Luxury consumption in China
Several international organizations have made predictions about when Chinas luxury purchasing power will overtake that of Japan. Some suggest it could happen this year, some claim it will be next year,…
Call for papers for China leather chemicals congress
The ninth Chinese National Leather Chemical Congress will take place in Beijing in August 2012, but the organizers have already issued a call for papers. Organizers the Chemical Industry and Engineerin…
Higher leather price impacts on retail sales
Some leather insiders said so far this year leather price has grown 20%, the price increase has become a hot topic in the industry, the sales price of raw hides are on highest level in recent years, bo…
China: Luggage and bags exports increase in May
According to a recent report from China Chamber of Commerce for I/E of Light Industrial Products and Arts and Crafts, the Luggage and bags posted a rising in Mays export to 1.966511 billion US dollars …
Leather could benefit from spending spree on new aircraft
A need for greater sustainability and energy efficiency is driving a flood of orders for new aircraft, comments at the 2011 Paris Air Show have revealed. This should augur well for the leather industry…
The Shoes and Apparel Account for One Third of Wenzhou’s Exports
The city’s total foreign trade maintains the upward trend for three consecutive months, the trade value in May surged by 31% to 1.83 billion US dollars, for the first five months it shows a g…
Wenzhou got help from Gemerny on footwear testing technique
The Standing Committee Member and Vice Mayor of Wenzhou Zhou Xiaozheng met with Dirk von Wahl, Chief Executive Officer of TUV SUD China nowadays, during their meeting they witnessed a cooperation agree…
China: Shoemakers seek short-term orders instead of long-term
Short-term orders could avoid the loss caused by RMB appreciation and production costs hiking, said the official in Zhongshan Inspection and Quanrantine Bureau, saying that short-term orders dominate t…
China: current shoe consumption could be 3 billion pairs a year
The China Leather Industry Association (CLIA) said in 2010 that it expected footwear consumption in China to double in the next few years, but pointed out that definitive statistics on the size of the …
Zhejiang: Shoes export surges 30.8% in April
Hangzhou Customs released the data of shoes export in Zhejiang province for April that is the first month EU removed anti-dumping duty on Chinese shoes, the data shows 9.6% rising in exported volume an…
China increases shoes export by 22.9% in April
The total exports value of China set a record high in April, meanwhile the export for shoes reached 11.9 billion US dollars, up 22.9% year on year. In terms of exported areas, 40% increases to Russia,…
Sales of Quanzhou’s shoes surged in Taiwan
Quanzhou posted that shoes sale to Taiwan surged by 50.4% in the first four months to US$ 1.52 million, many shoemakers in Quanzhou city begin to put their eyes on the market because it has shown a str…
Wenzhou posts price increase in leather shoes export to EU
It is reported by Wenzhou Bureau of Inspection and Quarantine that in April the export price for a pair of leather shoes to EU saw a growth of 17.89% to US$ 11.2 over a year earlier, 6.56% higher than …
China：Luxury spending
Our country has become a shining beacon of hope for luxury brands as Chinese consumers are driving the growth in many luxury sectors.As the luster of luxury fades in Japan, luxury brands are expanding …
Wenzhou manufacturers seek new ways to produce wealth
Higher returns from property, stocks and commodities lure factory owners, reports Yu Ran in Shanghai. Wenzhou seems to be undergoing a midlife crisis. A secondary city in East Chinas Zhejiang province,…