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Latin America, drawn to luxury leather goods

Year after year the luxury market in Latin America continues to see growth, often despite unstable economies in some of its countries, demonstrating how important the continent is to luxury. However, despite the huge amount of potential buyers, Latin countries have not made strong efforts to become producers for luxury goods until now. The...

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Burberry to acquire leather-goods business

London - Luxury British fashion house Burberry is set to make a strategic investment in its leather goods supply chain. Burberry has entered into an agreement to acquire a luxury leather-goods facility from its longstanding Italian partner CF&P. Based in Scandicci, Italy, CF&P specialises in the development and manufacturing of luxury leather...

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Louis Vuitton to open new factories in France to meet demand for leather goods

London - Luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton is set to open at least two new leather workshops in France in order to keep up with the growing demand for its goods and cut down on production time. The French fashion house aims to hire 500 new people for its new production sites in western France. The first of the new factories is set to open this...

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Anya Hindmarch steps into the men's fashion market

Although some industry insiders have raised concerns for the future of men's fashion week, thanks to the change of tide which sees more and more fashion houses showing men's and women's together, it has done little to stem a growing group of women's wear designers from testing the waters. British designer Stella McCartney previously announced...