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S&V Footwear & Leather Goods Magazine Vol79 No10 November 2016

This Magazine is sponsored by SAFLIA

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IN THIS ISSUE:

Industry Barometer
2016 was bad, and there’s little expectation 2017 will be better.

Opinion: Phillip Nutt
Retailers should dare to be different, says our columnist. Christmas is no longer the be all and end all of retailing.

Opinion: Anette Thompson
Podiatrists ask manufacturers to put back straps on sandals.

Company News
Kurgan Kenani Leathers and Barksole merge.

Notice Board
Obituaries: Des de Wet, agent; Neville Horwitz, agent; Franco Polia, freelance agent; Ronnie Jones, Apeco.

Culture, Art & History
The latest instalment from the Northampton Museum of Leather Craft.


Advertisers in this Issue
Afro Thai Imports/Aerosoft (OFC), Eco Rubber (7), Katz Footwear/Willow (2), Tuftex (4), Vandan Engineering (6).

Footwear Industry Articles

  • Obituary: Joe McGinley, Conshu (14/04/1936-20/05/2026) He ran an empire, but kept a human touch
    Somerset West, W. Cape, SA – Joseph Pascal McGinley, the former Conshu director who died in May, a month after his 90th birthday, was a larger-than-life character who was renowned during his career in SA for his kindness, and who lived life to the full.Born in Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland, to Joseph and Madeline McGinley, both doct ...more
  • Comrades Expo 2026
    Durban, KZN, SA – The exhibitor list at the Comrades Expo, from 11-13 June, has shown an evolution in the types of companies exhibiting. Just 1 running footwear supplier, Ikhambi Distribution, promoting its Hoka brand, was there.Technical sock suppliers, however, were well represented, with Balega, Falke, Sox Footwear and The Hirst ...more
  • SAFLEC AGM 2026: Strengthening of relationships between industry organisations and government a key development
    This has been a defining year for the South African Footwear & Leather Export Council (SAFLEC). It has been a year of innovation, collaboration and meaningful progress, where together with our members and strategic partners, we have continued to strengthen the competitiveness of South Africa's footwear and leather industry while creat ...more
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Leather Industry Articles

  • SA’s 2025 automotive leather exports: Down on 2024, but still good, on the face of it
    Figures from NAAMSA’s Automotive Trade Manual 2026       Automotive components – exports by product      Component category 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 % of total export value Ran ...more
  • LEATHER’S ELEMENTARY UNIT
    Geoff Attenburrow’s PhD student David M. Wright worked on the behaviour of leather under strain (Attenburrow, 1993; Wright, 1996). They were the first to describe that leather had a “co-operating unit”, a set of structures within leather that helped the leather to resist breaking and to resist deformation at low strain.T ...more
  • SARLEN – the journey so far
    SARLEN was guided by a model policy framework for the leather value chain, adopted by all member states in 2023. It was supported by Deutsche Zusammenarbeit (German Cooperation), implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), with the SADC Secretariat as the principal sponsor.The building blocks are ass ...more
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PPE Industry Articles

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