What happened this week: Despite positive reports from overseas markets, the market in Europe is still under pressure. In particular the suppliers in continental Europe focusing on fresh, chilled productions...
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October 2012The Pipeline
30 October 2012
German Perspective - 30.10.12
23 October 2012
German Perspective - 23.10.12
16 October 2012
German Perspective - 16.10.12
09 October 2012
US Perspective—09.10.12
02 October 2012
US Perspective—02.10.12
30 October 2012
German Perspective - 30.10.12
US Perspective—30.10.12
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report
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US big packer hides continued their impressive run since the All China Leather Exhibition in early September, as packers were once again able to eke...
Market Intelligence - 30.10.12
Macroeconomics
The financial markets are going through a period of good and bad news at the same time. Financial data delivered from the US and China have been a bit of a mixed bag and you may pick whatever...
23 October 2012
German Perspective - 23.10.12
What happened this week: This week was again pretty quiet and interest is very limited. The market continues to be driven by politics and not by any serious reflection of the actual balance of physical demand...
US Perspective—23.10.12
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report
www.themaxfieldreport.com
Opinions in the trade appear mixed as to exactly how many big packer hides were sold last week. According to the claims of some packers, they enjoyed...
16 October 2012
German Perspective - 16.10.12
What happened this week: The Lineapelle show in Bologna is over now and this has been the last of the important leather shows for 2012. The attendance was pretty impressive, which may also be related to many...
US Perspective—16.10.12
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report
www.themaxfieldreport.com
The US big packer market exhibited some lofty gains last week, with prices reflecting increases ranging from a dollar to as much as two dollars,...
Market Intelligence - 16.10.12
Macroeconomics
The past two weeks have been a bit more quiet in respect of general news from the financial markets. The focus has shifted a bit to tensions in the Middle East, with the civil war in Syria and...
09 October 2012
US Perspective—09.10.12
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report
www.themaxfieldreport.com
Last week was nearly a non-existent week of trading for most members of the trade in terms of the number of hides sold (especially traders), as a...
German Perspective - 09.10.12
What happened this week: This past week was a quiet one, as expected. With most Asian buyers on holiday and Europeans basically waiting for the Lineapelle event in Bologna this coming week, activity was...
02 October 2012
US Perspective—02.10.12
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report
www.themaxfieldreport.com
The consensus of the big packer trade is that packers were able to eke out a few incremental increases last week; however, packers admitted by the...
Market Intelligence - 02.10.12
Macroeconomics
The financial world is still in a state of turbulence and ‘investors’ are happy to take as much advantage from the situation as they can.
Despite the experience that the injection of more...
German Perspective - 02.10.12
What happened this week: The situation is becoming more mysterious every day. Reports differ more than ever. Market activity was pretty slow this week and interest for hides was sparse. This is in...