Leather wholesalers play a vital part of the shoe industry in every country of the world that produces leather footwear. Euroleathers is based in Northampton, England, and has been providing the local factories for decades as well as single hides to small independent shoemakers worldwide. Learn more about the work leather wholesalers do and get a behind the scenes insight of this sector of the shoe world.
In this episode we are putting the spotlight on an integral part of the shoe industry, that aren’t that known to the wider audience since it doesn’t deal with the regular consumer: leather wholesalers. One of the leading such for the shoe industry in the UK is Euroleathers, where Rob James is a Director.
Rob James.
Earlier this spring I visited him and the family business in Northamptonshire, had a tour of the warehouse, and sat down with Rob to talk about the company, about wholesalers part in the shoemaking sector, about leather quality, about what types of leathers that are quickly on the rise, and much more.
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