Colombia Leather Goods: project record
Surface finish wore off within 2 months on 12% of bags; tanning tests showed corrected-grain leather finished to look like full-grain; no grading standard existed in the PO.
- Buyer and project
- A Bogotá, Colombia importer of leather bags and belts for premium retail.
- Products and scope
- Leather handbags, wallets, and belts; 28 SKUs, 18,000 units.
What LifaSourcing.com did
Defined leather grade standards (full-grain vs corrected) with physical test criteria.
Audited the tannery and finishing line.
Re-sourced 2 tanneries with documented grading systems.
Added finish-adhesion testing to pre-shipment inspection.
Claim recovered for 60% of the affected batch; new tanneries deliver to grade; finish failures fell to 0.8%; premium positioning restored.
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