Inferior shoe imports create boom for cobblers

Michael Carrington in his GPO building shop

Michael Carrington believes that the current boom in the country’s shoe repair sector is a result of what he says is the aggressive “dumping” of inferior products on the local market.

People, he says, buy what they can afford and not everyone is immediately aware of the lack of long-term wisdom in purchasing what is commonly described on the streets as ‘cheap and sweet’.

The subsequent price in repair costs is paid mostly by parents of school-age children. Rendering inferior footwear