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Luxury Deadstock Resale Site Launched by LVMH
Luxury goods conglomerate LVMH is launching an online market platform to sell off its deadstock high-end fabrics instead of letting them pile up in warehouses, or worse, having...
East African Leather Trade Welcomes New Online Platform
The East African Community’s trade in leather and leather products is growing slowly, with an average rate of 1.5% annually. To boost the trade among EAC partner states, an...
Mulberry Unveils Green Manifesto
Luxury fashion brand Mulberry’s new sustainability programme includes a goal for the firm to create the lowest carbon leather on the planet. The half-century-old company said the...
Iranian Production Doubles
Iran’s textile, clothing, and leather production doubled in the last calendar year, according to a board member of the Iranian Tanners Association.
Spanish Municipalities Unite Against US Tariff Rise
The Spanish city of Elche has become the country’s epicentre for the uncertainty and malaise that exists in its footwear sector, following US president Joe Biden’s announcement of...
Stahl outlines sustainable development ambitions in 2020 ESG Report
Waalwijk, the Netherlands, 15 April 2021 – Stahl, an active proponent of responsible chemistry, publishes its 2020 Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report. The report...
Zimbabwe to Establish Leather Design Studio
Zimbabwe is to have its first satellite design studio for leather products as it positions itself for enhanced quality standards and a sectoral upscale along the value chain. ...
Bangladesh Leather Sector Given 3 Month Loan Extension
On Monday, the Bangladesh Bank extended the loan for the leather sector entities relocated in the Savar Leather Industrial Park, on the outskirts of Dhaka, by three months.
Myanmar Industry in Crisis
Two years after opening his garment factory in Myanmar, Li Dongliang is on the verge of closing it down and laying off his 800 remaining workers. The business had been struggling...
Bhartiya to Focus on Sustainable Manufacturing
Bhartiya, India’s largest manufacturing export house of leather apparel and accessories, has implemented a SupplierSure project in partnership with Eurofins BLC. The project gives...
San Francisco Leather District to be Celebrated with Markers
A plan to commemorate 50 locations tied to San Francisco's leather and LGBTQ culture with sidewalk markers has been endorsed by the Board of Supervisors and will file for civic...
Shanghai Fashion Week Begins
Shanghai’s fashion community returns this evening to the tents at Xintiandi’s Taiping Lake Park for the first official show of Shanghai Fashion Week’s Autumn 2021 season, with...
Zimbabwe to Launch Leather Sector Strategy
Zimbabwe Leather Sector’s Strategy for the next decade is to be officially launched this week in Bulawayo with Vice-President, Dr Constantino Chiwenga, leading the proceedings....
New Anti-Microbial Leather
Through the partnership of Muirhead and Polygiene, a natural leather has been launched with built-in antimicrobial technology. The companies said Muirhead Active Hygiene Leather...
Carla Zampatti Dies at 78
Australian fashion icon Carla Zampatti, known for elegant designs and efforts to empower women for over more than half a century, has died aged 78 after a fall in Sydney, her...
Detroit Ford Leather Donated
A $100,000 trove of surplus leather hides unearthed during Ford Motor Co. preparations to demolish portions of its Product Development Center in Michigan USA, will help two small...
Stahl launches next-generation solutions for lightweight automotive leather
Waalwijk, The Netherlands, 30 March 2021 - Stahl, an active proponent of responsible chemistry, has launched a range of next-generation solutions that enable tanners to...
APLF Introduces sampleroom
Start connecting buyers and suppliers on 19 April 2021
Blue Point Acquires Weaver Leather
US-based private equity firm Blue Point Capital Partners announced it has partnered with management in the acquisition of its ninth Blue Point IV platform investment, Weaver Leather....
