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S&V Footwear & Leather Goods Magazine Vol89 No6 June 2023

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IN THIS ISSUE:

03 Innovation
- Footwear and leather goods are mostly excluded from duty free imports under the AfCFTA agreement – at least for now.
- Traditional retail making a comeback at the expense of DTC, says Wall Street Journal.

06 School Shoes
- Veldskoen lends design in school shoe collaboration with Softer.

07 Exports & Trade
- Chimpel (Shim-Pal to those in the know): A hunger to succeed.
- SACU members sign agreement to ease imports and exports.

11 Headlines with Tinashe Mandirahwe
- Unravelling the future of boat shoes – insights into Sperry’s market position.
- Shocking underpayment of workers in modern day America.
- Inclusivity tested: Major retailer faces backlash, removes LGBQT merchandise.
- Luxury vs. middle-class market: Prada Group’s growth and PouYuen Vietnam’s setbacks.

15 Sustainability
- PVC industry fights to avoid global ban. - Global Vinyl Council feedback on Paris talks to ban plastic waste – a report by Monique Holtzhausen, CEO of the Southern African Vinyls Association (SAVA).
- Première Vision: Following new rules.
- SGS expands network of ZDHC Foundation approved softlines labs.
- Microban develops metal-free anti-microbial technology

12 Notice Board
- Retirement: Terry Holton, ACA: ‘Do what you love, and you’ll never have to work.’
- Bata appointments: Saket Mota, Denise Moodley, Suhail Rajah.

19 Trade Statistics
- South Africa: April imports and exports of footwear and accessories, provided by SARS.



Advertisers in this Issue
APLF (OFC), Berzacks (04), Bolton Footwear/Grasshoppers (05), Evolution Engineering (01), Freestyle Genuine Handcrafted Leather (02), Royal Adhesive Industries (07), Saddler Belts (09), SAFLEC (10), S&V Directory (13), S&V Trade Fair Calendar (17), Softer (03).


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- Out on 21 July.

 

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