Bata India Chairman Uday Khanna said: “We have plans to open 100 stores a year and would close 25 to 30 which are either at wrong place or not making profits. We tend to continue to keep this pace.

At Bata ’s annual general meeting in Kolkata ... The other reason Puma and other sports shoe makers need to be on their toes is due to the entry of Asics of Japan in the Indian market.

Bata Africa President Alberto Errico Global shoe manufacturing company Bata Shoe Kenya is eyeing to grow its local manufacturing by introducing functional and fashionable shoes into the local market.

The company has tied up with the shoe company Bata Heritage to come up with a new collection of shoes which literally has Coca Cola prints on a shoe! Calling it the “iconic capsule collection ...