Crocodile skin supplier increases gold mining diversification
Zimbabwean crocodile skin processor Padenga has announced approval to acquire the remaining 49.9% of gold miner Dallaglio Investments. Read More...
PRINT & DIGITAL
Podcast: What’s happening at the 2023 Sustainable Leather Forum?
Tom Hogarth speaks to Yves Morin, President of the Organizing Committee for the Sustainable Leather Forum, and Grégoire Biasini, Communications Officer at the International Crocodilian Farmers Association, about the upcoming Sustainable Leather Forum in Paris. Read More...
Podcast: News Bulletin 20/03/23 – APLF to return to Hong Kong
ILM Deputy Editor Tom Hogarth brings you six stories from the last week, including confirmation of the APLF trade show in Hong Kong for 2024, news on California’s crocodile and alligator leather ban and more. Read More...
Judge rules against Californian exotic leather ban
Chief U.S. District Judge Kimberly Mueller in Sacramento, California, has ruled that California cannot ban the import and sale of crocodile and alligator leather products. Read More...
Hermès buys farmland to build crocodile farm
The French luxury Group is reported to have purchased a former horticultural farm in Australia to build the country’s biggest crocodile farm.
Read More...Ferragamo introduces online immersive shoe customisation
The Italian luxury brand’s made-to-order Tramezza programme offers a unique tailor-made shopping experience, with a choice of five classic styles of men’s shoes, ranging from a Derby to a Moccasin.
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California judge rules against ban on exotic leather
A U.S. federal judge has issued an injunction barring the state of California from enforcing a law that criminalises the sale and imports of alligator and crocodile leather and leather goods.
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Italven tannery acquires crocodile leather specialist
Family-owned Italven is now the only remaining independent tannery in Italy specialised in crocodile skins, a segment dominated by luxury holdings such as Hermès, Kering and LVMH.
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Zambia suspends 10% export duty on exotic skins
Since the export duty was introduced in January 2019, Zambia’s crocodile farmers had paid an estimated US$350,000 on skins exported, a revenue which would have been otherwise used to invest in farms.
Read More...Judge blocks California ban on crocodile products
A U.S. judge is reported to have temporarily blocked the state of California’s ban on the import and sale of alligator and crocodile products.
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