S&V Footwear & Leather Goods Magazine Vol80 No1 January 2017
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IN THIS ISSUE:
Industry Barometer
Apeco: More positive sentiment, but industry must up its game.
Milspeed: Expecting tight first half.
Bolton Footwear: Many more positives than last year.
Nasron Footwear: Sticking to core items.
Dale Footwear: Offer value, freshness – and a fixed price for the year.
Extol Imports: Hoping for a more stable exchange rate.
Bhamjee’s Shoes: Generally bad, men’s surprisingly good.
Hollywood House/Minty’s: Foreigners make a bad situation worse.
Opinion: Phillip Nutt
The impact of the Trump election. How Trump’s presidency could affect sneaker prices in the U.S.
Safety Footwear
Buyer beware: You cannot take claimed standards at face value, says Anette Thompson.
Chain Profile: Franco Ceccato/Queue
The goal is to be the Cuthberts and ABC of this generation.
Company News
Katz Footwear: Stepping up the sneaker game.
Fairs
CLE India Leather & Footwear trade expo: Airfares on offer.
End of an era: New organiser for GDS.
Notice Board
Obituaries: Michael O’Connor, Jensen Belts; Ernie Aaron, agent.
Culture, Art & History
The latest instalment from the Northampton Museum of Leather Craft.
Advertisers in this Issue
Couincil for Leather Exports (OFC), Katz Footwear/Willow (2), Palm Footwear (4, 14), Tuftex (6).
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Footwear Industry Articles
- Stokies: New owner plans to resurrect a homegrown brandScottburgh, KZN, SA – Trendy Shoes, a KZN South Coast retailer which also has its own footwear factory producing footwear for its own 3 stores, bought the long-established but run-down brand, Stokies, from Faulks Footwear, which has now closed. Hussain Khan answers our questions.What attracted you to Stokies?What attracted us to Sto ...moreAn industry with distinctive material riches, unable to sufficiently convert them into finished goods in a world class way“The project’s purpose,” said Courtney Grant, “is to be a robust, evidence-based strategy to address the leather and general goods sector’s challenges and unlock its growth potential.”The main headings of her presentation were:Creating the groundwork for a National Leather and General Goods Strategy:Fro ...moreManufacturer-buyer event: Results still to be tallied, but broad enthusiasm for more
The 2-day Retail Buyer Engagement & Manufacturer Onboarding Programme on 01 and 02 July was part of an effort to kickstart the R-CTFL Masterplan – which, from a footwear perspective at least, has appeared stalled.It was sponsored by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and implemented through the R-CTFL Masterplan Footwea ...more
Leather Industry Articles
- Fifteen million sheep in the UK to share among shearersAccording to the UK government, its sheep population decreased over the past year by 1.7% but that still leaves a flock of over 30 million. For comparison, the domestic flock in South Africa numbers about 21 million and New Zealand has some 23 million. Australia, with more than 70 million, has a wool clip of approximately 325,000 tonnes. ...moreSARLEN – 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 ...moreCooperation between SMEs, academia and government can find solutions
Dr Cecilia China, AfriTech Organic Leather Co. Ltd, the Nelson Mandela Institution of Science & Technology She said Africa has the hides and skins but lacks organised systems to convert them into competitive products.She described her interactions with the Kiwango Leather Cluster with the goal of producing high quality, eco-frien ...more
PPE Industry Articles
- CONSIDERING A PPE MATRIX
What Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) do we need to have on site to reduce and manage the workplace and environmental exposure risks to our employees?Safety and mining legislation place the responsibility on employers to ensure that they provide and maintain working environments that are safe and without risk to the health on employees ...moreRealPPE Marketplace: Where safety meets smarter procurement
RealPPE Marketplace is a 100% black women-owned B2B PPE marketplace built for South African industry. Founded after years of witnessing safety officers and procurement teams lose time to fragmented suppliers, inconsistent pricing, and missing documentation, RealPPE was created to bring structure and reliability to industrial PPE sourcing. ...moreOccupational noise-induced hearing loss ‘is the most prevalent occupational disease in the world’
Occupational noise-induced hearing loss (ONIHL) is the most prevalent occupational disease in the world*. 16% of all disabling hearing loss in adults is due to noise exposure.It’s also expensive. According to one study, it costs US$242 million in annual compensation in the USA. In the UK, the typical cost per claim in the is £ ...more
