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S&V Footwear & Leather Goods Magazine Vol87 No2 February 2021

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IN THIS ISSUE:

03 Stitchdowns
- It's been a great ride - can it continue?
- Strassbergers: Anchored in its core market, says JJ du Plessis.
- Bolton Footwear: So much potential still, say Tim Vermeulen, Samantha Pillay and Gordon Gassert.
- Freestyle Genuine Handcrafted Leather: It may be time to be a bit wary of overtrading, says Grant Munro.
- Veldskoen: It's all about making an age-old style trendy, says Ross Zondagh.
- FLIC: The Veldskoen phenomenon, by Russell Addinall.

11 Business
- New distributor for Palladium, Ben Sherman.
- Promo One: Clarifying the situation.
- Crafter Kim-G secures its first export order.

14 Technology
- Texon 'significantly increases sustainable content' of Sportflex box toe puff material.
- Lectra to acquire rival Gerber Technology.

15 Fairs
- Milan Fairs: The virus wins as organisers go digital, but plan normal September editions.

16 Notice Board
- Looking back: A great journey so far, says Adrian McElhinney.
- Obituary: Bernhard Manock, a pioneer in SA leather apparel.



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  • Stitchdowns: Strassbergers: Anchored in its core market
    How long will stitchdowns be a fashion item this time around?I expect stitchdowns (vellies) to stay in the agricultural market forever. You would, however, have to be very creative in 5 years’ time to still ride the current wave in the malls of SA and the overseas market. Vellies will always be part of “Die Boer” and his ...more
  • Stitchdowns: Bolton Footwear: So much potential still
    How long will stitchdowns be a fashion item this time around? It’s hard to predict but I believe stitchdowns current popularity will continue for many more seasons, especially locally due to price and the versatility of the traditional Veldschoen silhouette.  Fashion fluctuates depending on the times so the Vellie demand w ...more
  • Stitchdowns: It may be time to be a bit wary of overtrading
    How long will stitchdowns be a fashion item this time around?Normally the product life cycle follows a pattern which, towards the tail end, attracts many rats and mice or so-called fly-by-nights. We have an increasing number of the afore-mentioned, which usually precipitates a fall off of business as the category becomes cheapened and hea ...more
  • Stitchdowns: Veldskoen: It's all about making an age-old style trendy
    How long will stitchdowns be a fashion item this time around?We would like to see this carry on of course for a long time to come, and we are always looking at new designs and concepts as well, but we also need to focus on growing our brand internationally, and you can’t just release new leathers and designs all the time, it takes t ...more
  • Stitchdowns: The Veldskoen Phenomenon
    The name is derived from the Afrikaans vel, later assimilated with veld, and skoene. They were first made by the Dutch settlers in the mid-17th century. The design is believed to be based on the traditional Khoisan footwear observed by these settlers. The footwear was later embedded into the South African cultural psyche, the rest is hist ...more
  • Kim-G secures first export order
    Kimberley, N. Cape, SA - S&V has Kim-G Leather Sandals, making 50 pairs/week, listed as a crafter in the Directory.  We may have to change that.  Opened 2 years ago by former Durbanite Gerry du Toit as a retirement project, Kim-G has just dispatched its first export order to Australia.  "The owner of the orthopaedi ...more
  • Texon 'significantly increases sustainable content' of Sportflex box toe puff material
    Skelton, UK (February 02, 2021) - Following a project with one of the world’s leading sports brands, Texon has reengineered one of its most popular box toe puff materials for the footwear industry to include more sustainable content. Collaborating across its supply chain to source more sustainable materials, Texon has increased the ...more
  • Stitchdowns: It's been a great ride - can it continue?
    Stitchdowns have been riding a global wave for several years now.  What makes that special for the southern African footwear industry is that a) it's an evergreen item for a core (and not insignificant) customer group and b), it's a construction that has been made locally since - well forever, really - meaning they have a realistic o ...more

Footwear Industry Articles

  • 2025 FORECASTS
    By common consent, 2024 has been a difficult year for almost all businesses, organisations, government departments and people in the SA leather value chain. The main exceptions would have been successful exporters, because the domestic market has been getting poorer year after year. The underlying reasons are mostly to do with the policie ...more
  • AMSA: ‘Perturbing trend’ in imports
    Durban, KZN, SA – As the economy still seems to be precariously poised due to various exogenous variables, I remain very cautious about looking into the future.The formal sector of the economy has not fared well in terms of employment as measured by Clothing Industry Bargaining Council figures (see attached chart).It appears that th ...more
  • How Asics expansion in non-metro India supports local growth and echoes BRICS aspirations
    Japanese sportswear brand Asics is making notable progress in expanding into India’s Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities to meet the rising demand for athleisure outside major metro areas. According to Economic Times, by the end of 2024, Asics plans to operate 120 stores across the country, driven by a surge in e-commerce sales from non-m ...more
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Leather Industry Articles

  • Agency company changes
    Cape Town, W. Cape, SA – Gert Bosch and Arné Husselman left TST Agencies earlier this year.Bosch started Bosch Technical Services (Pty) Ltd (BTS), which began trading on 01 March, servicing the tanning industry. He represents a number of principals including some formerly represented by TST.Husselman has left the industry and ...more
  • Sam Setter's 'Pills': For readers who need some wry medicinal humour
    It’s the middle-class market, not the rich, where the real money isAlthough I fully realise that luxury is a very important factor for the leather industry, I believe that we focus too much on this particular sector, and forget the day-to-day use of leather. There aren’t too many people who can afford a €100 000 bag, a &e ...more
  • LULUC: Explaining the link between deforestation and the leather industry
    Land use and land use change (LULUC) refers to the study area in general – that is the study of how global land use change (commonly through human intervention) results in increased atmospheric emissions. The obvious emission is that if the forest is burnt, the emissions are directly released into the atmosphere. However, the change ...more
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PPE Industry Articles

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