10 March 2022 France Paris-based luxury group LVMH is set to take its Métiers d’Excellence (ME) concept, meaning “professions of excellence” in English, on a tour of five French cities beginning March 9 and ending April 6, in order to engage potential future recruits, writes Leatherbiz. Now in its eighth consecutive edition, this… Continue reading France
9 March 2022 Real Leather. Stay Different. competition returns for 2022 Real Leather. Stay Different. has announced that its International Student Design Competition will return for 2022 with the question “Fast Fashion or Slow Style?” Report by ILM. The competition, which started in 2021, is a global search for new design talent open… Continue reading Real Leather. Stay Different. competition returns for 2022
9 March 2022 Leather Naturally – Search underway for new Chair on the Management Board Leather Naturally announced that they are searching for candidates who are interested in joining the Leather Naturally Management Board as Chair. The position of Chair becomes available after the current chair Egbert Dikkers indicated that he will take… Continue reading Leather Naturally – Search underway for new Chair on the Management Board
9 March 2022 Leatherbiz Market Intelligence – War changes everything We published the most recent edition of our Leatherbiz Market Intelligence newsletter on March 8. Of course, the war in Ukraine is the dominant story. The suffering of the people caught up in the war and of refugees fleeing it are clearly the… Continue reading Leatherbiz Market Intelligence – War changes everything
8 March 2022 Dubai At the upcoming ILM hybrid conference in Dubai, Deborah Taylor, Managing Director of the Sustainable Leather Foundation (SLF), and Mauricio Bauer, Senior Director Beef & Leather Supply Chains at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), will reveal the organisations’ groundbreaking traceability project. Taylor said: “Traceability is the foundation for transparency,… Continue reading Dubai
8 March 2022 ILM Podcast – Testex’s role in global leather standards In the latest ILM podcast episode, Deputy Editor Tom Hogarth is joined by Mirjam Bänninger, Group Product Manager Leather Standard at Testex, to discuss the organisation’s perspective on developing leather industry standards as well as how the Group navigated a path through the… Continue reading ILM Podcast – Testex’s role in global leather standards
8 March 2022 China – Subsidies available to Wenzhou firms for ACLE According to reports from within the country, Wenzhou-based companies who plan to show during the All-China Leather Exhibition (ACLE), currently set to be held between August 31 and September 2 in Shanghai, may be eligible for municipality-backed subsidies, reports Leatherbiz. Citing… Continue reading China – Subsidies available to Wenzhou firms for ACLE
7 March 2022 Manufacturing – Make your leather goods circular The future is circular. With the production of, for example, fashion items, footwear, car interiors, aviation seats and upholstery, we should aim to use (and reuse) products as long as possible and reduce waste to a minimum. Material sourcing plays a vital role in this… Continue reading Manufacturing – Make your leather goods circular
7 March 2022 Japan, despite the liberalizations, is a bit of a disappointment For the Italian shoe, said Siro Badon (Assocalzaturifici) commenting on the 2021 data, Japan is a bit of a disappointment, reports La Conceria. Of course, two premises must be made. The first: that of the liberalization of the Japanese market is a… Continue reading Japan, despite the liberalizations, is a bit of a disappointment
7 March 2022 Italy – Improvement in 2021 for Italian leathergoods sector, but worries remain Italy’s leathergoods manufacturers achieved revenues of almost €7.5 billion in 2021, an increase of 25% compared to the previous year, but still 17% short of the figure for 2019, writes Leatherbiz. At the end of 2021, Assopellettieri said… Continue reading Italy – Improvement in 2021 for Italian leathergoods sector, but worries remain
We bring leather, material and fashion businesses together: an opportunity to meet and greet face to face. We bring them from all parts of the world so that they can find fresh partners, discover new customers or suppliers and keep ahead of industry developments.
We organise a number of trade exhibitions which focus on fashion and lifestyle: sectors that are constantly in flux, so visitors and exhibitors alike need to be constantly aware both of the changes around them and those forecast for coming seasons.
