New ideas for the luxury world 22.02.2017 A Lineapelle is already summer. The world's leading trade fair of leather and materials for the fashion world is staged February 21 to 23 in Rho with the news for the S / S 2018, submitted by a number of growing businesses increase from a year ago, when the exhibitors were 1,155, and with a special enhancement of trend areas, dedicated to the selection of the most innovative proposals developed by tanneries, equipment suppliers, component suppliers and tessutai. The first indications on trends tell of new colors, pastel tones that veer towards an unprecedented freshness and digital, and a certain daring in style to support change in the fashion industry, after seasons of relative caution. It focuses on innovation as a means to jump-start an uncertain market, influenced by the unfavorable international economic situation and the political tensions that will inevitably weigh on high-end consumption. Unic, the association of companies in the leather sector, estimated a closure at the end of 2016 (final data will be available in June), down by 4.3% compared to 5.2 billion euro last year, due to the difficulties on the demand for footwear and leather, not entirely compensated by the excellent trend for automotive leather interior. The decrease in sales is distributed more or less evenly between domestic and export markets, the latter falling by 4.9% in value in the first half of 2016 mainly because of the Chinese, for over twenty years the main target of skins made in Italy exports, which has reduced purchases of over 20 percent.


The best news come from France (+ 19.2%), United States (+ 10.1%) and India (+ 18.9%). The Milan fair, with the presentation of the news and its attractiveness to the big names in global fashion, acts generally in stimulating demand and also this edition, the number 92 of Lineapelle, should prove the rule. "There is a positive atmosphere, also found in both our previous international meetings in London and New York," he tells Magazine Pambianco Gianni Russo, president of Unic. "We know that we offer our buyers the great looking products and quality and we expect the re-start of some major economies and our downstream sectors". No waiting for the response of US buyers who have already offered a positive signal last Lineapelle New York (1 and 2 February), closed with + 8% turnout. "The United States - highlights Russo, owner of the tannery group of Russian Casandrino (Napoli) - have closed up for the seventh consecutive year and show a fine move down double digits. Among the leading markets appear also France, Spain and the United Kingdom. In Asia there is a rebound of Japan, grew by South Korea, India and Vietnam, the latter partially offsetting the decline in Chinese. They are negative in Germany and Portugal. " The segment of luxury, after two years of deliberation, promises an improvement. "The market is growing, perhaps more in the so-called luxury accessible, but to reassure is the fact that the skin is an absolute essential for almost all of the brands, some of which show excellent performance because innovate and stimulate consumption. Those who can not adapt to the new market scenario, fall behind. " Lineapelle will also be an opportunity to reaffirm the leadership of the Italian tannery in sustainable production, rewarded by the market. "The times - highlights President Unic - is ripe for a new approach to sustainability, which involves the entire leather industry; a paradigm that becomes an integrated element of value to develop practical and efficient way the industrial and trade relations between all parties. " Tanneries have initiated a systematic comparison report with the high-end brand, now transformed into partnership. "We continue and we will continue to work together, considering each other's needs and objectives placing ourselves responsible," concluded Russo.