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28 May 2019

What happened this week: For a while now, the question that is raised is why should we bother writing a market review? But there is never a standstill, it’s just that the market isn’t lively, which ...

US Perspective - 28.5.19

Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com Members of the big packer trade report that after a slow start, interest picked up considerably and packers had a decent number of bids to consider....

The Leather Pipeline - 28.5.19

Macroeconomics The world of finance and politics continue to supply exciting news – although it’s debatable if this is good news; we would say it’s pretty frightening. On the political...

21 May 2019

German Perspective – 21.05.19

What happened last week: Spring has always been tough in this business, although many people forget this from year to year. The winter 2018/19 season was quite a bit different to previous years. It was never...

US Perspective – 21.05.19

Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com Packers in the big packer trade entered last week with offer lists of wet salted hides that were more populated than the previous week. All packers...

14 May 2019

German Perspective – 14.05.19

What happened last week: For a long time, politics did not have a great influence on the markets. Negative news, conflicts and other important matters were just ignored. Regardless of how negative the news, it ...

US Perspective – 14.05.19

Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com Last week in the big packer trade, packers entered the week with offer lists that were more populated than the previous week. Most packers also had a...

The Leather Pipeline - 14.05.19

Macroeconomics One cannot complain about a lack of excitement and news from politics and the financial markets in the past two weeks. In normal times, we might have talked here about further Brexit news,...

07 May 2019

German Perspective - 07.05.19

What happened this week: Another week that can be considered as a lost one for selling hides. In many parts of the world May 1 was celebrated as Labour Day and here and there the holiday was also used for an...

US Perspective—07.05.19

Courtesy of The Maxfield Report www.themaxfieldreport.com The majority of sources claim the Labor Day Holiday in the middle of last week took a huge toll on business. Many believe served as an excuse for...

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