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Nike claims bonded leather could be as game-changing as Flyknit

20/09/2017
Nike claims bonded leather could be as game-changing as Flyknit

Nike has released a footwear design made with bonded leather, which it has coined Flyleather, and has said it has the “potential to be as game-changing as Nike Flyknit”. While it is widely acknowledged in the leather industry that bonded leather (shredded leather pieces bonded together) is inferior to real leather in terms of quality and...

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