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12/02/2024

S&V WEEKLY NEWSLETTER VOL.10 NO.07, FEBRUARY 12 2024
https://www.svmag.co.za/newsletterpage/2024/02/12/518/Newsletter_Vol10_No07_Feb_12_2024
IN THIS ISSUE
- How black shoe store owners are carving their own paths in an already challenging business
- VF Corporation admits ‘disappointing’ results as revenue drops 16%
- They Said It
- New subscribers last week
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- In Memoriam this week
- Trade Fair Calendar
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- ABSA Agri Trends: Hides & skins prices
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The article below, which appeared in Footwear News on Friday, seemed appropriate following the liquidation application against black-owned South African sneaker retailer Drip, reported last week.

05/02/2024

S&V WEEKLY NEWSLETTER VOL.10 NO.06, FEBRUARY 5 2024
https://www.svmag.co.za/newsletterpage/2024/02/05/517/Newsletter_Vol10_No06_Feb_05_2024
IN THIS ISSUE
- Billboard company suing Drip Footwear
- Naked Feet hit in robbery
- They Said It
- New subscribers last week
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- In Memoriam this week
- Trade Fair Calendar
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Johannesburg, Gauteng, SA – Sneaker retailer Drip Footwear is being sued by outdoor media company WideOpen Platform, national sales manager Rob Etzinger confirmed today. “We have instituted liquidation proceedings against Drip Footwear (Pty) Ltd under case number 2024-004622, and which matter is...

31/01/2024

S&V WEEKLY NEWSLETTER VOL.10 NO.05, JANUARY 29 2024
https://www.svmag.co.za/newsletterpage/2024/01/29/516/Newsletter_Vol10_No05_Jan_29_2024
IN THIS ISSUE
- Back-to-school wrap: Good for the specialists, and hopefully a good start to the year
- Death Notice: Sandy Campbell
- Stock Exchange News Service (SENS)
-- Woolworths – trading update and trading statement: ‘Greater-than-expected pullback in discretionary spend’
-- AVI – notice to shareholders: Shareholding change
-- TFG - trading update: Growth for TFG Africa, declines for UK and Australia
-- Mr Price - trading update: ’Group sales growth at higher gross margin’
- In case you missed it! : The January issue of S&V Footwear & Leather Goods Magazine
- They Said It
- New subscribers last week
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- Birthdays this week
- In Memoriam this week
- Trade Fair Calendar
- Exchange rates
- ABSA Agri Trends: Hides & skins prices
- Directory entries updated last week
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31/01/2024

S&V WEEKLY NEWSLETTER VOL.10 NO.04, JANUARY 22 2024
https://www.svmag.co.za/newsletterpage/2024/01/22/515/Newsletter_Vol10_No04_Jan_22_2024
IN THIS ISSUE
- Back-to-school: Slower in country areas?
- Stock Exchange News Service (SENS)
-- Richemont 3rd quarter: Luxury market growth, despite global unrest
- In case you missed it! : The January issue of S&V African Leather Magazine
- They Said It
- New subscribers last week
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- Birthdays this week
- In Memoriam this week
- Trade Fair Calendar
- Exchange rates
- ABSA Agri Trends: Hides & skins prices
- Directory entries updated last week
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31/01/2024

S&V WEEKLY NEWSLETTER VOL.10 NO.03, JANUARY 15 2024
https://www.svmag.co.za/newsletterpage/2024/01/15/514/Newsletter_Vol10_No03_Jan_15_2024
IN THIS ISSUE
- Back-to-school: Good, after a tough 2023
- Retirement: Peter Handley
- Death Notice: Lodewyk ‘Lou’ Jonck
- They Said It
- New subscribers last week
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- Trade Fair Calendar
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Idris Pandor, Gem Schoolwear (Pty) Ltd Durban, KZN, SA – On the wholesale side, 2023 was a tough trading year, numbers were down, suspecting dealers were overstocked and being cautious to order and on the other hand it made it very difficult to fill our production capacity on certain lines.    ...

31/01/2024

S&V WEEKLY NEWSLETTER VOL.10 NO.02, JANUARY 8 2024
https://www.svmag.co.za/newsletterpage/2024/01/08/513/Newsletter_Vol10_No02_Jan_08_2024
IN THIS ISSUE
- Back-to-school: Later inland schools re-opening means slower start for sales
- They Said It
- New subscribers last week
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- Birthdays this week
- In Memoriam this week
- Trade Fair Calendar
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31/01/2024

S&V WEEKLY NEWSLETTER VOL.10 NO.02, JANUARY 8 2024
https://www.svmag.co.za/newsletterpage/2024/01/08/513/Newsletter_Vol10_No02_Jan_08_2024
IN THIS ISSUE
- Back-to-school: Later inland schools re-opening means slower start for sales
- They Said It
- New subscribers last week
- Got anything you'd like to share?
- Birthdays this week
- In Memoriam this week
- Trade Fair Calendar
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- Directory entries updated last week
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Khalid Anwary, Anwary’s Butha-Buthe, Lesotho – Back to school has been very good. We had all our school stocks delivered in December. Customers are happy to get what they need for back to school. Chris van den Berg, Burgers Brothers cc Johannesburg, Gauteng, SA – It’s been a slow start, but ...

31/01/2024

S&V WEEKLY NEWSLETTER VOL.10 NO.01, JANUARY 3 2024
https://www.svmag.co.za/newsletterpage/2024/01/03/512/Newsletter_Vol10_No01_Jan_03_2024
IN THIS ISSUE
- A time for fortitude
- They Said It
- New subscribers last week
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- Birthdays this week
- In Memoriam this week
- Trade Fair Calendar
- Exchange rates
- ABSA Agri Trends: Hides & skins prices
- Directory entries updated last week
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28/01/2024

S&V WEEKLY NEWSLETTER VOL.9 NO.52, DECEMBER 27 2023
https://www.svmag.co.za/newsletterpage/2023/12/27/511/Newsletter_Vol09_No52_Dec_27_2023
IN THIS ISSUE
- Trade seesaw, ‘but there’s always hope’
- On the whole, below par
- More competition for less custom
- Nike Aims to Save $2B Over Three Years With New Plan to ‘Streamline’ Organization
- Death notice: Cecil Fenwick
- They Said It
- New subscribers last week
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- Birthdays this week
- In Memoriam this week
- Trade Fair Calendar
- Exchange rates
- ABSA Agri Trends: Hides & skins prices
- Directory entries updated last week
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28/01/2024

S&V WEEKLY NEWSLETTER VOL.9 NO.51, DECEMBER 18 2023
https://www.svmag.co.za/newsletterpage/2023/12/18/510/Newsletter_Vol09_No51_Dec_18_2023
IN THIS ISSUE
- Last quarter poor, but no knowing what’s to come
- Shoe Zone: Getting better, but not up to previous years
- Casanova to call it a day next year
- Components quiet, sandals busy
- Death notice: Allan Norman
- They Said It
- New subscribers last week
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- Birthdays this week
- In Memoriam this week
- Trade Fair Calendar
- Exchange rates
- ABSA Agri Trends: Hides & skins prices
- Directory entries updated last week
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Greg Bing, A.P. Jones Cape Town, W. Cape, SA – December so far has been poor – 10% down on last year, even though we have more merchandise, better merchandise, and the same staff. We traded well until September, October levelled off, and November was down.       The staff benefitted from t...

28/01/2024

S&V WEEKLY NEWSLETTER VOL.9 NO.50, DECEMBER 11 2023
https://www.svmag.co.za/newsletterpage/2023/12/11/509/Newsletter_Vol09_No50_Dec_11_2023
IN THIS ISSUE
- Pepkor considers buying Edgars for R2.4 billion
- December trading
- In case you missed it! : The latest issue of S&V Protect Magazine
- They Said It
- New subscribers last week
- Got anything you'd like to share?
- Birthdays this week
- In Memoriam this week
- Trade Fair Calendar
- Exchange rates
- ABSA Agri Trends: Hides & skins prices
- Directory entries updated last week
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28/01/2024

S&V WEEKLY NEWSLETTER VOL.9 NO.49, DECEMBER 4 2023
https://www.svmag.co.za/newsletterpage/2023/12/04/508/Newsletter_Vol09_No49_Dec_04_2023
IN THIS ISSUE
- First weekend of December: Mixed results
- Death Notice: Dietmar Theilig
- In case you missed it! : The November issue of S&V Footwear & Leather Goods Magazine
- They Said It
- New subscribers last week
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- Birthdays this week
- In Memoriam this week
- Trade Fair Calendar
- Exchange rates
- ABSA Agri Trends: Hides & skins prices
- Directory entries updated last week
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Umhlanga, KZN, SA - The month has “started very quietly, more quietly than I expected”, Suresh Parekh of Bachelor’s Classic said this morning. He said Black Friday had been partly to blame. He said he would have to work long hours to catch up.

28/01/2024

S&V WEEKLY NEWSLETTER VOL.9 NO.48, NOVEMBER 27 2023
https://www.svmag.co.za/newsletterpage/2023/11/27/507/Newsletter_Vol09_No48_Nov_27_2023
IN THIS ISSUE
- LA Group acquires Boardriders brands
- Black Friday:
-- Dodo’s: Government incompetence – where is retail outrage?
-- Kingsmead: Better than expected, but consumers don’t have much to spend
- Malawi: Reasons behind devaluation and what it means for importers
- They Said It
- New subscribers last week
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- Birthdays this week
- In Memoriam this week
- Trade Fair Calendar
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- Directory entries updated last week
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28/01/2024

S&V WEEKLY NEWSLETTER VOL.9 NO.47, NOVEMBER 20 2023
https://www.svmag.co.za/newsletterpage/2023/11/20/506/Newsletter_Vol09_No47_Nov_20_2023
IN THIS ISSUE
- Black Friday
-- Boardriders: Stock position better than last year, so shorter BF period
-- Sneakers International: Not for us
- The Year So Far: Queue: A tough year, but optimistic
- Manufacturing: Allimor Footwear: ‘Still trading’
- In case you missed it! : The November issue of S&V African Leather Magazine
- They Said It
- New subscribers last week
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- Birthdays this week
- In Memoriam this week
- Trade Fair Calendar
- Exchange rates
- ABSA Agri Trends: Hides & skins prices
- Directory entries updated last week
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28/01/2024

S&V WEEKLY NEWSLETTER VOL.9 NO.46, NOVEMBER 13 2023
https://www.svmag.co.za/newsletterpage/2023/11/13/505/Newsletter_Vol09_No46_Nov_13_2023
IN THIS ISSUE
- Top end holding up better, says Stanbel, as it opens first Tommy Hilfiger store
- Better quality branded footwear stronger, ‘too many grey areas in bottom end’
- Truworths - business update July-October 2023: UK stores save results
- Richemont interim results September 2023: In a word, Good
- TFG interim results September 2023: Revenue up, dividend down
- They Said It
- New subscribers last week
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- Birthdays this week
- In Memoriam this week
- Trade Fair Calendar
- Exchange rates
- ABSA Agri Trends: Hides & skins prices
- Directory entries updated last week
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28/01/2024

S&V WEEKLY NEWSLETTER VOL.9 NO.45, NOVEMBER 6 2023
https://www.svmag.co.za/newsletterpage/2023/11/06/504/Newsletter_Vol09_No45_Nov_06_2023
IN THIS ISSUE
- AGOA Forum
- Prisaan in voluntary liquidation
- They Said It
- New subscribers last week
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- Birthdays this week
- In Memoriam this week
- Trade Fair Calendar
- Exchange rates
- ABSA Agri Trends: Hides & skins prices
- Directory entries updated last week
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28/01/2024

S&V WEEKLY NEWSLETTER VOL.9 NO.44, OCTOBER 30 2023
https://www.svmag.co.za/newsletterpage/2023/10/30/503/Newsletter_Vol09_No44_Oct_30_2023
IN THIS ISSUE
- Trading conditions: Midland Tannery closes
- Bresan ‘not in business rescue’
- In case you missed it! : The latest issue of S&V Protect Magazine
- They Said It
- New subscribers last week
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- Birthdays this week
- In Memoriam this week
- Trade Fair Calendar
- Exchange rates
- ABSA Agri Trends: Hides & skins prices
- Directory entries updated last week
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28/01/2024

S&V WEEKLY NEWSLETTER VOL.9 NO.43, OCTOBER 22 2023
https://www.svmag.co.za/newsletterpage/2023/10/23/502/Newsletter_Vol09_No43_Oct_23_2023
IN THIS ISSUE
- Remaining positive for end-of-year upturn
- Boardriders: Wait-and-see for SA operation
- Falke South Africa appoints new CEO
- Cobblers Lunch: A final farewell
- In case you missed it! : The October issue of S&V African Leather Magazine
- They Said It
- New subscribers last week
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- Birthdays this week
- In Memoriam this week
- Trade Fair Calendar
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- Directory entries updated last week
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28/01/2024

S&V WEEKLY NEWSLETTER VOL.9 NO.42, OCTOBER 16 2023
https://www.svmag.co.za/newsletterpage/2023/10/16/501/Newsletter_Vol09_No42_Oct_16_2023
IN THIS ISSUE
- New directions as historic business dries up
- TFG CFO resigns
- Groundcover GM retires
- Extracts from Piper Sandler 46th semi-annual Generation Z survey of 9193 US teens
- They Said It
- New subscribers last week
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- Trade Fair Calendar
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David Grossberg, Grossberg Outfitters Pretoria, Gauteng, SA - This company has been in business since 1906, and we’ve diversified to do wholesaling and retailing. At the moment, however, business is inconsistent.       We used to supply a lot to government departments, but that has dried up ...

28/01/2024

S&V WEEKLY NEWSLETTER VOL.9 NO.41, OCTOBER 9 2023
https://www.svmag.co.za/newsletterpage/2023/10/09/500/Newsletter_Vol09_No41_Oct_09_2023
IN THIS ISSUE
- Difficult choices for expensive footwear
- It’s slow, but we’re recovering
- Stock Exchange News Service (SENS): AVI AGM
- Steinhoff final liquidation
- Spanish September fairs ‘set trends’
- They Said It
- New subscribers last week
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- In Memoriam this week
- Trade Fair Calendar
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Ivan Orkin, Orkin’s Shoe Centre Germiston, Gauteng, SA - We’re finding trade very tricky and not good at all. Prices have become so exorbitant, and you must downgrade all the time. But people aspire to better end merchandise and brands, so you lose that segment if you’re not careful. You can.....

11/01/2024

S&V WEEKLY NEWSLETTER VOL.9 NO.40, OCTOBER 2 2023
https://www.svmag.co.za/newsletterpage/2023/10/02/499/Newsletter_Vol09_No40_Oct_02_2023
IN THIS ISSUE
- Midland Tannery ‘considering options’
- Kangol: SA footwear distribution rights unknown as Jumbo agreement ends
- Cape Union Mart sponsors film festival
- Truworths’, Woolworths’ annual reports
- In case you missed it!: The September issue of S&V Footwear & Leather Goods Magazine
- They Said It
- New subscribers last week
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- In Memoriam this week
- Trade Fair Calendar
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- Directory entries updated last week
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Wolwehoek, Free State, SA - Midland Tannery, which processes hides from the vertically integrated Midland Group’s feedlots from raw to wet blue, wet white and finished leather, “is considering its options”, GM Rudie Nieuwoudt confirmed on Friday, in response to speculation about its future.  ...

11/01/2024

S&V WEEKLY NEWSLETTER VOL.9 NO.39, SEPTEMBER 27 2023
https://www.svmag.co.za/newsletterpage/2023/09/27/498/Newsletter_Vol09_No39_Sep_27_2023
IN THIS ISSUE
- How a trip tarnished Germany’s image
- Fury over ICLT’s likely closure
- They Said It
- New subscribers last week
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- Birthdays this week
- In Memoriam this week
- Trade Fair Calendar
- Exchange rates
- ABSA Agri Trends: Hides & skins prices
- Directory entries updated last week
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I was in Italy last week, sponsored by Assomac Servizi to attend the Simac/Tanning Tech fair, and technical reports will follow in the October issues of S&V African Leather and S&V Footwear & Leather Goods.       My indelible memory of this trip isn’t of the fair, however. It is the apparent...

11/01/2024

S&V WEEKLY NEWSLETTER VOL.9 NO.38, SEPTEMBER 18 2023
https://www.svmag.co.za/newsletterpage/2023/09/18/497/Newsletter_Vol09_No38_Sep_18_2023
IN THIS ISSUE
- One month up, one month down
- ICLT – last of UK’s leather schools – likely to close
- In case you missed it!: The September issue of S&V African Leather Magazine
- They Said It
- Got anything you'd like to share?
- Birthdays this week
- In Memoriam this week
- Trade Fair Calendar
- Exchange rates
- ABSA Agri Trends: Hides & skins prices
- Directory entries updated last week
- New subscribers last week
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Please note I will be in Milan attending fairs this week. I can be reached by email while I am away, but my replies will be delayed.

11/01/2024

S&V WEEKLY NEWSLETTER VOL.9 NO.37, SEPTEMBER 11 2023
https://www.svmag.co.za/newsletterpage/2023/09/11/496/Newsletter_Vol09_No37_Sep_11_2023
IN THIS ISSUE
- Foreign investors sell SA apparel retail shares
- BBF accuses Dromex of ‘crossing ethical line’, threatens legal action
- Situation ‘unsustainable’
- Pittards shuts
- They Said It
- Got anything you'd like to share?
- Birthdays this week
- In Memoriam this week
- Trade Fair Calendar
- Exchange rates
- ABSA Agri Trends: Hides & skins prices
- Directory entries updated last week
- New subscribers last week
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According to an article in Moneyweb on 05 September, foreign investors have “dumped” shares in entertainment business MultiChoice Group and apparel retailers Mr Price Group and TFG Ltd.       It said the catalyst had been a quarterly review of indices by US investment advisor MSCI Inc., wh...

11/01/2024

S&V WEEKLY NEWSLETTER VOL.9 NO.36, SEPTEMBER 4 2023
https://www.svmag.co.za/newsletterpage/2023/09/04/495/Newsletter_Vol09_No36_Sep_04_2023
IN THIS ISSUE
- Outdoor: Awaiting seasonal upturn
- Comfort: Forced change working out ‘quite nicely’
- ‘Underlying health of fashion division improving’
- Bata moves head office after 50 years
- In case you missed it!: The August issue of S&V Footwear & Leather Goods Magazine
- They Said It
- Got anything you'd like to share?
- Birthdays this week
- In Memoriam this week
- Trade Fair Calendar
- Exchange rates
- ABSA Agri Trends: Hides & skins prices
- Directory entries updated last week
- New subscribers last week
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Sasha Nieuwoudt, manager/buyer, Camp & Climb Cape Town, W. Cape, SA - Trade is quiet at the moment, but winter is always quieter for us, and we expect it to pick up with summer.       We get a lot of tourists at our Paarden Eiland store, and they tend to kit themselves out. Local customers at ...

11/01/2024

S&V WEEKLY NEWSLETTER VOL.9 NO.35, AUGUST 28 2023
https://www.svmag.co.za/newsletterpage/2023/08/28/494/Newsletter_Vol09_No35_Aug_28_2023
IN THIS ISSUE
- Formal: Still an uphill battle
- Travel goods: Getting back to normality
- Botswana retail: VAT rise hurt trade, but trajectory is up
- Namibia retail: Slightly up on last year
- They Said It
- Got anything you'd like to share?
- Birthdays this week
- In Memoriam this week
- Trade Fair Calendar
- Exchange rates
- ABSA Agri Trends: Hides & skins prices
- Directory entries updated last week
- New subscribers last week
- Have a look at these links

Nas Kokoroyanis, director, Florsheim SA Johannesburg, Gauteng, SA - Formal footwear is struggling in the market. I believe that casual attire and therefore footwear is the order of the day. The other factor is the financial strain on individuals. The economic situation is a bigger factor than most o...

05/09/2023

05/09/2023

S&V WEEKLY NEWSLETTER VOL.9 NO.34, AUGUST 21 2023
https://www.svmag.co.za/newsletterpage/2023/08/21/493/Newsletter_Vol09_No34_Aug_21_2023
IN THIS ISSUE
- PPE: So far this year, very good
- Surf: Holidays were good, but…
- Sport: There’ll always be a place for the running shoe specialist
- SAVA: Programme and speakers for first ‘innovation in PVC’ conference
- In case you missed it!: The August issue of S&V African Leather Magazine
- They Said It
- Got anything you'd like to share?
- Birthdays this week
- In Memoriam this week
- Trade Fair Calendar
- Exchange rates
- ABSA Agri Trends: Hides & skins prices
- Directory entries updated last week
- New subscribers last week
- Have a look at these links

05/09/2023

S&V WEEKLY NEWSLETTER VOL.9 NO.33, AUGUST 14 2023
https://www.svmag.co.za/newsletterpage/2023/08/14/492/Newsletter_Vol09_No33_Aug_14_2023
IN THIS ISSUE
- Winter was fair, wait-and-see for summer
- Sports goods ‘a tricky space’
- Analysts ‘upbeat’ over new Wolverine CEO
- They Said It
- Got anything you'd like to share?
- Birthdays this week
- In Memoriam this week
- Trade Fair Calendar
- Exchange rates
- ABSA Agri Trends: Hides & skins prices
- Directory entries updated last week
- New subscribers last week
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Brett Pengelly, Trailmix Trading Durban, KZN, SA –I think most businesses had quite a good winter. Boots are being heavily discounted now, but that’s the end of season and everyone is clearing the last of their stock in preparation for summer. However, summer is proving slow. Retailers are takin...