POSTED ON MARCH 21, 2009 Two items A bad start to 2009 This has been a tough year so far with a lot of problems. We have our economic meltdown and without question the leather industry in a year’s time will have a different look about it. But the year has also been tough on […]
Dangerous Words
I have always argued an industry has to defend its product and its brand, and the brand leather is certainly under attack from many sides. Look at the article in today’s (15h February 2009) Observer Magazine:.http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/feb/15/lucy-siegle-dilemma-eco-friendly-green-living/print This article “Is there a viable eco alternative to leather?” is supposed to be an “environmental” article. It has […]
Chennai, APLF and of course Sheep
POSTED ON FEBRUARY 7, 2009 two items Things you discover by accident Over the last few months we have been hearing a lot of talk in the UK industry about new initiatives in the South West of England to develop the sheepskin tanning industry, and I was astonished to discover on line thanks to Mr […]
Indian International Leather Fair
We have just seen the end of the LERIG conference and the Indian International Leather Fair. The global leather trade is suffering very badly like every other right but the Indian business would appear much better placed than most other leather producing countries. The Indian leather and the products made from it seem to fit […]
Travelling to Chennai for LERIG and the IILF
Note that I have a leather only blog that seems aftter a couple of years to have a lot of regular readers at: http://www2.northampton.ac.uk/portal/page/portal/aps/appliedscience/bslt/staff/mike-redwood/mr-weblog Travelling to Chennai for LERIG and the IILF After half a year of negative comments all round the world I have to say the couple of experiences I have had with […]
Pakistan industry at a cross roads
Pakistan industry at a cross roadsJanuary 2009 We have spent the last two days discussing Pakistan with Dr. Warren Weinstein of J.E. Austen. Warren has been running the Austen office in Pakistan for some years and has gained a strong reputation for work in such sectors as dairy, furniture and marble. His team is currently […]
Customer Needs and the iTouch
Customer Needs and the iTouch When marketing a new product or serviceit is always important to consider what the needs which are being met are. If these are well designed it is easier to define the specific market segment and to refine the product for a perfect fit. It sounds easy and actually is when […]
India is complex
POSTED ON DECEMBER 14, 2008 Tragedy at the Taj I remember being welcomed and escorted by a charming young lady along winding corridors to a quite magnificent suite in the old building looking over the British colonial era Gateway of India. It was the early 1980s and the first time I stayed at the Taj […]
Industry segmentation and Trade Shows
POSTED ON NOVEMBER 25, 2008 Two items Now we know I always wondered who went round defacing the posters I put up for my successful campaign for election as President of the Students Union at Leeds University back in 1968, but now we know. But in his excellent talk to the UK SLTC last week […]
Bologna next week
With the world economy crashing around us next week in Lineapelle and Tanning Tech in Bologna is going to be of extreme importance to gauge the feelings in the market place. The impact on orders, on currencies, on over leveraged businesses will all start to come clear. And can we maintain any optimism for the […]
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