JBS Couros is currently capable of tracing 8,000 suppliers in Brazil. The leather division of the meat manufacturing giant has reached the number on January 30th thanks to the JBS Green Offices program, which allows for the socio-environmental regularization of agricultural companies making up the value chain (47% are small enterprises). The goal of JBS […]
LVMH is a record-breaking machine and a generator of dissatisfaction. Why? Quite simple. First: its latest financial statement is, as usual, insane. Second: its number one, Bernard Arnault (left in the photo), is never satisfied. So much so, that he has (re)made it clear that the French group’s only goal is to get bigger and...
China and leather goods are pushing Tod’s to record levels in terms of revenue. Preliminary data published y the Marche-based luxury group show a consolidated revenue of 1.127 billion euro or +11.9% on 2022 at current rates and +14% at constant rates. The performance of the leather goods lines (+16.6%) is better than the footwears’ […]
Increasing prices could cause a hard stop for the leather goods segment. The homes of wealthy consumers were filled with handbags in the past few years, but now that prices have skyrocketed, they may prefer to buy jewelry. Generally speaking, analysts believe luxury brands will perform better than others in the coming period, but they...
Orders down, redundancy funds used at double rate and unsustainable demands for SMBs and fashion artisans in Tuscany. The leather goods’ district in Florence sounds the alarm, especially on the basis of the picture shown by CNA Firenze Metropolitana, which has presented the segment’s situation in Scandicci on January 23rd 2024 in a workshop titled...
Mission number one: “to promote and enhance Italian leather in the interior design sector through styling and product development actions”. Mission number two: to activate “collaborative connections with the world of Italian and international design and architecture”. A new project will make its debut at Lineapelle 103, scheduled to take place at Fieramilano Rho from […]
Calculating the average carbon footprint of leather is a big challenge, from both a technical and methodological standpoint. Yet, the market demands it, and Europe has accepted the challenge. This is what the Green Leather Deal, project launched by Cotance (Confederation of National Associations of Tanners and Dressers of the European Community), in collaboration with...
Minimalism and high quality leather. These are the essential ingredients on which the new trainer brand Akman, which made its debut at the latest edition of Pitti Uomo (9-12 January 2024), relies. The brand was founded two years ago by André Maritan (pictured) from Vigonza (Padua) who, with his design studio, has been developing shoes...
Every pair of trainers is different: because every leather is unique. Brightway, the Japanese leather trainer brand created by International Shoes, presented Kyoto Leather Collection, a project uniting two Japanese territories of great traditions, at the latest edition of Pitti Uomo (9-12 January). On the one hand Kyoto, Japan’s ancient capital. On the other Himeji,...
It is an event that possesses – and expresses this with considerable evidence – an almost domestic atmosphere, in the sense of the welcome it reserves to its visitors. And it is an exhibition that thrives on very particular flows, absolutely unique. It is a trade fair dimension that for years has managed to gather […]
In Paris (where fashion week was on the calendar from 16 to 21 January), leather was on the catwalk for Men’s wear by Dior, Kenzo, Hermès and Valentino. No prevailing trend emerged from the catwalks: quiet luxury was flanked by colourful, hyper-decorated clothes, asymmetrical cuts, and various men’s proposals. There were many references, from the...
Bloomberg’s provocation is pretentious precisely because it is counterintuitive. Now that size matters and LVMH is celebrating its own cyclopean measures, the financial paper suggests that the French holding company would gain more value if it unbundled its divisions. And that the fragmentation of the luxury empire would make it easier to succeed Bernard Arnault....
Holding Moda buys Emmetierre and Fast Pelle. The Tuscan companies are specialized in the production of leather goods and handbags. With this operation, Holding Moda strengthens its presence in the leather goods’ segment, as it’s already present with the acquisitions of Gab (2021) and Taglionetto (December 2023). The companies part of Holding Moda, controlled by...
We posed three questions to Marco Palmieri, CEO of Gruppo Piquadro. The entrepreneur (in photo from Imagoeconomica), founded the company in 2005 and located the HQ in Silla di Gaggio Montano (Bologna). Today the entity employs about 1,050 employees. The total organic also includes workers by Uni Best Leather Goods Zhongshan Co. Ltd. in Zhongshan...
Louis Vuitton‘s men’s autumn/winter collection opened Paris Fashion Week (16-21 January). Pharrell Williams, the line’s creative director, was inspired by the Wild West for his second fashion show, complete with cowboy and workwear references. But it was LV’s new direction in bags that impressed insiders: from the iconic Speedy in “butter-soft leather” to the new […]
A comeback at Lineapelle based on participation, which aligns with the slogan of Lineapelle’s next edition (February 20-22 at Fieramilano): Be Part of This Game. The direction will be from Giorgio Linea, In The Making act II and will have a precise goal in mind: putting visitors to the test and have them make small […]
“We will never leave Italy for our manufacturing operation. Made-in-Italy is part of our company’s philosophy, even if this choice is having a big impact on our business currently”. Calzaturificio Soldini di Capolona (Arezzo) has a long history, and so does its footwear brand Antica Cuoieria. Francesca Soldini, third generation leading the company, discussed this...
London, New York, Milan. Three international capitals, three exhibition events, one common denominator: Lineapelle opens 2024 under a slogan intended to be “a participatory and inclusive invitation” addressed to the entire fashion, luxury and design community. A real call to action, as they say in the jargon. Be Part of This Game, in fact, “declines […]
More than even, price remains central at Expo Riva Schuh. The 100th edition of the fair (Riva del Garda, 13-16 January) is being impacted by news from the Middle East. The market continues to take the shape of an hourglass. Clients either buy luxury products or they focus on price and aim towards the lower...
At Expo Riva Schuh (Riva del Garda, 13-16 January) the boot dilemma is on stage. Go for it for the coming winter season? Or take the increasingly warmer climate into account? Companies must take fashion and climate into account to satisfy the public. Where is the customer who follows the fashion trend and the one...
