The International Fur Trade Federation has today released the global fur sales figures for 2010/2011 and they reveal a strong growth of over 7% (year-on-year) despite the economic downturn, reflecting a general trend in the luxury goods sector. In the longer term, turnover has increased by 70% since 2000/1. The Asian markets of China, Hong [...]
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They boast about how they will “take down” an evil system that exploits animals. They glory in the “bravery” of those who go underground and steal, vandalize and disrupt in order to stop the abuses they decry. Then they turn around and file suit when laws deal with the very lawlessness they espouse are used against [...]
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For the last 50 years or more, the debate has raged over the role of animals in human society, with particular reference to the ways in which we use them for our benefit. Fueling the debate…
Read MoreUnsustained Sustainability: The Road to Fashion Green Remains Less Traveled
Fur is organic and biodegradable. By demonizing the use of fur, PETA has inadvertently become a promoter of the highly-pollutant synthetic materials used in faux fur, a material eventually destined for landfills.
Fur Transcends Trend Status and Gets the Support of Major Fashion Voices
Tuesday April 3, 2012 (West Hollywood, CA) — Not just your garden variety “here today gone tomorrow” disposable trend, fur is once again crowned as the MUST HAVE item for fall/winter 2012-13 for both women and men. Hailed for its warmth, comfort, durability, and versatility; the praises of fur, and its many innovative applications, [...]
American Legend Record-Setting March Sale
“If you build it, they will come” Quoting from the iconic film “Field of Dreams”, CEO Joe Morelli is using the phrase to describe the success of the Blackglama and American Legend brands that commanded record prices last week at the ALC Seattle auction. Roughly 400 buyers from all over the world showed up [...]
American Legend Record-Setting March Sale
“If you build it, they will come” Quoting from the iconic film “Field of Dreams”, CEO Joe Morelli is using the phrase to describe the success of the Blackglama and American Legend brands that commanded record prices last week at the ALC Seattle auction. Roughly 400 buyers from all over the world showed up [...]
Global Fur Trade Now Worth $15 Billion
The International Fur Trade Federation has today released the global fur sales figures for 2010/2011 and they reveal a strong growth of over 7% (year-on-year) despite the economic downturn, reflecting a general trend in the luxury goods sector. In the longer term, turnover has increased by 70% since 2000/1. The Asian markets of China, Hong [...]
New Records Set Again at NAFA Sale
SANDY PARKER REPORT, VOL. 36, ISSUE 1, FEBRUARY 27, 2012 International Fur Newswith Sandy Parker New Records Set Again at NAFA Sale Heavy international demand made quick work of the 3.3 million North American and European mink offered by NAFA, as well as the big collection of wild furs that followed. Well over 500 buyers [...]
Unsustained Sustainability: The Road to Fashion Green Remains Less Traveled
Fur is organic and biodegradable. By demonizing the use of fur, PETA has inadvertently become a promoter of the highly-pollutant synthetic materials used in faux fur, a material eventually destined for landfills.
Fur Transcends Trend Status and Gets the Support of Major Fashion Voices
Tuesday April 3, 2012 (West Hollywood, CA) — Not just your garden variety “here today gone tomorrow” disposable trend, fur is once again crowned as the MUST HAVE item for fall/winter 2012-13 for both women and men. Hailed for its warmth, comfort, durability, and versatility; the praises of fur, and its many innovative applications, [...]
Commentary: The Ultimate Activist Irony
They boast about how they will “take down” an evil system that exploits animals. They glory in the “bravery” of those who go underground and steal, vandalize and disrupt in order to stop the abuses they decry. Then they turn around and file suit when laws deal with the very lawlessness they espouse are used against [...]
SAGA Furs Makes Commitment to Certification
SANDY PARKER REPORT, VOL. 35, ISSUE 45, JANUARY 30, 2012 The following extract is reproduced with permission from Sandy Parker Reports, Weekly International Fur News. Sandy Parker has been covering the fur industry for more than four decades. For most of that time he has published a weekly newsletter, detailing results of international pelt auctions, [...]
Commentary: The Ultimate Activist Irony
They boast about how they will “take down” an evil system that exploits animals. They glory in the “bravery” of those who go underground and steal, vandalize and disrupt in order to stop the abuses they decry. Then they turn around and file suit when laws deal with the very lawlessness they espouse are used against [...]
Sandy Parker Reports: Strong Demand for Mink at Season’s 1st Sale
SANDY PARKER REPORT, VOL. 35, ISSUE 40, DECEMBER 19, 2011 International Fur Newswith Sandy Parker Strong Demand for Mink at Season’s 1st Sale Strong demand for mink and other furs greeted the opening Auction of the new season at Kopenhagen Fur last week, with Hong Kong/China again spearheading the activity. The possibility thatEurope’s debt [...]
Farming
Furbearing animals have been raised on farms in North America since shortly after the Civil War. Today's farm-raised furbearers are among the[...]
Welfare
For the last 50 years or more, the debate has raged over the role of animals in human society, with particular reference to the ways in which we[...]
Education
Sensitive and smart consumers prefer natural fibers from organic sources. Leather, wool, fur, sheepskin, silk: these natural fibers are renewable,[...]
