Training academy plans for Kering in Italy
Luxury group Kering is launching a new academy set-up in Italy to train new-generation talent in leathergoods manufacturing and other artisan skills.
Kering said it had taken the decision to set the new academy up because the luxury sector is undergoing what it called “a profound transformation”. A first group of students will start their training in September.
The group said it had chosen Italy as the location for its new academy because it wanted to play a role in the renewal of the country’s “cultural and industrial excellence”. It said it wanted new-generation craftspeople to learn traditional techniques, but also to learn to interpret luxury “for their own times” and shape the future of the industry.
The academy will have a base in Milan but will operate across multiple sites and centres of expertise in different parts of Italy. Kering said the new initiative would “consolidate and strengthen” training programmes that its brands have already set up. It said the new model would allow it to increase the number of new skilled artisans it can train to 1,000 per year, with this number increasing over time to 2,000 per year.
