It seems all the belts I have been getting lately deteriorate rather quickly, and I have noticed they are constructed in layers, and not all those layers appear to be leather.
Finally found these from Dickies at Amazon, and have worn mine every day at work for a couple of months now, and it is holding up very well. Nice to have a solid genuine leather belt again. As others have suggested, order your belt a few inches longer than your actual belt size or it will be too short.