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South African Apparel Association (SAAA)

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The SA Apparel Association (SAAA) is a representative employer organisation for the clothing manufacturing industry. Its geographical scope covers all the provincial boundaries of South Africa. The Association offers services and involves itself not only in the labour market and skills development spheres, but also in trade and industrial policy and related matters. SAAA has formal cooperation and collaboration agreements with the Cape Clothing and Textile Cluster as well as the Apparel and Textile Association of S.A.

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Retailer’s Liaison Committee (RLC)

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The RLC is an association of Clothing, Footwear, Accessories and Homeware retailers operating in South Africwith the objective of reporting market performance data such as market share and category growths. The RLC provides its retail members with sales data that can be used to shape their strategies and assess their performance relative to the market. There is an online contact form available on their website.

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National Clothing Retail Federation of South Africa (NCRF)

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The National Clothing Retail Federation of South Africa represents the interests of retailers who are the favoured destinations of millions of men, women and children when choosing their clothing, footwear, fashion accessories, cosmetics and related items. In meeting consumer needs in a highly competitive market, federation members enjoy annual sales of more than R50 billion. Most of that revenue in turn is paid to suppliers for goods and services, to employees in salaries and retirement funding, and to government in taxes, thus helping to fund priority needs in housing, health care and education. As consistent creators of direct and indirect employment, members employ more than 80 000 people in their businesses. In keeping with the highly competitive nature of the sector, the constitution of the federation specifically provides that the principle of competition shall not be compromised through its activities. Thus sharing of information or co-operation in any form that could lessen the ability of retailers to compete is not permitted.

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Cape Clothing & Textile Cluster (CCTC)

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The Cape Clothing and Textile Cluster (CCTC) is a not-for-profit initiative jointly established by government and industry in 2005 to boost the competitiveness of the clothing, textile, footwear and leather (CTFL) manufacturing industry in the Western Cape. The Cluster comprises 25 leading firms, primarily manufacturers but also major retailers that are committed to supporting the development of the local manufacturing industry.

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Apparel and Textile Association of South Africa (ATASA)

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ATASA aims to be a nationally recognized dynamic, innovative, law abiding, and member driven Association furthering the interests of our sector and to actively contribute to the sustainability of a productive vibrant value add economy in South Africa. We seek to participate fully in sector and industry skills development initiatives and transformation in our sector. We have an in-house training centre where skills development programmes are held.

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National Clothing Federation of South Africa (NCRF)

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The National Clothing Retail Federation of South Africa represents the interests of retailers who are the favoured destinations of millions of men, women and children when choosing their clothing, footwear, fashion accessories, cosmetics and related items. In meeting consumer needs in a highly competitive market, federation members enjoy annual sales of more than R50 billion. Most of that revenue in turn is paid to suppliers for goods and services, to employees in salaries and retirement funding, and to government in taxes, thus helping to fund priority needs in housing, health care and education. As consistent creators of direct and indirect employment, members employ more than 80 000 people in their businesses. In keeping with the highly competitive nature of the sector, the constitution of the federation specifically provides that the principle of competition shall not be compromised through its activities. Thus sharing of information or co-operation in any form that could lessen the ability of retailers to compete is not permitted.

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