Leather

13th August 2018

Marketing is about the stories that you tell

POSTED ON AUGUST 13, 2018 Getting you story right Today I was delighted to be observing the Clerk of the Worshipful Company of Leathersellers being awarded a Fellowship of the University of Northampton at their July Degree ceremonies, to the obvious delight of their Chancellor, The Rev. Richard Coles who grew up locally in a […]

8th September 2016

Heading to Japan

After a week in Shanghai at the All China Leather Exhibition a trip to the traditional area of Japan (watch this video to see what I am going to be looking for) is quite contrast. Being in Shanghai at this time is to be absolutely at the leading edge of the commercial and technical changes […]

7th January 2016

Lobbying and facts around methane

POSTED ON JANUARY 7, 2016 Keeping Goldfish to save the planet? When the EU social partners COTANCE and the European trade union, IndustriALL meeting took place in Glasgow last December to discuss the future of the European Leather industry Federico Brugnoli, Consultant from Spin 360, made the point that the amounts of money put into […]

19th February 2015

Fair environmental boundaries for leather

POSTED ON FEBRUARY 19, 2015 Getting to the meat of it Leather never lives in isolation.  Most often we think forward to the shoemakers and craftsmen making articles of leather or even more likely to the famous brands that market those products at price levels that make us cringe when we think of the margins […]

20th October 2014

Chinese consumers

At this year’s All China Leather Exhibition in Shanghai anyone checking the traffic on the streets saw fewer black stretched Audi A6s than in the past. This is a good thing. Many in our industry assumed that the extravagant purchasing that included upmarket motor vehicles and fancy luxury goods would continue to accelerate in China […]

8th September 2014

More Trade Fairs – relentless

POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2014 Transit to Lineapelle If you are going to Lineapelle this week the visit the University of Northampton in Hall 9 Stand P5.  If you are a lost alumni it is time to check in.  If you think you might be eligible for an honorary degree this is getting close to […]

30th April 2014

Water and tanning, Alumni awards, the Wider University dimension.

POSTED ON APRIL 30, 2014 Three items below Condolences to the Family of Akram Zaman It is with sadness we were informed of the passing away of Leather Technology alumnus Akram Zaman on Saturday 19 April 2014. The University of Northampton and the Institute for Creative Leather Technologies (ICLT) would like to recognise not only […]

13th March 2014

Relocation of the University of Northampton

POSTED ON MARCH 13, 2014 A University City The move to the new campus by the University appears to be moving steadily on and is now looking like it really is a reality. The Leather Industry Advisory Committee, which is a curiously useful body linking industry with the University went for a look at the […]

17th February 2014

Africa then and now

POSTED ON FEBRUARY 17, 2014 Out of Africa I do not know how many times over about the last thirty years I have stood in the balcony of a room at the Addis Hilton to look of the town. The sounds and the smells are just the same but two big differences stand out.  Nearly […]

6th November 2013

Livery Companies

POSTED ON NOVEMBER 6, 2013 Mastering the Modern World This morning I sat in a very ancient church just behind the Bank of England and observed an annual event that has been going on for at least 375 years. We installed Alderman Alison Gowman as the Master of the Worshipful Company of Glovers of London. […]