Velasca went from 5 to 90 employees and extended itself from footwear to leather goods and apparel. The brand today has around 30 suppliers in Italy, with which it has built an efficient supply chain. “Internalizing production? Not for now. And that’s fine”, says Marco Lacchini which has been leading the product development, production and...
Exports of Italian leather handbags slow to +3.7%, according to data from Assopellettieri regarding the first 9 months of 2023. What emerges is a “Fall-slowdown for foreign sales” and a “strongly-impacted production activity”. This 4th quarter will likely not bring any good news, and operators expects the inversion of the trend for the second half […]
From designing automobiles to futuristic backpacks, handbags and leather accessories. The new brand Alberto Olivero, founded in 2022 by the designer by the same name (expert designer of cars), participated in Pitti Uomo 105. He does so with a collection that mixes luxury leather with carbon fiber. We met the founder at the last edition...
We asked three questions to Antonio De Matteis, CEO of Kiton since 2007. The company, which Ciro Paone founded in Naples in 1968, has a turnover of over 160 million euros (2022 figure), 85% of which is generated by exports. It has five production sites, around 800 employees, and last November announced a 30 million...
For almost ten years, Duepuntotto has been an active brand in the pet world in the luxury segment. Anna Bussolotto, a portrait photographer, and her husband Giovanni Vedana founded the company 2.8 Design for Dogs in 2016 in Veneto. Their aim is to create “beautiful and functional objects to dedicate to their beloved dachshunds Quintale...
The chain continues to strengthen itself and conduct operations. From sneakers’ brand D.A.T.E., to US-based Authentic Brands Group, and again the deal between Lectra and Launchmetrics: there is no end in sight. M&A operations continue to take place so that companies become more solid and widen their offer and production capacity. SMBs and giants alike...
2023 was a challenging year for Brazil’s tanning industry. A year marked by more exported volume compared to 2022, but also one during which revenue dropped 8.3%. Data was collected by CICB, the tanning association of Brazil, on the basis of the elaboration of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Services. Overall, leather exports from […]
The attention shifts back to products. High-end companies at Pitti Uomo (Florence) are changing their priorities after years during which they dedicated most of their resources to communication, digitalization and brand image. Products are reacquiring their central role and becoming a determining competitive factor at a time where supply surpasses demand and prices are up...
The New Year will bring new luxury price increases: yes or no? Insiders’ opinions are divided. There are those who predict a slowdown in the frequency of price increases, because many brands cannot go any higher. There are instead those who think that nothing will change, and that brands will continue to do so. Perhaps...
The number of requests to use redundancy funds from Tuscan companies of the fashion segment is increasing. This peak is just the last alarm being sound by a system that, especially when it comes to third-party manufacturers, feels “the whiplash effect of the fashion industry”, as written by McKinsey. The slowdown of business for large […]
Destined to shut down, even if for a short period, or for good, depending on the decisions by authorities. Asian news sources report tensions between China and India, where tanneries under the microscope of local governments: for environmental reasons and more. At risk of shutting down Authorities have started their annual inspections of companies in...
Mother Nature would not like FineWoven at all. The animal-free material launched by Apple and used instead of leather for the covers of the new Iphone 15 is the exact opposite of a green solution. This is claimed by UNIC – Italian Tanneries, which commissioned comparative research to Ars Tinctoria, a laboratory specialised in organic […]
The context is clear. On one end are some (often many), trying to force the fashion segment to abandon leather and fur in the name of supposedly better-performing and more moral alternatives, all to be proven. On the other are players such as LVMH, basing their decisions on facts. Facts say there are no alternatives...
Of course, as a fashion entrepreneur Stella McCartney is involved in her own brand activities. But it is very interesting to hear her confess that half of her job is veg lobbying, that is, lobbying governments to change laws and regulations in a direction she likes. It is interesting for two reasons. Firstly, because Stella...
When the interviewer of Madame, the fashion insert of Le Figaro, asks Maria Grazia Chiuri what her greatest dream is, the designer can confess that she has already realised it. Her greatest ambition has always been “to create an iconic and functional piece”, confesses the creative director of Dior. Well, she has succeeded: “I think […]
Luxury brands are strengthening the internal production of handbags and shoes. A trend that began a few years ago and that is accelerating with investments aimed to bring them to completion. The last is that of Saint Laurent, which opened a new leather goods’ manufacturing site in Scandicci (Florence). Next year, on the other hand,...
Leather goods is the new challenge for the independent Santoni. The company with headquarters in Corridonia (Macerata) expects to close 2023 with revenue growth of 15-16% compared to the EUR 98.6 million in 2022. This year it has created 50 new jobs, allowing it to exceed 700 employees. Giuseppe Santoni, the company’s executive chairman, outlines...
Made-in-Italy leather shoes are irresistible. Even for Elon Musk. Footwear manufacturer Bettio in Fiesso d’Artico (Venice) launched the Euforia collection, made up by 20 luxury sneakers’ models made by hand and 100% made in Brenta. Shoes turned into art pieces thanks to 14 contemporary artists. The price is between 400 and 1,000 USD per pair, […]
LVMH Métiers d’Art bought 100% of Renato Menegatti, located in Villaverla (Vicenza), and called it M.ON.DE Metal-on-demand. Another operation in the strategic sectors of metal components for the leather goods and shoes’ segments. This time, the luxury conglomerate bought the activity with its direct operational arm: LVMH Métiers d’Art. LVMH’s metal components’ cluster “Metal working...
How “to bring back” an historic leather goods brand from Naples, which was “navigating in difficult water”. Four years ago Adler Group, controlled by the Scudieri family, bought Tramontano, an artisanal activity founded in 1865 which was even bought by international movie stars. Handbags are all made by hand by artisans with leather exclusively from...
