11 July 2025 Real Leather, Stay Different – 2025 Design Competition Deadline There are just five days left to enter the Real Leather. Stay Different. International Student Design Competition, which for the first time will be visiting Taipei – Asia’s hub of fashion, culture and cutting-edge creativity – for its finals event. Mike Adler, celebrity… Continue reading Real Leather, Stay Different – 2025 Design Competition Deadline
11 July 2025 French tanneries post €424 million turnover Alliance France Cuir has published a series of detailed reports on the leather industry’s performance in France in 2024. By Leatherbiz. Thirty-three leather manufacturers operated in France in 2024, employing a total of 1,493. Alliance France Cuir said just under half of the companies that make… Continue reading French tanneries post €424 million turnover
11 July 2025 Natuzzi reports decline in first quarter 2025 results Italian furniture brand Natuzzi reported first quarter 2025 revenue of €78.1 million, down 7.6% from €84.5 million in the same period last year. By ILM. The decline was attributed to weaker consumer confidence and ongoing geopolitical and economic pressures. Gross margin fell to 34.1%… Continue reading Natuzzi reports decline in first quarter 2025 results
10 July 2025 Tariffs – August deadline for trade deals or April tariffs ‘boomerang back’ Image shows container ships on the Saigon River, near Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. The US government sent formal letters to trading partners around the world on July 7 warning them to accelerate the process of agreeing a trade… Continue reading Tariffs – August deadline for trade deals or April tariffs ‘boomerang back’
10 July 2025 Leather Finishes Paul Foulkes Arellano writes on LinkedIn: A significant portion of cow leather, roughly 40%, is corrected grain leather. This means the outer layer of the hide has been sanded down to minimize imperfections and then treated with synthetic pigments and a polyurethane finish to create a more uniform appearance. This… Continue reading Leather Finishes
10 July 2025 US Military Boot Production ISA Mississippi TanTec, our LWG Gold-rated tannery in the United States, recently joined the American Combat Boot Alliance (ACBA) in support of a bipartisan coalition of Congressional leaders who introduced the Better Outfitting Our Troops (BOOTs) Act in the House and Senate in late June. At ISA Mississippi… Continue reading US Military Boot Production
9 July 2025 Uruguay – Market Conditions force Operations at Paycueros to be Reduced Paycueros broke the silence: “finishing leather in Uruguay is no longer a possibility”. The company assured that the Paysandú plant does not have the conditions today to sustain the level of activity it used to have. After more than two months… Continue reading Uruguay – Market Conditions force Operations at Paycueros to be Reduced
9 July 2025 A Plastic-Free Cocktail in One Hand… and a Plastic Handbag in the Other? I must have missed something… Is it leather? Writes on LinkedIn: We’ve banned plastic straws. We’re phasing out disposable coffee cups. Single-use bags are becoming social faux pas. All in the name of sustainability – and rightfully so. But… Continue reading A Plastic-Free Cocktail in One Hand… and a Plastic Handbag in the Other?
9 July 2025 22nd UITIC Footwear Congress to focus on AI in Shanghai Shanghai will host the 22nd UITIC International Technical Footwear Congress from August 31 to September 3, 2025, with a focus on artificial intelligence (AI). By ILM. Organised by the International Union of Shoe Industry Technicians (UITIC) and the China Leather Industry Association… Continue reading 22nd UITIC Footwear Congress to focus on AI in Shanghai
8 July 2025 The UITIC Congress is a platform for information exchange and cooperation in the footwear industry. Li Yuzhong, Chairman of the China Leather Industry Association (CLIA) announced that the upcoming UITIC Congress will take place in China from 31 August to 3 September. All China Leather Exhibition (ACLE) will also be held in… Continue reading The UITIC Congress is a platform for information exchange and cooperation in the footwear industry.
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.
