South Africa'S Garment Industry Is On The Upswing.

Mr. Craig Parker, senior economist of Frost & Sullivan, a consultancy firm, said that in May this year, the meeting of the Central Reserve Bank of South Africa decided to maintain interest rates unchanged, as well as factors such as strong South African currencies and slow inflation pressure in the past few months, resulting in a slight increase in consumers' disposable income.

There is a cautious optimism that sales will continue to grow. After all, consumers are still faced with high cost of living, and rising unemployment and high debt are important factors to increase household burden.

In addition, McKinsey, a business management consultancy, recently conducted a survey of 1000 South African consumers. Almost 70% of respondents were worried that they would be unemployed in the near future, and more than half of respondents also indicated that their living expenses were tight.

Retail sales growth is mainly dependent on sales growth.

General distributors of footwear and leather products.

Because businessmen usually sell cheaper goods in times of economic hardship, so that consumers can still afford to buy.

According to the Statistics SA data, the retail sales volume seasonally adjusted for the 3 months before the end of May this year increased by 0.5% compared with the previous 3 months.

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Sales were better than expected, and the manufacturing statistics released on the previous 1 days were also better than expected, leading to more market experts who believe that the second quarter of this year should be able to grow slightly.

In addition, in June this year, the bank's interbank trading volume index BankservAfrica Economic Transaction index, which measures 5 million of South Africa's trading volume, also edged up by 0.3%, an improvement over May. This shows that the economic vitality of June has recovered slightly, but the increase is still the smallest growth rate in the year, reflecting the weakness of economic growth.

The index also reflects the degree of economic fluctuation of various sectors, such as

Signs of slight improvement are seen, but car sales are still showing signs of depression.

Market analysts pointed out that South Africa's economic stagnation in the past 2 years, and there is no indication that economic growth will rise in the near future. The monthly economic pactions are still volatile.

In addition, the South African chamber of Commerce and Industry released the June business activity index, which rose slightly to 51 points, better than 50 points in May, reflecting a slight improvement in the activities of the business sector.

Although the index's 50 point represents business improvement, respondents are still concerned about many issues, including lack of relevant reports from government departments.