JBS and Viva are merging in the name of leather. The result is the Brazilian super-group JBS Viva: 31 facilities and more than 11,000 employees across Brazil, Italy, Uruguay, Argentina, Mexico and Vietnam. The new company will process over 20 million hides a year. Here are the terms and reactions surrounding the deal, which […]
It is downsizing in Austria, where Wollsdorf Leder is laying off 150 of its 371 employees, and is shifting its focus to production in Mexico, where in 2017 the tannery group invested EUR 40 million to build a manufacturing plant. It is a consequence of the European automotive downturn rippling through the supply chain — […]
Luxury remains resilient, but not immune. The sector has lost 70 million customers since its 2022 peak: it now counts 330 million clients, the same level as in 2013. It is heading towards the close of 2025 with overall revenues stable. Footwear and handbags are underperforming compared with other segments of the luxury market, which...
Collagen recovery, digital design, circularity in circularity, and new business models: these are the themes that animated today’s event at the Russo tannery in Casandrino. The event MICS – Made in Italy Circolare e Sostenibile (Circular and Sustainable Made in Italy) is an extended partnership financed by MUR with PNRR funds, the largest investment ever […]
From zero to 32 employees in 18 months. The word “crisis” stays outside the doors of Lissatura, company based in Corridonia (Macerata), which is still recruiting staff to meet orders coming mainly from luxury brands. “The secret? There are two: industrializing a specific phase of the process, and thinking and acting like a seller, not...
Next stop: February 2026. To be precise, from Wednesday 11 to Friday 13. The location is Fiera Milano Rho, in the same halls used last September (1–3, 2–4, 5–7). These are the coordinates of Lineapelle 107, which — as stated in a press note — “aims to strengthen its identity as a space for creative development, stylistic direction and commercial exchange for a […]
A meeting of excellences. The design, innovation and promotion of Italian style embodied by Lineapelle, and the creative energy of Antwerp — the Belgian city recognised as one of the world’s fashion capitals, where contemporary boundaries open onto new horizons of creativity and style. On Thursday 13 November, Lineapelle delivered a kind of lectio magistralis at The Mills. […]
Following the success of the first edition, the educational-creative workshop (Hi)story / (Re)source / Project(ed) returns. In other words, the result of a collaboration between Designskolen Kolding and Lineapelle, which reinvents opera with leather. From November 17 to December 20, 2025, students from the Fashion, Accessories, and Textiles courses will be asked to reinterpret the costumes […]
The secret file prepared by De Meo to treat Gucci and Kering. It is titled “ReconKering Memo_06.10.2025”, and Kering’s CEO Luca De Meo drafted it and sent it to several of the group’s managers ahead of the meeting held on Friday 14 November. Panorama managed to obtain the file and make it public. It is effectively the first extract — also picked...
Johnny Coca is no longer the designer responsible for accessories and leather goods at Louis Vuitton. Coca is undoubtedly one of the world’s leading specialists in handbag design. He had been at LVMH’s flagship brand for five and a half years. His future direction remains unknown. Coca steps down from his role as accessories designer Since 2020, Johnny […]
Fashion in 2026: a worsening scenario (partly due to tariffs) with consumers having other purchasing priorities. Meanwhile, artificial intelligence is shifting from a competitive advantage to a business necessity, forcing fashion companies to make their main goal, for next year, to adapt to this new context. This is the picture painted by the report The State...
French leather is losing momentum. In the first nine months of 2025, the trade surplus fell from EUR 3.7 billion in 2024 to EUR 3.3 billion this year. The cause lies in the drop in exports (–3% to EUR 13.7 billion), while imports remained stable at EUR 10.4 billion. Exports were penalised by weaker demand from the […]
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Lineapelle meets Tokyo by taking part — in an exceptionally proactive way — in the event that shines a spotlight on new proposals from Italian fashion. It is called The NIC (New Italian Cool) Award. Organised by the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ICCJ), The NIC Award positions itself as “a point of reference, […]
Jewelry shines brighter than handbags. A new battle between luxury products is looming, mainly due to increases in handbag prices, luxury buyers have turned to jewelry. However, jewelry now has to contend with several headwinds, while the big leather goods brands have geared up. For now, jewelry is winning, as Richemont’s financials tell us, but...
The most recent upgrades, launched in 2024 and completed in 2025, involved replacing the roofing, which has now been prepared to accommodate a photovoltaic system and to enable the recovery of rainwater for use in the production cycle. They also included overhauling the wastewater treatment plant, in collaboration with Italprogetti, through the introduction of a...
There is a place in Boston that seems to belong to the last century, with one difference: a computer on the manager’s desk. It’s Harcourt Bindery, which claims to be the oldest company in the United States that binds books only by hand, and some of the tools used by the craftsmen are as old […]
Lineapelle without borders. Today (13 November) and tomorrow (14 November), Lineapelle spans both West and East, between Europe and the Far East, Antwerp and Tokyo. The initiative reflects the evolving international outlook of the fair, while preparations continue for the next edition of the world’s leading trade show for the leather, fashion and design industries: […]
Luca is nearing 54, with long hair and a beard. He’s owned many motorbikes over the years, favouring enduro and motocross models. Yet he’s had the same leather riding jacket since he was 17. “I can’t decide whether to leave it as an heirloom or have it cremated with me”, he jokes. But behind the...
“An as-yet-unexplored treasure”. That’s how Riccardo Braccialini, owner of PELFIM – Pelletteria Fiorentina Montecristo in Calenzano (Florence), describes Gherardini in this interview. The Florentine brand, celebrating its 140th anniversary this year, has seen its share of highs and lows. After being effectively “frozen” for around two years, it was revived in 2023 following its acquisition...
