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27 September 2011
US US Perspective - 27.09.11
DE German Perspective - 27.09.11
20 September 2011
US US Perspective—20.09.11
Market Intelligence—20.09.11
DE German Perspective—20.09.11
13 September 2011
DE German Perspective—13.09.11
US US Perspective—13.09.11
06 September 2011
US US Perspective - 06.09.11
DE German Perspective - 06.09.11
Market Intelligence - 06.09.11

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27 September 2011
Market
German Perspective - 27.09.11
What happened this week:  This week was pretty quiet. This is nothing unusual for a September week, as usually the summer break for raw materials ends at the end of September and not at the end of August....
Market
US Perspective - 27.09.11
Courtesy of the Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com   The consensus of the trade is that last week was a relatively quiet week of trading. Some members of the leather trade blame the general lack of...
20 September 2011
Market
US Perspective—20.09.11
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com Members of the big packer trade appear to share the opinion there was quite a bit of interest expressed this week from tanners, albeit at levels well ...
Market
Market Intelligence—20.09.11
Macroeconomics The financial markets are still totally dominated by the European debt crisis and pretty weak economic news from the US. The government there is trying to support the weak labour market with a...
Market
German Perspective—20.09.11
What happened this week: The week after Shanghai was pretty quiet. Many Asian tanners took a break for a few days this week and although many operations were open a lot of staff and management were out for a...
13 September 2011
Market
German Perspective—13.09.11
What happened this week: The show in Shanghai has drawn its curtains and has been well attended as usual. After the long summer break and the recent turmoil on the financial markets people were eager to see...
Market
US Perspective—13.09.11
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com The majority of the trade has returned from Asia and last week’s All China Leather Exhibition. The consensus of those who travelled prior to the show...
06 September 2011
Market
German Perspective - 06.09.11
What happened this week: Slowly but surely the realities are breaking through. Prices have already started to fade prior to the Shanghai fair. We would rather say they have been drifting lower for a while, but ...
Market
US Perspective - 06.09.11
US Perspective – 06.09.11 Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com   Activity in the big packer market slowed towards the end of the week. We can blame some of the inactivity for the fact that ...
Market
Market Intelligence - 06.09.11
Macroeconomics   At the beginning of the period it seemed that the financial markets could enter into a period of more stability again after the shockwaves which went through the market in mid-August. However, ...