Michael Wyatt, Country Manager, Bata South AfricaPinetown, KZN, SA - Overall Back To School was extremely successful from a manufacturing, distribution, and retail perspective. We saw double-digit growth vs. plans, and a strong January top-up demand despite 2022’s inflationary pressure on raw material costs and gross margin. The maj ...more

Palm: Raring to goBy Rajeev Pattundeen, MDDurban, KZN, SA – We open 10.1, hence the silence… been in a quiet holiday bubble!      Our retail partners were adequately stocked in anticipation of a normalised back to school season.      Feedback received,  is that trade has been buoyant with mi ...more

Cape Town, W Cape, SA - The rules imposed on most footwear manufacturers wishing to restart manufacturing under the government's 'Level 4' lockdown "will discourage most from re-opening", SAFLIA executive director Jirka Vymetal said last week. "There are a lot of rules and requests that make it difficult," he said. &qu ...more