New blog entry: reasons to be bullish about leather
01/10/2015
In his monthly column for October, Mr Peters says that he took encouragement from visiting industry exhibitions in September, particularly Lineapelle in Milan.
In the column, which you can read in full here, Mr Peters says of the show: “Leather was the main celebrity and leading actor, positioned on the world stage for all to embrace and marvel at the diversity and ranges created from this incredible by-product. Am I bullish on the product? You betcha! ”
He goes on to say that the leather industry in Italy deserves credit for “figuring out a survival strategy, which based on Lineapelle appears to be working”. He explains that the centralisation of much of leather manufacturing in China has “basically commoditised our product” and has made brands dependent on this region for supply. Treating leather as a commodity could have the potential to “stifle future development”, he warns.
Image courtesy of Lineapelle.
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