3 October 2024
European Commission proposes postponing EUDR for one year
The entry into force of the Anti-Deforestation Regulation will slip to 30 December 2025
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26 September 2024
New factory innovation school in Montebelluna
Officially inaugurated the new training headquarters of Sportsystem Foundation in Piazza Aldo Moro 29 in Montebelluna.
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25 September 2024
Challenging landscape for the German footwear industry
According to the HDS/L report, the footwear and leather goods industry is suffering from substantial sales stagnation in the first half of 2024, while the value of imports in the spring declines significantly and rising costs lead to a general increase in prices.
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9 September 2024
New general manager for Assocalzaturifici: Giorgio Possagno
The Confindustria (Confederation of Italian Industry) association, which consists of around 500 member companies and represents the footwear industry at national level, has chosen the 53-year-old manager with a background in Pirelli, Telecom and Veronafiere.
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21 August 2024
Global footwear production goes down and Asia leads consuption
The World Footwear Yearbook 2024 was published, which also highlights the retreat of international exports and the further decline in volumes of leather products.
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29 July 2024
Renzo Lazzarini, the man ‘who had no boundaries’, has passed away
The farewell on 21 July to what was a true pioneer of printing, founder of Chemical Incision Srl in Gambolò (Vigevano).
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10 July 2024
Leather Naturally has a new communications manager
Alexa Rosatti of JBS Couros joins the association's Management Board
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10 July 2024
R4MILANOECOSYSTEM is born
The new multi-stakeholder digital platform created to bring companies and citizens closer to sustainability and circularity in fashion and design.
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1 July 2024
Drop in turnover in the first quarter of 2024
The Italian footwear industry ends 2023 with a substantial hold in turnover, 14.58 billion euros, (+0.6% over 2022) and in exports, but the start of 2024 registers significant downturns in all economic indicators.
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1 July 2024
Italian leather goods: 2024 starts uphill
Exports (-11.8%) and turnover (-12% in the member survey) fell in the first quarter, while domestic demand remained flat (+1.4% the value of retail sales in January-March 2023, but still -1.3% below pre-Covid levels). Luxury slows down.
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