstanding results have been mostly driven by record accomplishments achieved by the Tuscan fashion house, whose revenues went up […]
Fashion soundly drives LVMH’s business success. In fact, in 2018 first six months, the luxury French giant’s sales increased by 10% on annual basis, therefore reaching 21,8 billions euros, in terms of revenues, and 4,6 billion euros (+28%) in terms of profits. The holding made known that their Fashion & Leather Goods unit has been […]
