What happened this week: This week everyone was talking about the problems of Volkswagen in the US and possibly also in other markets. Such issues become media hype quite quickly. After Toyota and GM it is now ...
Intelligence
September 2015The Pipeline
29 September 2015
German Perspective - 29.09.15
22 September 2015
German Perspective - 22.9.15
15 September 2015
German Perspective - 15.9.15
08 September 2015
German Perspective - 08.09.15
02 September 2015
German Perspective - 01.09.15
29 September 2015
German Perspective - 29.09.15
US Perspective—29.09.15
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report
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Reports of trading last week appear mixed. Some sources report seeing only a limited amount of interest with the majority of bids $2-$3 under asking...
22 September 2015
German Perspective - 22.9.15
What happened this week: The market is in a state of confusion. The players are taking different positions and this is reflected in the fact that hides prices are bouncing all over the place. Until the All...
US Perspective - 22.9.15
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report
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The big packer trade are of the opinion last week was a sluggish week of trading, while there was plenty of confusion in the market place. There were...
The Leather Pipeline - 22.9.15
Macroeconomics
In terms of politics and economics, the world has been quite interesting the past two weeks. Several emerging markets are facing a serious downturn in their economies and the uncertainty about...
15 September 2015
German Perspective - 15.9.15
What happened this week: Anyone expecting a catastrophe last week would have been disappointed. After the reasonably poor results in Shanghai [All China Leather Exhibition, August 31 to September 2], a good...
US Perspective - 15.9.15
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report
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The consensus amongst various members of the big packer trade is that limited offers from packers drew little interest from perspective buyers,...
08 September 2015
German Perspective - 08.09.15
What happened this week: The long-awaited All China Leather Exhibition in Shanghai has closed its doors and most of the visitors and exhibitors have already returned home or are on their way. Let’s face...
US Perspective—08.09.15
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report
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It appears those who travelled to Asia prior to All China Leather Exhibition were not able to sell as many hides as they anticipated, and those...
The Leather Pipeline - 08.09.15
Macroeconomics
Anyone who needed a bit of entertainment on the financial markets after the very quiet summer months has been richly rewarded in the past two weeks. The last issue of the Market Intelligence...
02 September 2015
German Perspective - 01.09.15
What happened this week: In the week before the All China Leather Exhibition in Shanghai and we, possibly like everybody else, experienced a pretty quiet week with most customers in Asia expecting visits and...
US Perspective—01.09.15
US Perspective—01.09.15
Courtesy of The Maxfield Report
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The first days of the ACLE in Shanghai is in the books and the consensus of the trade is that foot traffic the first...