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Leather Naturally and LWG to work together

Published: February 18, 2022

Leather industry not-for-profit organisations Leather Naturally and Leather Working Group have announced an agreement to closer working practices through reciprocal membership.

Leather Naturally re-elects board members

Published: October 22, 2021

Leather Naturally members have voted to keep Fernando Bellese, Debbie Burton and Egbert Dikkers on the management board for a second term.

Shoe Carnival announces record results for Q2

Published: September 7, 2021

The U.S.-based footwear retailer reported record quarterly net sales of US$332.2 million for the second quarter of 2021.

Leather Naturally announces new membership fee model

Published: June 24, 2020

Leather Naturally (LN) said the new membership fee model should give access to smaller companies in the leather industry to join as a member.

LWG now welcomes associations as members

Published: September 5, 2019

The Leather Working Group (LWG) has launched an ‘Associate Membership’ for associations and other non-profit groups.

ASSOMAC meeting focusses on sustainability and Industry 4.0

Published: July 9, 2019

Held on June 28, the Assembly of the Italian Tanning Machinery Manufacturers Association (Assomac) discussed three topics of global importance; sustainability, industry 4.0 and professional training.

Leather UK reports growing membership

Published: June 7, 2019

James Lang, Director, Scottish Leather Group and Chairman of the recently rebranded Leather UK, the representative body of the UK leather industry announced that its membership now included 78 companies up from 29.

Leather Naturally achieves 100 members milestone

Published: June 5, 2019

After successfully raising over US$1.5 million to fund a global campaign to promote leather, the Leather Naturally initiative has announced it now has over 100 members.

Former BLC Chief Executive passes away

Published: February 24, 2017

Dr Ken Alexander, a former Chief Executive of BLC, a membership based organisation for the global leather industry, passed away end of January 2017.

Alibaba anti-counterfeiting membership suspended

Published: May 18, 2016

Following the storm caused among some of its members, including Michael Kors and Gucci, the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition (IACC) has decided to suspend the Chinese e-commerce giant’s membership.