No increase in school uniform prices

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Cape Town – Several retailers have managed to contain the price increases of school uniforms at low levels, while some have held back price hikes for the past two years, a recent local price survey has shown.
Retailers also reported that they believe there is a market to grow the volume of locally manufactured school uniforms, to keep costs down and create job opportunities.

The Cape Times’ sister paper, The Mercury, surveyed the price of basic school uniform items, from white shirts and blazers to socks and shoes, and found that price hikes were either minimal or nonexistent at local stores.

The tables below highlight prices at Woolworths and Jet, although prices at Gem Schoolwear, Edgars and Pep stores were also surveyed.

A spokesperson for Woolworths said the average price increase of items surveyed was 0.7% between the 2018 and 2019 school years.

“We always strive to keep our price increases to an absolute minimum. However, there are circumstances that lie outside our control which have an impact on prices, such as strong import/export markets, the weakening rand, increasing labour costs and hikes in fuel prices.”


The company said the global price of cotton polyester and leather had also contributed to price increases.


“Based on our long-term relationships with our suppliers, we are able to collaborate to keep prices down and, in some instances, we have negotiated with our suppliers to hold prices even though prevailing circumstances justify an increase.”


Woolworths added that a large percentage of products were manufactured in South Africa and SADC countries, and the retailer welcomed the opportunity to increase this percentage.


A spokesperson for Edcon said Edgars and Jet’s school uniform prices had remained the same as last year, and surprisingly, even when compared to Independent Media’s price data gathered in a similar survey two years ago in 2016/17, the cost of many items were unchanged.


The price of white shirts at R69.99 and R79.99 and grey/black shorts at R89.99 and R99.99 for age 11-12 and 15-16 respectively remained unchanged over the past two years, as did the price of girls’ white socks
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More at: https://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/news/no-increase-in-school-uniform-prices-18704469
 
Retailers also reported that they believe there is a market to grow the volume of locally manufactured school uniforms, to keep costs down and create job opportunities.
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It is all good and all to want to keep it local but no one makes clothes as cheaply as the chinese, if they want to keep costs down they should outsource it to China
 
Yeah cause R65 for a pair of socks, R225 for shorts, R180 for a white buttoned shirt with a badge. Yeah that's cheap, scrap the uniform or make them the same. Every retailer has white shirts and gray pants and socks that's it.
 
bwana said:
Agreed - or make them something vague like "smart casual"
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Seeing there is a ton of grey pants and white shirts every where maybe just use them.
 
Lupus said:
Seeing there is a ton of grey pants and white shirts every where maybe just use them.
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The worst thing about going from public school in the US to "public school" in the UK was the school uniform. Ours was in mourning for Queen Victoria ffs.

We looked like 500 undertakers.
 
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