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Podcast: How can leather adapt to the current market?

Published: November 27, 2023

In the latest episode of View from the Top, Tom Hogarth reviews three articles around how the leather industry can adapt and develop in a changing consumer marketplace. Read More...

Podcast: Looking forward, 2023 and beyond

Published: January 11, 2023

In the first main podcast episode of the year, ILM’s View from the Top series takes a look at some of the major objectives and observations for the leather industry as we leave 2022 behind.

Praying for forgiveness

Mike Redwood Published: December 7, 2022

Mike Redwood discusses the recent Balenciaga scandal and the consequences of marketing products without thought.

Getting your philosophy right

Published: May 18, 2022

Mike Redwood reflects on Royal Smit & Zoon’s 200^th anniversary dinner, and the company’s business philosophy.

Discovering a love for leather

Published: May 11, 2022

Mike Redwood discusses the great benefit of activities like the APLF Design-a-Bag Competition in helping people to discover leather and fall in love with the material.

Decisions on material choice should be based on facts

Published: April 6, 2022

Mike Redwood examines the reasons behind a lack of leather knowledge in the general population and the efforts in the industry to combat this problem.

Leather must stay focused on the environment

Published: March 23, 2022

The war in Ukraine has driven other issues out of the news and redrawn the priorities for business, writes Mike Redwood, but one item that must stay on the agenda for tanners is climate change.

Leather Naturally extends IULTCS grant sponsorship

Published: March 18, 2022

Leather Naturally has announced that it will extend its sponsorship of the IULTCS Young Leather Scientists Grant competition until 2030.

Podcast: The case for regenerative agriculture

Published: February 14, 2022

In this episode, Deputy Editor Tom Hogarth revisits some articles on the leather industry’s pro-environmental attributes and the opportunities presented by regenerative agriculture.

The leather industry has united for COP26

Published: November 2, 2021

Our industry has not always been unified in the way it needs to be but getting a leather manifesto out ahead of COP26 is a great start, says Mike Redwood.