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30 October 2018

Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com Last week in the big packer trade saw packers with offer lists that were unchanged compared to the previous week. Most packers had plenty of Jumbo and ...

German Perspective – 30.10.18

What happened last week: We were tempted to just copy the report of the previous week into this one. Very little has changed and the fundamentals that we described a week ago are still valid, and have actually ...

The Leather Pipeline - 30.10.18

Macroeconomics There is no shortage of news and activity in politics and the financial markets. In Turkey, an opposition journalist was reportedly murdered in the Saudi Arabian embassy, with...

23 October 2018

US Perspective - 23.10.18

Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com Reports from the big packer trade claim packers entered last week with offer lists that were unchanged from the previous week. Most packers appeared...

German Perspective – 23.10.18

What happened last week: We are approaching the end of the month once more. For most Europeans, the fantastic summer and brilliant summer is coming to an end. Last week brought pretty high temperatures and...

16 October 2018

US Perspective—16.10.18

Last week in the big packer trade saw packers start the week with offer lists that for the most part appeared unchanged with the past couple of weeks. However, there were reports that the number of jumbo and...

German Perspective - 16.10.18

What happened this week: The week after the Chinese October holidays did not bring any good news. It seems that our customer-base in Asia took opportunity to enjoy family time and to begin to think about the...

The Leather Pipeline - 16.10.18

Macroeconomics Commodity prices have begun to fluctuate and in the past week stock markets began to change direction too. Various international institutions began to send warnings and this was also recognised ...

09 October 2018

US Perspective—09.10.18

Reports from the big packer trade claim interest in the second half of the week did not exhibit much improvement. Many members of the trade expected to see a lacklustre week with Chinese tanners out all week...

German Perspective - 09.10.18

What happened this week: The general situation is already difficult enough and a week like last week just made things worse. China and many parts of Asia were on holiday and, in the case of Germany, we also...

02 October 2018

US Perspective – 02.10.18

Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com Last week in the big packer trade, packers entered the week with offer lists that were similar to the previous week. Sources share that the only...

German Perspective – 02.10.18

What happened last week: The last big trade event before the leather business is released into the busy winter season took place. The Lineapelle exhibition in Milan is traditionally the gateway for the...

The Leather Pipeline - 02.10.18

Macroeconomics After a long summer when politics mostly dominated the headlines, we are now seeing the financial markets become more active, which is in most cases directly related to political decisions....

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