World Footwear

Leather

Prada’s result hit by bad performance in Asia

Apr 13, 2015 / Italy
Prada suffered a 28% fall in net income last year as the Italian fashion giant was hit by weaker sales of its luxury products in Asia

New record for Portuguese leather goods exports

Apr 9, 2015 / Portugal
Exports of leather goods continued to grow in 2014 in Portugal. Since 2008 their value nearly tripled and now amounts to 143 million euros

Hermès opens Wanderland

Apr 9, 2015 / United Kingdom
The exhibition will debut at the Saatchi Gallery in London, and then will tour to Paris, Italy and China

Ferragamo blocks 7 million US dollars in fake products

Mar 20, 2015 / Italy
The Italian fashion house confirmed it had blocked, seized or destroyed more than 100 000 fake products in a “fierce global battle against counterfeiting”

Ancient Xinjiang shoes to be restored

Mar 20, 2015 / China
A Chinese archeological research institute is about to start the restoring works of a pair of leather shoes with 1 400-year-old

Hermès with sales up by 11%

Feb 16, 2015 / France
France-based luxury goods group announced fourth quarter sales growing by 11.8% at current exchange rate (9.6% at constant exchange rates). Annual revenue was up by 11.1% (9.7% at current rates)

Portuguese footwear exports with a new record

Feb 11, 2015 / Portugal
According to APICCAPS, the Portuguese Footwear, Components and Leather Goods Manufacturers’ Association, during 2014 the industry managed to increment sales abroad by 8%

Get to know Centenário

Feb 4, 2015 / Portugal
The company based in Aveiro (Portugal), with more than 7 decades of existence, is now focusing on golf shoes, with leather soles and produced using the Goodyear system

Indian leather exports continue with dynamic performance

Feb 3, 2015 / India
The increase occurred across exports of all segments of leather & leather products during the eight month's period ended in November 2014

Brazilian leather exports up by 17.4%

Jan 15, 2015 / Brazil
Exports of Brazilian hides and skins have reached a total of 2 947 billion US dollars in 2014, reflecting a very dynamic growth, according to data coming from the Centre for the Brazilian Tanning Industry (CICB)

Hermès with solid results

Jan 2, 2015 / France
Sales for the third quarter were up by 10.6% (11.1% at constant rates), reaching 990.6 million euros

1st edition of the Pakistan Mega Leather Show

Dec 19, 2014 / Pakistan
The Pakistan Tanners’ Association (PTA) confirmed a new exhibition will take place early next year

Prada with massive drop in net income

Dec 10, 2014 / Italy
The Italy-based group has announced the financial results for the nine month's period, characterized by declines in revenue and net income

Salvatore Ferragamo with revenue growth

Dec 8, 2014 / Italy
As of the end of September the group has posted total revenue of 957 million euros, with a 5% increase at current exchange rates. Revenues growth at constant exchange rates has reached 6%

Brazilian leather exports with two digits growth

Dec 5, 2014 / Brazil
The country has registered in November a total of 206 million US dollars in exports of hides and skins, according to the Centre for the Brazilian Tanning Industry (CICB)
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