9 April 2024 Footwear – Brazil: due to China and the crisis, footwear exports fell in pairs and in value In the first two months of 2024, Brazilian footwear exports suffered a drop of 31.3% in volume and 22.8% in value. The general decline in demand, which is registered throughout the world, as well as… Continue reading Footwear – Brazil: due to China and the crisis, footwear exports fell in pairs and in value
9 April 2024 Automotive – The coming impact of Gen Z Pangea Made writes on LinkedIn that Generation Z—those born between the mid-1990s and early 2010s—currently constitutes 30% of the global population, according to the World Economic Forum. By 2025, it will account for 27% of the total workforce. The impact that Gen Z could… Continue reading Automotive – The coming impact of Gen Z
9 April 2024 Leather: Industry – Europe complains, Asia grows and Latin America can be the great alternative In the recent newsletter from Leatherbiz Market Intelligence – the portal of the British magazine World Leather – published on March 12, the publication refers to the increasing contrast between the situation of the leather industry in… Continue reading Leather: Industry – Europe complains, Asia grows and Latin America can be the great alternative
6 April 2024 Successful APLF Return Tempered by Slow Market Demand After an absence of five years, APLF finally returned to its home base in Hong Kong to celebrate the 40th year of its launch in 1984. Due to low prices and slow demand for leather, especially in the footwear sector, pre-fair expectations were… Continue reading Successful APLF Return Tempered by Slow Market Demand
8 April 2024 India – Leather bag manufacturing Leather bag manufacturing is an art. you have to take care of lots of things when you manufacture leather bags this is the most important thing by handcrafting a perfect leather bag. Genuine leather bag manufacturing in Delhi. We are a Handmade Leather Bag Manufacturer, which has… Continue reading India – Leather bag manufacturing
8 April 2024 Testing – Accelerate your journey to transparency OEKO-TEX® provides an overview of its support for greater transparency in the leather supply chain. Report by ILM. Greater transparency is foundational to respect human and environmental rights along international product journeys and eventually achieving systemic change. Yet, global supply chains remain fragmented and opaque.… Continue reading Testing – Accelerate your journey to transparency
8 April 2024 Footwear – Portugal, the major exporter that sells 90% of its footwear production abroad The Portuguese footwear industry assures that the work it has been doing to diversify markets has paid off. It is currently one of the most reputable footwear clusters in the world and exports to around 170 countries. The… Continue reading Footwear – Portugal, the major exporter that sells 90% of its footwear production abroad
5 April 2024 A Fast Fashion Story Amy Boote on LinkedIn. In Marrakech last week I purchased a handcrafted leather belt from Mohammed. We spent some time chatting whilst he altered the belt to fit, and I discovered that himself along with his four brothers used to supply a well-known retailer of fast fashion. However,… Continue reading A Fast Fashion Story
5 April 2024 Real Leather. Stay Different. Rewind Documentary Series: Episode 2 Episode Two of Rewind – the new documentary series that sets out the case for leather’s role in a more sustainable future – ‘Fashion’, looks at the impact of fast fashion, the environmental cost of synthetic oil derived fabrics, and how long-lasting clothes… Continue reading Real Leather. Stay Different. Rewind Documentary Series: Episode 2
5 April 2024 New president for CTC Groupe Leather and footwear research and testing organisation CTC Groupe has appointed Arnaud Haefelin as its new president. He took over from Patrice Mignon in the role at the end of March. By Leatherbiz. Before this, for more than 20 years, Mr Haefelin, led a specialist producer of… Continue reading New president for CTC Groupe
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.
