Mipel Lab presents its own online platform. And, in doing so, it integrates the physical experiences organized in synergy with Lineapelle with a new digital service. But, Assopellettieri points out, the real web channel is only one of the growth steps for the program for the leather goods outsourcing platform. There is more: the platform […]
Pitti Uomo is back. And with the fair, yes, Russian buyers are back in Florence. Pitti, therefore, is back in a sparkling shape, in an edition that closely resembles pre-Covid ones. Many visitors, Italian but above all foreign, visited the pavilions of the fair on the second day (Wednesday, June 15) and on Thursday morning,...
“The premise is that I am not a leather goods’ maker”: up until 2015, Luca Bortolami, entrepreneur from Veneto, knew very little about how to make a handbag. That didn’t stop him (maybe even the opposite) from becoming passionate about the segment. So much, in fact, that that year he decided to acquire Tigamaro, in...
The Italian trade fairs for finished products and fashion accessories are defining dates and strategies for the next editions. The objective: to outline the panorama of what (for now and who knows when) has been defined as the “new normality”. In the light of this dimension, therefore, Pitti, in view of the June edition, takes […]
British luxury brand Smythson gets more and more Italian. This past March, Stefano Giacomelli, CEO of Tivoli, moved from the VP role to president. Moreover, in Calenzano (Florence) where Tivoli’s HQ is located, a 2nd Smythson hub is being developed after the London one. Tivoli group is controlled by Greenwill, holding of the Bahbout family. Smythson’s...
BMB Manifattura Borse, in Scandicci, acquired 70% of Pelletteria Bergamini1960. Which in turns owns Maromed 1992, business with a commercial office in San Lazzaro di Savena (Bologna) and the production site in Tunis (Tunisia). The operation was “in relevant part” by the emission of a 72-months corporate bond, but the precise sum wasn’t disclosed. The “entirety” of […]
Leather and real rust. Metaverse and sustainability. These are the four pillars of the Ruggine project presented at Mipel by debutant brand Cristiano Torricelli. Leather bags and bikers decorated with CTRust processing. In other words: real oxidised rust, anchored to the leather and then protected by a special film. A technique protected by patent. The […]
The appointment is set, the dates are in the diary. The next edition of Lineapelle will take place at Fieramilano Rho from Tuesday 20 to Thursday 22 September 2022. And it will not be an edition like the others because it is the one in which the “business experience that has become a reference point […]
“When I was 20 years old, working in the sector was not socially rewarding. Now it’s different. Young people are calling us. It means that work in leather goods is appreciated by the new generations”. So says Leonardo Calistri, who is 40 years old (in the photo to the right, at Mipel). Together with his […]
The last round of trade fairs closes with results that the organisers consider satisfactory. Micam, Mipel and TheOneMilano, held on March 13-15, brought the Italian fashion proposal for winter 2022/23 to Fieramilano Rho. And they attracted, as the press release states, “attendance equally divided between Italy and abroad”. But Russian instability looms over the market....
A summary of Italy’s footwear segment: global leader in the high-end market, top European manufacturer and 13th in the world, 3rd in global exports. In 2021 the segment in question generated 12.7 billion euro in revenue (+18.7% on 2020), but still 11% below the performance of 2019. A strong recovery signal that is sadly surrounded...
Italy’s leather goods’ segment recovered compared to 2020, but is still far from the performance of 2019. According to Assopellettieri, 2021 was okay, but the crisis between Russia and Ukraine threatens to slow the performance during 2022, effectively stopping the segment to reach pre-Covid levels. Specifically, the increments in energy and raw material prices caused...
At Micam Milano 93, from 13 to 15 March 2022 at Fieramilano Rho, 821 footwear brands will be exhibiting their autumn-winter 2022-2023 collections. This fair will be an opportunity to try to relaunch the sector once again, after Covid (which does not stop worrying) and despite the tension resulting from the conflict in Ukraine. The […]
The 121st edition of Mipel will be held from 13th to 15th March (in synergy with Micam, TheOneMilano and Homi) in the exhibition spaces of Fieramilano Rho. Over 100 leather goods brands will be exhibiting their new products for the 2022-2023 autumn-winter season in an exhibition area of over 4,000 square metres (halls 1 and […]
In her introductory remarks, Alessia Cappello, Councillor for Economic Development of the Municipality of Milan, defines the event scheduled from on March 13-15 as “one of the most important international fashion and accessory fairs“. With 1,400 brands represented, Micam, Mipel, TheOneMilano and HOMI Fashion&Jewels Exhibitions at Fieramilano Rho, under the slogan #BetterTogether, a trade fair […]
Good (again) the second one. Mipel Lab (a project dedicated to Italian sourcing of excellence, organised by Assopellettieri in partnership with Lineapelle) hits the target. And it does so after involving 16 companies in the project, four of which are new entries compared to the debut of last September. Namely: BMB Manifattura Borse, Colonnelli 2.0, […]
During the show’s three days (22-24 February), the public from 31 countries discovered the Spring – Summer 2023 collections of the 960 exhibitors. The 99th edition of Lineapelle closed with 13,000 visitors. The pavilions of Fieramilano Rho showed the liveliness of a proactive fashion industry in search of new normality after the shock of the […]
Lineapelle returns to Fieramilano Rho, from tomorrow, Tuesday 22 February, to Thursday 24, to present the trends for Spring Summer 2023 (click here for registration). It is back with over 950 exhibitors (two-thirds of them Italian) from 31 countries, 30% more than the September 2021 edition, the last one held in attendance. About 500 tanneries […]
“A safe fair” and one that responds to “market needs“. After confirming its dates from February 22 to 24 (in conjunction with the Milan women’s fashion shows, February 22/28, presented yesterday), Lineapelle is warming up its engines to open its 99th edition. An edition in presence, returns to a dimension similar to the pre-Covid one, […]
Mipel Lab 2.0. From February 22nd to the 24th, Lineapelle will host the 2nd edition of the concept exhibit by Assopellettieri that is dedicated to promoting leather sourcing across Italy’s market. 16 companies “that passed the strict selection process”, will be present, explained Assopellettieri’s president Franco Gabbrielli. Mipel Lab 2.0 What can we expect from […]
