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Apparel and Footwear in South Africa Market Segment | Share | Forecast (2023) South Africa’s economy remained under a cloud in 2018 with high unemployment and only slow growth in GDP. With disposable income shrinking and the cost of living rising many consumers restricted their non-essential spending. This continued to have a negative impact on apparel and footwear in South Africa with the industry seeing a decline in retail volume terms. In order to stimulate sales retailers were forced to use discount sales on a more frequent basis, while consumers increasingly went in...