Footwear Industry Articles
- SACU members sign agreement to ease imports and exportsJohannesburg, Gauteng, SA (31 May 2023) – Accredited traders in Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa will benefit from lower trade costs and quicker turn-around times for imports and exports, because of a Mutual Recognition Arrangement signed today by the five Member States of the Southern African Customs Union (SAC ...moreInclusivity tested: Major retailer faces backlash, removes LGBTQ merchandiseUSA Newspapers were abuzz on May 23, 2023, when reports surfaced that Target, a prominent retailer, promptly removed certain LGBTQ merchandise from its stores due to significant customer backlash. Target had previously introduced its Pride Collection, an initiative aimed at celebrating inclusivity. However, confrontations between customer ...morePVC industry fights to avoid global banThis is the era of environmentalism – the vital, the misguided, the rational, the emotional, but overall, the way the world must go. Domestic markets in poor countries are sheltered to some extent because for them, price is the main determinant. But when they become exporters, they must follow the rules of their target nations.Two p ...morePremière Vision: Following new rulesParis, France - This July 4, 5 & 6, Première Vision Paris will open its doors on an edition that's been redesigned to meet the challenges of the sector's transformation, driven by the transition to sustainability, regulatory changes, the impact of the pandemic on clothing consumption, the implications of the geopolitical crisis ...moreSGS expands network of ZDHC Foundation approved softlines labsSGS’s softlines laboratories in Hong Kong and Istanbul have been approved by the Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Foundation to operate as ZDHC Manufacturing Restricted Substances List (MRSL) certification bodies for conformance to Levels 1, 2 and 3 of MRSL V3.1.The number of SGS’s ZDHC approved facilities has now ...moreMicroban develops metal-free anti-microbial technologyMicroban International – which develops antimicrobial technology, odour control and surface disinfection solutions – has brought novel metal-free technologies with more friendly toxicity profiles to market.Its latest solutions include: LapisShield, which offers easy to incorporate antimicrobial functionality for water-based ...moreRetirement: Terry Holton, ACA Threads ‘Do what you love, and you’ll never have to work’Johannesburg, Gauteng, SA - Having reached the age of 71years, the time has come for me to hang up my work clothes and hand over to younger blood.I was born in Johannesburg on 14 June 1952 and lived in the Florida area and West Rand until 2011 and then moved to Randpark Ridge.Matriculated at Florida Park High School in 1969.I worked in th ...moreSA footwear & accessories trade statistics for April 2023Pretoria, Gauteng, SA (28 April 2023) – Source: SARS.Including Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho and Namibia (BELN)Cumulative tradeTrade balance R'm (4 295 013 403)Ratio (exports/imports) 0.23Monthly tradeTrade balance R'm (837 219 286)Ratio (exports/imports) 0.30ExportsMonth % of total 0.22Cumulative 2022 (R'm) 1 024 735 317Cumulative 2 ...moreArsutoria trend workshops: 'You have the most multi-ethnic society in Africa - use the inspirations'
Durban, KZN, SA - The annual Arsutoria footwear and handbag international trends workshops in South Africa - which have run since 2017 - have, over the years, opened a window onto the fashion world for around 200 mainly design staff, most of whom would have had little opportunity to travel to fairs.The courses continued right through Covi ...more© S&V Publications
