The April-May 2026 issue of World Leather is available now. An important article that we have devoted substantial space to this time is our report of the confusing comments Kering made about leather in mid-April. New chief executive, Luca De Meo, insisted that leather is central to the group’s identity and to its quest for higher revenues. But during the same presentation, he said Kering should “decouple growth” from its dependency on leather. Elsewhere, the new chairman of India’s Council for Leather Exports, Ramesh Kumar Juneja, features in our Leather Leaders interview and we bring you a round-up of APLF 2026 in Hong Kong. Technology articles focus on new, biopolymer-based tanning techniques at Pangea and the introduction of important certification initiatives in Japan. Leather and the Circular Economy features bring news of a supply chain collaboration programme that has already flagged up examples of carbon-neutral leather. The views of Salone Del Mobile president, Maria Porro, on furniture’s role in the
