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Those in the footwear and leather goods sector know the challenges the industry has been facing for several years. Innovation, shortage of trained professionals and sustainability. These are the issues nagging the manufacturing world and the entire shoe and bag supply chain.
As always we open our section dedicated to the Outdoor world by referring to the figures and statistics collected by the European Outdoor Group.
The EOG State of Trade report covers products sold by over 100 outdoor companies in Europe in the apparel, footwear and hard- ware markets, and also includes outdoor sell-in figures from multisport/lifestyle brands.
A roundup of previews regarding the technologies that major companies in the leather processing industry will present at Simac Tanning Tech is the main topic of this issue, which turns the spotlight on important innovations that enable tanneries to optimize processes to reduce environmental impact, automate processing steps and lower energy and chemical consumption.
We then discuss the 37th IULTCS Congress dedicated to “Innovations to make leather irreplaceable” to be held in China next October in the presence of the world’s leading experts in leather chemicals. Finally, we report an interview with Elisa Gavazza, ZDHC’s director for Southern Europe, who reports on the latest news affecting tanneries and manufacturers of leather chemicals engaged in the program aimed at zeroing chemical risk.
Cents, the startup that won the contest sponsored by Expo Riva Schuh & Gardabags in June 2023, is a platform with a high digital coefficient and considerable social impact that combines the charitable experience with the shopping experience.
There is a system that seems to focus everything on “formal sustainability” and there are those who, like the Italian tannery, represent an example of “substantial sustainability.” These were the words of President Fabrizio Nuti at the last UNIC assembly, who reiterated how there are not many industries whose raw material is derived from a waste from another supply chain. Italian tanners, moreover, have gone further by putting in place “a recycling and reuse chain of their production waste in tanneries that has no equal, treating and reusing it for the cosmetics industry, the food industry, agriculture and construction. The result is a circularity rate of more than 99 percent.”
Lots of positive insights from the Men’s fashion shows for Spring Summer 2024 that, as trends, largely reconfirm those already recounted a few months ago: a ‘relaxed’ fashion made up of pieces that propose considerable care for materials and details.
The concept of tailoring as a new classic capable of taking a minimum distance from sporty taste is reaffirmed. A fluid fashion rich in accessories that returns to the pleasure of dressing the great classics of menswear, but with a more casual and easier attitude, so much so, at times, that it trespasses towards feminine stylistic canons.
It’s almost refreshing to have had to juggle between those rushing to perfect new purchases, those showing off new collections in the courtyard of Florence’s Castle and the many photographers who kept snapping nonstop.
After difficult years for everyone, finding Pitti Uomo in great shape allows us to hope for a real recovery not only of men’s fashion, but of the entire industry.
Apple recently unveiled its visors capable of moving from immersive reality to virtual reality and then through augmented reality. A new device that generates the unprecedented concept of Space Computing.
Retail Footwear Market forecasts speak of the global footwear market growing from $385.1 billion, recorded in 2021, to $575.7 billion by 2030, with an annual growth rate of 5.5 percent.
Our sector has been willing to commit itself by introducing voluntary certification methodologies for machinery. A distinctive element of Italian savoir-faire aimed at achieving those sustainable development goals of which much is spoken.
A supportive action will have to be taken on these issues that focuses on the promotion of Italian System, capable of sustaining the sector in the fierce international competition.
With this in mind, the events scheduled for next September and October 2023 will also lend themselves to become important moments of discussion and dialogue for the supply chain.