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European e-commerce arrives at a value of 757 billion euros
Netcomm Forum Industries outlines how the explosion of online commerce during the pandemic had a strong impact on consumer purchasing habits, which are increasingly oriented towards sustainability and online quality services, representing changes that are destined to remain over time
Don’t rely too much on re-shoring
The scale of the phenomenon will not be enough to ensure the health of the mechano-technological sector, despite the clear messages sent out by the pandemic. The Assomac Research Centre also suggests other ways to move forward.
“ASSOMAC TALKS”, to discover the innovation to come
During the SIMAC TANNING TECH days in September, experts from the fashion industry will talk about the next frontiers of Innovation and Technology Transfer.
The Italian yarn industry in 2020-21
The Italian yarn sector (which includes manufacturers of wool, cotton and linen products) has inevitably felt the effects of the pandemic
Green fabrics at the heart of the new Textile Library
Prato Textile Museum creates an archive dedicated to ecologically innovative textiles
Made in Italy expoort intercepts the recovery
The challenge that awaits Italian companies to latch on to the recovery is to consolidate the competitive position acquired abroad in recent years, intercepting ongoing trends and changes, first of all digitisation, sustainability and innovation: the ICE-Prometeia export study
The winners in the boom year of Ecommerce: Trustpilot analysis
“Shopping & Fashion” is the most sought after sector online, despite the pandemic: the analysis of the leading Danish digital review platform in Europe, photographs the new behaviours of online consumers, helping companies to intercept them
Focus on: Pantone Color of the Year 2021
This time the American Institute has chosen two shades for 2021, PANTONE 17-5104 Ultimate Gray and PANTONE 13-0647 Illuminating, to symbolize resilience and hope
Weak exports bring the sector of machines to a halt
Assomac presents the data regarding 2019 production and exports, revealing the extremely unfavourable economic context for the three segments of tannery machines, footwear machines, and leather goods machines
Reactivity and requalification
The Italian tanning industry gets ready to recover by focusing on a qualified service, timing, research, and sustainability, preparing itself for the relaunching forecasted for the second half of 2021
Record numbers for 2019: 24.3 billion shoes produced
Asia and especially China continue to be the leading protagonists of the global footwear-manufacturing panorama: here is the data presented by the annual World Footwear Yearbook
Transparency makes the fashion industry responsible
The 2020 Fashion Transparency Index presents improved scores, confirming a 23% average transparency score by brands, with fast fashion and sportswear brands the most virtuous, while luxury scored the lowest
The ABCs of sustainable fashion
Condé Nast in collaboration with the Centre for Sustainable Fashion of the London College of Fashion presents the “Glossary of Sustainable Fashion”
Italian footwear: a drop-off in exports and consumption
During the first months of the year, exports fell by -33.7% in volume and by -30% in value in March, while domestic consumption during the first four months of 2020, dropped-off by -33.7% in value and -29.7% in volume
