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S&V Footwear & Leather Goods Magazine Vol88 No1 January 2022


This Magazine is sponsored by SAFLIA


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IN THIS ISSUE:

03 Focus Sector
- Sneakers: If local manufacturing is to grow, it must find a way of getting into this market.

05 The U.S. Market
- Top 5 retail trends to watch in the new year.

06 Sector Reports
- Safety footwear - BBF: Championing local manufacturing in workplace safety solutions.

10 Components
- Logomotif: Branding made visible.

11 Logistics
- The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is developing IT solutions to counter supply bottlenecks.

12 Sustainability
- Huntsman and Shincell create fully recyclable TPU foam for footwear.

13 Italy
- Recovery led by branded exports.

13 Fairs & Events
- Première Vision appoints fashion director.

14 Notice Board
- Nigel Plumpton obituary: The best times in life were around the campfire.
- Chris Bezuidenhout obituary: The Cross Trainer mourns the loss of its GM.
- Ron MacNiven obituary: A corporate man with a rebellious sense of humour.



Advertisers in this Issue
BBF Safety Group (OFC), Caterpillar / Medicus Footwear (05), Freestyle Genuine Handcrafted Leather (02), Italtan (below), S&V Calendar (10), S&V Diretory (11), SA Footwear & Leather Export Council (07), Saddler Belts (06), Soft Wear (04).


In The Next Issue:


- Innovative manufacturers: New ideas, new looks, new ways of doing things.


Out on February 4

  • Sneakers
    If local manufacturing is to grow, it must find a way of getting into this market ...more
  • BBF: Championing local manufacturing in workplace safety solutions
    Pinetown, KZN, SA - BBF Safety Group is an integrated workplace safety solutions provider that helps customers create safe working environments.  BBF was formed on the basis of championing local manufacturing, procurement and SMME development – an objective more relevant now to get the South African economy back on its feet tha ...more
  • Logomotif: Branding made visible
     Cape Town, W. Cape, SA - Logomotif, founded in 1997 and 25 years old this year, is an entirely South African business and the only local manufacturer of the moulded branding trims it produces. It has a wide range of branded customers, including clothing and footwear manufacturers. Its custom-made PVC moulded products for clothing, f ...more
  • Huntsman and Shincell create fully recyclable TPU foam for footwear
    The Woodlands, Texas, USA – Huntsman has developed a new thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), which is fully recyclable, UV protected and can be extruded into a film and then easily expanded into foamed sheets. The special grade of Irogan TPU was developed by Huntsman, in conjunction with the Shincell New Material Company Ltd, which is ...more
  • Première Vision: Desolina Suter appointed fashion director
    Paris, France - This month, Desolina Suter has joined the Première Vision team as fashion director.  Of dual French/Italian origin, she is an expert in materials, colours and trends, and has been Première Vision’s fashion correspondent in Italy for nearly 15 years. She will be in charge of coordinating the Premi&e ...more
  • Obituary: Nigel Plumpton: The best times in life were around the campfire
    Obituary: Nigel Plumpton - CNB Industries (29/04/1949-29/10/2021) ...more
  • Obituary: Chris Bezuidenhout - The cross trainer mourns the loss of GM
    Obituary: Chris Bezuidenhout - The Cross Trainer (11/12/1951-16/12/2021) Johannesburg, Gauteng, SA - Frame Leisure Trading, T/A The Cross Trainer, is saddened to announce the passing of its beloved General Manager, Chris Bezuidenhout.   “Chris spearheaded many businesses, with the inclusion of taking our company and facili ...more
  • Obituary: Ron MacNiven - Bata, Edworks, Decofurn (24/09/1944-09/01/2022) - A corporate man with a rebellious sense of humour
    Durban, KZN, SA - Ron arrived in the then Rhodesia from Scotland as a schoolboy. He kept his Scottish accent throughout his life, which I teased him about.      I met him in the late 1960s when he was one of Bata's retail shop managers in the then Salisbury. Through various promotions, he became retail personnel m ...more
  • Handmade Espadril: A touch of the Med
    Patricia Terre is Spanish. With local Rizqah Isaacs, she co-founded Handmade Espadril in 2014. She studied fashion styling at Central Saint Martins in London and both worked in retail with first line and luxury brands for years. "We lived surrounded by some of the most exclusive brands in the world, which taught us everything we know ...more
  • IT solutions for stable supply chains
    The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, headquartered in Germany, describes itself as the world’s leading applied research organization, and we frequently carry its reports in S&V Footwear & Leather Goods' sister publication, S&V Protect. This report, however, is pertinent for all our publications. ...more
  • Italy: Recovery led by brand exports
    Footwear industry: double-digit recovery in 2021 (turnover +16.2% over 12 months, according to the earliest projections) despite a -10 to -15% gap compared to 2019. Recovery is uneven: the big names are making great progress, while 2 out of 3 companies close the year with revenues below pre-Covid levels. Uncertainty is caused by a fresh o ...more

Footwear Industry Articles

  • SAFLEC AGM 2026: A year marked by resilience
    On behalf of the Board of Directors, it is my pleasure to welcome all our members and stakeholders to the 24th Annual General Meeting of the South African Leather & Footwear Export Council (SAFLEC).The Annual General Meeting provides us with an opportunity not only to reflect on the performance of the Council over the past financial y ...more
  • Manufacturer-buyer event: Among the manufacturer comments
    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
  • The showroom pair is not the order
    A shoe on a showroom table is wonderfully persuasive. A buyer can flex the forefoot, press the heel counter, check the stitching, compare the two shoes and turn the pair over to examine the sole. Colour, finish and hand feel are all there to judge.The purchase order may then reduce that pair to a short line: one style number, one colour d ...more
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PPE Industry Articles

  • Further controls over the import of safety footwear are on the way
    On 03 August 2026, the Safety Footwear Working Group, led by SAFLIA, submitted a request to Minister Tau (dtic) for interim import control measures in respect of specified safety footwear. The request was strongly supported by organised labour and other industry stakeholders.The application was further strengthened by contributions f ...more
  • China-made firefighting equipment now needs verification of conformity with SANS standards
    Pretoria, Gauteng, SA – Firefighting equipment is among the 25 product categories published on 01 April by the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition for a mandatory Pre-Export Verification of Conformity (PVoC) Programme.The system will require certain goods shipped from China to be tested and certified before they enter the ...more
  • 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 ...more
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