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Monthly market data: a planning tool in a context of growing commercial uncertainty

Published by Mauro Badanelli. Sept. 16, 2026 .

Planning Conjuncture Foreign markets Global economic trends

The case of textile machinery in India shows how to turn monthly market data into Competitive Intelligence [ Read all ]

Beyond Kilometers: The Business Distance from Italy

Published by Luca Surace. Sept. 9, 2026 .

Macroeconomic analysis Italy International marketing

Business distance helps assess how close or distant foreign markets really are [ Read all ]

Leather goods machinery: Italian leadership in the world trade

Published by Mauro Badanelli. Sept. 7, 2026 .

Industrial equipment Conjuncture Foreign markets International marketing

The international trade fair for machinery and technologies for footwear, leather goods and tanning, Simac Tanning Tech, will take place from September 15 to 17 at the Rho Fiera exhibition centre, b... [ Read all ]

Fashion/Personal Care Products: international trade results in June 2026

Published by Marcello Antonioni. Sept. 1, 2026 .

Fashion Conjuncture Export Global economic trends

In June 2026 signs of strengthening in world sales of Fashion/Personal Care products, after a weak first part of the year [ Read all ]

Extrusion machinery: global trade in slows in the second quarter of 2026

Published by Mauro Badanelli. Aug. 31, 2026 .

Industrial equipment Conjuncture Industries Global economic trends

Based on the preliminary estimates of international trade data for Q2 2026 available in ExportPlanning, international trade of extrusion machinery recorded a year-on-year decline of -7.8% in constant-... [ Read all ]

Food Machinery: Leading and Lagging World Markets in Q2 2026

Published by Marcello Antonioni. Aug. 28, 2026 .

Industrial equipment Conjuncture Export markets Uncertainty Global economic trends

In Q2 2026 world trade of Food Machinery grew for the 14th consecutive quarter, but with markets that are quite polarized. [ Read all ]

Footwear: a mapping of global production

Published by Mauro Badanelli. Aug. 25, 2026 .

Industries Foreign markets International marketing

As highlighted in a previous article published in Magazine International, export figures for the first half of 2026 show different performances among the main footwear-producing Countries. These res... [ Read all ]

Germany’s electrical-equipment opportunity: where Italian suppliers can win

Published by Marlene Saal. Aug. 25, 2026 .

Europe Conjuncture Export markets Foreign markets Eurozone Foreign market analysis

Germany’s electrification push is creating a substantial, but selective, opportunity for foreign suppliers [ Read all ]

Metalworking Machine Tools: Leading and Lagging World Markets in Q2 2026

Published by Marcello Antonioni. Aug. 6, 2026 .

Industrial equipment Conjuncture Export markets International marketing

In Q2 2026, the United States, Canada, and France drove global metalworking machine tool sales, while Vietnam, Turkey, and Italy acted as a drag [ Read all ]

Footwear: how are the manufacturing Countries performing in the first half of 2026?

Published by Mauro Badanelli. Aug. 6, 2026 .

Conjuncture Industries Foreign markets International marketing

After analyzing the dynamics of global trade in footwear machinery in a previous article, attention now shifts to the finished product, in order to examine the most recent performance of the main foot... [ Read all ]