S&V Weekly Newsletter Vol.7 No.46, November 15 2021Please note: Click on any ad to go to the advertiser’s website
Acquisition Intershu acquires Gino Paoli, Cosmo closesJohannesburg, Gauteng, SA – Intershu has bought the Gino Paoli brand from Cape Town, W. Cape-based Cosmo Footwear, which has subsequently closed.
Tenders New army boots? Are there or aren't there?Pretoria, Gauteng, SA – There was a flurry of emails on Friday after a report originally published in news channel Ground Up, and reproduced in Carla Finlay's News Briefs to the Clothing & Textile Trade, carried an article headlined 'Local manufacture of army's new uniforms will create jobs'.
Logistics Jumbo: 'We want to source locally'By Dionne Prinsloo, Allied Agencies, on behalf of Jumbo Footwear
Manufacturing Change in focus for BronxBy Gerrit Sander, sales & development for Bolton Footwear's Bronx brand Trade Fairs ACLE finally gives up 2021 editionShanghai, China – The organisers of the All China Leather Exhibition (ACLE) announced last Wednesday that the 2021 edition - which was scheduled to start on the 23rd of this month, has been "rescheduled" to 31 August to 02 September 2022. The full release will appear in S&V African Leather next week.
They Said It"Billy never went to Grosvenor. He went to DHS, was expelled (🤣🤣🤣) and then went to Mansfield." - André Rive, retired former owner of Durban, KZN, SA-based Awesome Marketing, on fellow retiree and now Australian resident Billy Robinson. This conversation arose out of discussions about the remarkable group who matriculated from Grosvenor Boys' High on the Bluff and went on to careers in the footwear industry. Which just goes to show, Billy, that your past always catches up with you. "I'm a nearly retired dog groomer." - Former Cape Town, W. Cape, SA footwear agent 'Carrots' Doyle, who couldn't sit around doing nothing after she retired from footwear. Her business name: 'The Red Setter' - a nickname given to her by the late John Lailvaux. If you hadn't guessed it by now, she's a redhead. Another They Said It from her in next week's newsletter.
Got anything you'd like to share?Do you have any suggestions, comments or experiences about the industry that you'd like to share with the industry? - tony@svmag.co.za
15/11/1977: Mario Alves, Unikem, Pinetown, KZN, SA.
In Memoriam this week15/11/2002: Jody Woycieh (b. 12/11/1949), Sting Components [closed], Pietermaritzburg, KZN, SA. Have you let us know about your birthday, or the birthdays of your colleagues? Our readers love this section, so please become part of it. This also applies to the In Memoriam section. Help us remember former colleagues.
Calendar updates this week2021 ACLE 2021 cancelled.
Classified AdvertsFree State & Northern Cape agentCorvari Footwear seeks an agent for the Free State and Northern Cape to market its Natural Steps and Angels ladies' brands and its Cobbles and Noodles infants' brands. Please reply to business@corvari.co.za, tel 031 700 3234.
Directory updates this weekGinger Bhagwandas Exclusive, Durban, KZN, SA.
New subscribers this weekSifisosethu Khumalo, planner: menswear speciality, Truworths, Cape Town, W. Cape, SA.
Exchange rates1. SA Rand (ZAR)/Lesotho Loti (LSL)/Namibian Dollar (NAD)/Swazi Lilangeni (SZL)
Note: For previous rates, see HERE 2. Botswana Pula (BWP)
3. Malawian Kwacha (MWK)
4. Zambian Kwacha (ZMW)
ABSA Agri Trends: Hides & skins pricesJohannesburg, Gauteng, SA (11 November 2021) - The current average hide price decreased by 0.7% to R4.64/kg from R4.67kg a week ago. The current price is 26% lower than the average price a month ago and is 26% higher than the average price a year ago. The range of prices reported was as follows: Minimum price: R4.33 Maximum price: R5.80. Please note, we have changed our methodology and price levels are not directly comparable to previous prices that we reported on. Our methodology weighs the prices we collect according to the number of hides they sell in a month. This is done to make it more representative of the prevailing market price. NB* Hide prices are determined by the average of the RMAA (Red Meat Abattoir Association) and independent companies. - Marlene Louw, senior agricultural economist, and Nkhensani Mashimbyi, agricultural economist, Absa group.
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