IN THIS ISSUE:

03 Adapt Or Belt Up
- Why going green has made business (and ethical) sense to Equator.

05 Business
- Pep partners with Loxion Kulcha.
- ...And opens store in up-market Canal Walk.

08 Retail - Don't Write Off Bricks-And-Mortar
- Physical stores 'are bouncing back as part of omni-channel marketing' says European landlord company.

10 The US Market
- Sports retail holiday 2020 expectations, by NPD's Matt Powell.
- Changes in lifestyle drive shifts in holiday purchasing for footwear and accessories, writes NPD's Beth Goldstein.

12 Headlines
- From global trade media.

14 Notice Board
- Obituary for Peter Berry.
- Obituary for Alan Jackson.
- Obituary for Doug Oates.
- SA-born Gotcha founder Michael Tomson dies in the US.

12 Trade
- SARS statistics for August 2020.



Advertisers in this Issue
Creative Leathergoods (4), Equator - The Belt Company (OFC), Freestyle (2), Palm Footwear/Terrapod industrial safety footwear (7).


In The Next Issue:


- Forecasting 2021.

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