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Promoted by the European Commission, through the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and DG GROW (Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs), the campaign is presenting itself to young people This time the initiative is presented to students from the Polytechnic Institutes of Lisbon and Leiria, with the program aiming to lead them to discover areas complementary to their own.  After some physical and digital initiatives, the program is now targeting polytechnic students at this stage. Through newsletters and communication on the social networks, the Open Your Mind project will play a role in attracting young people under 30 to the Textile, Clothing, Leather and Footwear sectors. In addition to the students at the Polytechnic of Lisbon and Leiria, the campaign will also develop an action with the European Blue Flag Association (ABAE), disseminating the information at the level of secondary education, vocatio...

In face of the unprecedented global COVID-19 pandemic, the organisers of All China Leather Exhibition (ACLE), APLF and the China Leather Industry Association (CLIA) have decided to postpone the 2020 event for next year China has enforced 14-day quarantine orders which would make it impossible for international exhibitors and visitors to attend ACLE. On top of that, on the 3rd of July, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Public Security and the National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China jointly issued a COVID-19 Safety and Prevention Guidelines for the Organisation of Exhibitions, requesting that "large-scale, foreign-related exhibitions be held cautiously", with strict requirements including limiting the number of attendees. "Under these circumstances and after several in-depth communications, the organisers, in view of the health and safety of our exhibitors and buyers and the impact on the exhibition, made the hard decision to announ...

Exports of the leather sector have been severely affected so far this financial year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Aqeel Ahmed Panaruna, Chairman of the Council for Leather Exports stated Provisional data from the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics indicates that in 2019-20 exports declined by 10.89% to roughly 5.07 billion US dollars from 5.69 billion US dollars in 2018-19. “Only about 10% of exports was achieved in March 2020 due to COVID-19. For combined April and May 2020 we achieved only 17% or 128.52 million US dollars in exports when compared to 757.11 million Us dollars in April-May 2019”, Mr. Panaruna is being cited by TheHindu. The same source says that while exports of leather, leather products and footwear stood at 442 million US dollars in June 2019, only 35% of that is expected for June 2020 due to the continuing lockdown. Assuming the lockdown ends, the expectation is that in July percentage could increase to 50%, and that the si...

Total exports of the leather industry in Bangladesh in fiscal year 2019-20 declined by more than 20%, with drops across all categories. Exception made by exports of other footwear (non-leather) In the last financial year, Bangladesh’s leather industry registered a total of 797.6 million US dollars’ worth of exporting revenue, which represented a decline of 21.79% over the performance in similar period last year. The leather industry missed the target set for the period by 27.03%. Finished leather exports generated 98.31 million US dollars, down by 40.28% from similar period in the previous fiscal year, and missing the target set for the period by 40.42%. Leather goods contributed with 220.55 million US dollars, down by 10.81% from the performance in the previous fiscal year, and also missing the target set (by 11.07%). Leather footwear exports registered a decline of 21.24%, generating 478.75 million US dollars over the period. Leather footwear is the category contrib...

From the 22nd to the 23rd September 2020 Lineapelle will take place at Fieramilano Rho, showcasing together with all fashion exhibitions of made in Italy Lineapelle has announced the news today and have said it will move into as smart event on its next edition. The event is called A New Point of View and it will take place on the 22nd and 23rd of September 2020 at the Fieramilano Rho, at the same time as Micam, Mipel, The One and Homi Fashion & Jewels. "Five trade shows, united, to underline the liveliness of the Italian fashion chain and lifestyle that, even if it was toughly hit by the situation of socioeconomic instability caused by the health emergency, reacts putting in play all of its creativity and renewed commitment to sustainability and innovation of the companies that are part of it", the organisers said. Conscious that a change in format was required in order not to risk a lack of concreteness to the real needs of operators. Lineapelle has decided to devel...

The Eco-design Guide for the Footwear Industry developed under the Life GreenShoes4All project intends to be a short guide to support companies that want to incorporate eco-design in the development of lower environmental impact footwear Eco-design can be defined as the “integration of environmental aspects into product design and development, with the aim of reducing adverse environmental impacts throughout a product’s life cycle” and should be applied at an early stage in the product development phase leading to improved design specifications. The aim is to develop new sustainable products, minimizing the environmental impact throughout the product’s life cycle, without compromise performance, functionality, quality, safety, ergonomics and cost. It is necessary to find the right balance to develop footwear products that fulfil the environmental requirements, the company business and consumer expectations. Currently, there are available several methods and tools to sup...

Daniel Langer, Chief Executive of Luxury, Lifestyle and Consumer Brand Strategy from firm Équité, believes half of the luxury brands around the world will fail to survive the COVID-19 crisis Mr. Langer commented: “The brands that claim to be luxury companies yet don’t create extreme value will be the first to go. In other words, the ones that think charging high prices is equal to luxury”, as reported by footwearbiz.com. The argument is that calling products or experiences as luxury based only on the idea that they are expensive will turn to be a fatal error for brands. The consultant argues that true luxury brands have to focus on delivering “significant value” to customers so that customers are willing to pay “a significant price” for what they receive. Not long-ago Jonathan Anderson, Creative Director of luxury leather goods brand Loewe, said the word luxury had lost its meaning and called out for a need to “articulate luxury differently” Source: footwearbiz.com