Leather & Shoes
Leather & Shoes
Innovation in Technology for Endurance Running Footwear Accelerates Despite Increasing Regulatory and Legislative Barriers
Advanced technology for endurance running footwear continues to be a focus of intense research and development as brands strive to achieve performance enhancements and break world records. But their...
Editorial Pick: Textile News
What You Can Expect at the 2024 Global Sourcing Expo Melbourne
The highly anticipated Global Sourcing Expo will open its doors at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre from...
Exhibition News
Unlock International Trade Opportunities at the Global Sourcing Expo Melbourne 2024
As the textile and apparel industry continues to evolve, the Global Sourcing Expo stands out as a leading...
Leather & Shoes
Pioneering the Future of Footwear: A New Initiative by Fashion for Good
Fashion for Good and its footwear focused partners adidas, Inditex, ON Running, PVH Corp., Reformation, Target, and Zalando...
Fiber & yarn
Synthetic Leather Made from Recyclable and Bio-Based PBS
A new type of pure synthetic leather meets the high requirements of the European Ecodesign Regulation. Made from...
Nigeria Targets N5.089 Billion Investment on shoe and garment factories
The Nigerian government is targeting N 5.089 billion from the partnership with the private sector to revive the garment and leather industries. Director general...
Asia Pacific Leather Fair (APLF) 2020 postponed to 2021
The organisers of the Asia Pacific Leather Fair (APLF) have announced that due to the unprecedented impact of COVID-19, the next edition of APLF-Leather,...
Eurofins Softlines expands testing capabilities in China
Eurofins Softlines and Leather has expanded its capabilities in China demonstrating its commitment to the market despite global uncertainty as a result of COVID-19....
PUMA COLLECTION USES REPURPOSED PLASTIC WASTE
Sportswear brand Puma has partnered with social impact network The First Mile to create a new training collection, each item in which integrates a...
KENYA HAS WORLD-CLASS RUNNERS BUT INVESTORS HAVE BEEN HESITANT TO BACK LOCALLY-MADE RUNNING SHOES
Kenyan runners are known worldwide for winning gold medals and breaking world records. But the country’s first performance athletic shoe company, Enda, ran into...
Nonwoven Textiles Aides with Job Creation in an Indian Village
By: Seshadri Ramkumar, Professor, Texas Tech University, USA
A village in the deep south of India starts manufacturing nonwoven shopping bags as part of “self-help”...
Adidas to use 50% recycled polyester in 2020
By 2024, Adidas will be using 100 per cent recycled polyester!
The world-renowned sports apparel and shoe manufacturer from Germany announced that 2020 will see...
Tunisia: handicraft exports should bring in 80 MD in 2019
Exports of handicraft products should bring in 80 million dinars (MD) in 2019, against 79 million in 2018, according to a document provided by...
Tunisia: leather and footwear exports up 9.1% at end November
The volume of exports of the leather and footwear industries (LFI) rose by 9.1%, to 1,516.6 million dinars at the end of November 2019,...
Award to Successful Designers in the Leather Industry
The winners of the 5th Detail Leather and Leather Products Design Detail Contest were awarded and the organization put in place to bring new...