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S&V Footwear & Leather Goods Magazine Vol81 No5 May 2018

This Magazine is sponsored by SAFLIA

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IN THIS ISSUE:

Business Barometer: More hope, more innovation
- Apeco: Light at the end of the tunnel?
- National Trimmings Specialists: Customs a problem.
- Design Unique Belts: Diversifying to grow.
- Cool Cosmos Footwear: Erratic exchange rate a problem.
- Crown Group: We're increasing market share.
- Peter Allen: We have to try harder.
- Sole Base: Lack of style direction is a problem.

Training
- Praise for Arsutoria bag design course.

Notice Board
- Obituary: Filippo Grillenzoni - Inherently Italian in all things.

20th UITIC International Technical Footwear Congress
- Portuguese industry offers lessons for SA.
- Customised footwear, sustainability and attracting the young to shoemaking dominate congress papers.
- Comments from SA visitors.

World News
- How bankrupt Rockport says Adidas separation hurt its business.



Advertisers in this Issue
Azula (OFC), Chillisource/Shoepack (6), Europa Art (5), Source Africa (8), Tuftex (2).

Footwear Industry Articles

  • Wayne's Phambili range: Practical boots from non-safety to full protection
    Roodepoort, Gauteng, SA – Wayne's Phambili range combines everyday comfort, dependable durability and clearly defined levels of protection in a practical range of PVC work boots. Developed for demanding working environments, the 3-boot lineup makes it easy to choose the protection best suited to the job while delivering the comfort ...more
  • Palm Footwear: ‘One family’
    Palm Footwear was founded in July 1966 by Kasie Pattundeen, with 18 staff, making slippers.60 years later, with over 800 staff, it is among the biggest employers in the SA footwear industry and among the biggest manufacturers by volume.It remains a family business, headed by Rajeev and Kiran Pattundeen, with their children, Srishti and Rt ...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

  • The leather value chain offers opportunities for all SADC countries
    The Southern African Regional Leather Network (SARLEN) and the SADC Leather Forum present a great opportunity for the development of the leather value chains (LVCs) in all or most SADC states, whose LVCs are at different stages of development.in Zimbabwe we already have a well-structured LVC coordinated by an apex body, the Zimbabwe Leath ...more
  • Luxury or not
    We hear from all sides that the leather industry is not doing too well and the conflict in the Middle East is definitely not improving the situation. The present wars have a huge impact on inflation and hence on the buying power of consumers with negative consequences for the luxury industry whose shares we have seen tumbling at the vario ...more
  • Leather Naturally launches new report on sustainable water management
    Leather Naturally’s latest educational resource, Sustainable Water Management in the Leather Industry (https://www.leathernaturally.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Leather-Naturally-Sustainable-Water-Management.pdf), is available to download.Developed using insights from recent public consultation, the report explores:* Why water rem ...more
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PPE Industry Articles

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