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26 March 2019

What happened this week: We would call last week a classic post-Hong Kong one. Some in the industry were still travelling, others came home and were busy sorting out the things that landed on their desks...

US Perspective - 26.03.19

Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com Last week a couple of the packers still had representatives travelling in Asia and refrained from making their offers public, while other packers...

19 March 2019

German Perspective – 19.03.19

What happened this week: The fair in Hong Kong has passed. We are now entering a long period during which most in the business will just manage their standard routine. APLF was pretty well attended, although...

US Perspective - 19.03.19

Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com Big packer hides were not easily accessible to the public last week as all the packers had representatives at APLF in Hong Kong. They opted to allow...

The Leather Pipeline - 19.03.19

Macroeconomics After a long period during which there was a lot of financial and political news each week, we have entered a certain type of a break in the past two weeks. First of all, we have to mention...

12 March 2019

German Perspective - 12.03.19

What happened last week: Last week was another slow one, not really a surprise when we consider that it was carnival week in the Catholic parts of Europe and the pre-APLF week in Asia. This generally means...

US Perspective – 12.03.19

Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com We saw a mixed bag of offers in the big packer trade last week. Packers who had people travelling in Asia refrained from making their offers public,...

05 March 2019

German Perspective - 05.03.19

What happened this week: After the February exhibitions, general activity slowed down. Tanners in the high-end luxury segment returned home and had to sort out all the meetings and conversations they had in...

US Perspective - 05.03.19

Courtesy of www.themaxfieldreport.com The underlying sentiment of the trade was that a general lack of sales since the middle of January would force packers to offer more hides last week. Despite that...

The Leather Pipeline - 05.03.19

Macroeconomics In the past two weeks the main headlines in politics focused on the situation in Venezuela, conflict between India and Pakistan, the summit between the leaders of the US and North Korea in...

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