“Let’s not ruin a mechanism that works, and do not say Mexico is a problem”. This is more or less the meaning of the message sent by USHSLA, the American association of raw hides&skins suppliers, to the US Trade Representative office, department of the US government that has started consultations with various associations in view […]
This situation is as explained in manuals. For years, in Tanzania the government has put duties and other forms of protectionary actions in place, in order to limit the outflow of raw materials for the tanning industry. The government has imposed, for years, heavy export taxation, to find out that such taxes were being avoided […]
After the trend in the raw material prices recorded in the first quarter of 2017 by the Lineapelle Economic Service (available here), calf prices confirm the upward trend that has been going on for more than a year now. At the same time, for less valuable leathers, the drop in demand leads to a drop […]
Some good news for Italian tanning. Data for the first quarter 2017, available online at lineapelle-fair.com, according to Lineapelle’s Economic Service, are “more satisfactory than expected”. At the same time, there is “cautious optimism” for the second quarter results. While the “automotive” sector confirms a lively area and leather goods give signs of recovery, the […]
On June 9, at Igualada (Spain) it took place the general assembly and board of directors of Cotance, the European federation of national tanning associations. Within these two events, there were greetings to the new member country, Hungary. The 2016 Budget and the point of the activities, present and future, supported by the Association. One […]
Presentation of the activities carried out during the project. Overview of challenges ahead of the leather area. The need, especially felt, is to communicate the correct perception of the leather along with the commitment to the sustainability of the tanning industry powerfully. They are the topics of the final conference of Leather is My Job, […]
Double Asian event, with the presence of Italian exhibitors, and organised by Lineapelle and UNIC / UNAC. Tokyo Leather Fair, which took place on May 25 and 26, was the first event showcasing the summer trends in 2018. Feedbacks were good, albeit confined to a stable but narrow niche. Attendees showed a keen interest in […]
It was an edition for debutants. This year FFANY (May 31 – June 2), the Midwest and New York quarterly event dedicated to middle priced and high-end footwear, saw delegations from India and Ethiopia. “Manufacturing is a high standard and technology tends to increase the quality of tanning,” commented CLE (Council for Leather Exports). Across […]
The recent ban on cattle trade to the previous provisions on the slaughter taken in Uttar Pradesh and other key states, the Indian meat chain risks paralysis. The leather chain paradoxically has to resort to the supply of tannery raw material from abroad. It is the alarm launched by the Calcutta district tanneries association that, […]
ITS NAME IS APPARITION. MADE IN DENMARK BY ECCO. THEY CLAIM TO HAVE WORKED OUT ITS TRADITIONAL PROBLEMS: IT’S NOT JUST “FINE AND FLEETING”, THEY SAY, AS ITS POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS ARE UNLIMITED. WILL THEY TURN THE DREAM OF TRANSPARENT LEATHER INTO BUSINESS? HERE IS THE CHRONICLE OF THE MOST FAMED EXPERIMENTS TO MAKE IT. IN 1894, FOR INSTANCE…
“Pulse of Fashion 2017” (published by Global Fashion Agenda and The Boston Consulting Group) coined the word “leathery”. Unfortunately, the new name unveiled at the Copenhagen Fashion Summit did not impress us. The authors of the study argue – with a controversial method already detailed in the number “La Conceria n. 19 “- that natural […]
The Indian leather chain risks a paralysis due to the Animal Cruelty Prevention Regulation issued by the New Delhi Government on May 26. The new provisions stipulate that cattle (cow, bull, ox, buffalo and calves) can exclusively be sold in farms to ensure the traceability of the product. Indian meat and leather associations, which in […]
The Russians are returning to buy luxury goods, but they will do so in the shops of their cities, abandoning the trip to shopping capital. According to Deloitte, sales of luxury goods increased by 8% in 2016 and this year will increase by at least 11%. In addition to preferences, there are accessories, textiles and […]
The Busenitz Pro Horween is now being distributed, under the Adidas brand. It is the first skateboarding sneaker with uppers in bison leather. And it is also fruit of the partnership between the German company and the most prestigious American tannery, Horween Leather, founded in Chicago in 1905. Historically, Horween is known for having been […]
The design may already be presented as early as this year. And according to Bentley, the interiors will be as beautiful as leather interiors. But instead they will be materials made from mushrooms, jellyfish and other things. Using a label which, especially nowadays, is currying great favour with those in the marketing world, they will […]
The faith of former CEO of Porsche, Wendelin Wiedeking in the footwear sector is so strong that he has invested “several million euro” in the young company from Berlin, Shoepassion. Founded in 2008 by Tim Keding and Henry Bökemeier, Shoepassion is a brand specialised in traditional leather accessories: footwear, gloves, belts and luggage. The Porsche […]
There has been a growth in leather products sales whereas profits have dropped. While has been an increase of 15% and revenues exceeding just a billion pounds, accessories have increasingly become Burberry’s strength. The same top management recognised “leather products” as a key factor, an element shown by the “overcoming” of two-digit growth in stock […]
Cotance (the European Federation of National Tanning Associations) and “industriAll” (federation of trade union organisations) are aiming at checking current levels of attention and practices for the health and safety of workplaces in tanneries; and updating the tools for evaluation and certification by companies. The Project Steering Committee, which met on May 11 in Paris […]
In 1908 William Pearce opened a tannery in Northampton specialising in relief prints to recreate the effect of exotic skins (snake, crocodile, ostrich and lizard) on cow leather. A florid activity started in a modest building and then moved to an Art Deco palace. In 2003, Michael Pearson, then William’s CEO and the founder grand […]
Data provided by USHSLA, US Holders Association, on trends in the first quarter of 2017, captures a two-speed trend in values. Salted leather with salt grew double-digit: by 17% in volume (3.8 million units) and 19% in value (380 million dollars). On the other hand, wet blue is in a negative area, with a performance […]
