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Leather Supply Chain Firms Focus on Science and Tech Amid Grim Industry Outlook

MILAN - As the economic challenges mount, luxury leather supply chain firms are forging new collaborations, enhancing the sector with scientific and technological solutions. Working together to find ...
Companies

Sourcemap rolls out leather supply chain traceability tool

Digital supply chain mapping platform Sourcemap has rolled out a new responsible leather platform, a tool aimed at mapping the supply chain for leather hides and skins. “Ensuring leather is ...

Tariffs hit boots, bags and more as leather prices jump — and relief could be years away

Leather prices are expected to continue rising in 2026 as Trump's tariffs crimple a global supply-chain while domestic manufacturing and cattle herds are down.
Companies

New project said to be the largest to map leather supply chains

The project, which is a collaboration between National Wildlife Federation, World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Leather Working Group (LWG), and the Gibbs Land Use and Environment Lab (GLUE) at the University ...
Vogue

Tapestry to take on leather’s biggest sustainability challenge

To become a Vogue Business Member and receive the Sustainability Edit newsletter, click here. Coach parent company Tapestry has an ambitious plan to transform leather sourcing, one of the weakest ...
Supply Chain

PUMA Commits to Sourcing Leather from Deforestation-Free Supply Chains

PUMA announced July 6 that it had signed up for the Deforestation-Free Call to Action for Leather program, meaning the organization has committed itself to sourcing all of its bovine leather from ...
Vogue

Brands wake up to the destructive impact of leather production

To become a Vogue Business Member and receive the Sustainability Edit newsletter, click here. Fashion brands have long avoided accountability for leather’s destructive impact through deforestation.
Forbes

A Leather Revolution In The US Towards Regeneration

Cate Havstad-Casad, founder of Range Revolution and Havstad Hats. Working from a farm in Oregon, Cate Havstad-Casad once thought she was just making hats. What she discovered instead was a void in the ...
Los Angeles Times

Shortage of Leather Threatens to Hit Americans in the Wallet

The price of U.S. cowhide is soaring and the cost of finished leather will soon follow, the first major repercussions here from Europe’s twin plagues of foot-and-mouth and “mad-cow” disease. American ...
KWTX

‘I want to give back’: How one Elm Mott business owner is helping his community one belt at a time

ELM MOTT, Texas (KWTX) - One local business owner out of Elm Mott is using his business and skills for a good cause, making hundreds of belts and dog collars to be donated back to the community. Aaron ...
Los Angeles Times

Europe’s ‘Mad Cow’ Scare Has Left a Mark on Leather Supplies

BERLIN — Europe’s “mad cow” crisis has already drastically changed the way Germans eat. Soon it may alter what they wear and how their furniture and cars are upholstered. Demand for beef has dropped ...