Bata Shoes are a leading example for every shoe making companies that want to make it big in the shoe making industry. Over the past century, Bata has made serious efforts that have made the company to become and stay the largest shoe retailer in the world. With its Asian-Pacific subsidiary centre based in Singapore, you can be sure to find many Bata stores in Singapore. Let us look at the history of Bata Shoes and their stores in Singapore this time.
Bata Shoes were founded in today’s Czech Republic but has the current centre in Lausanne Switzerland. Founder Tomas Bata was a real developer and he was among the first ones who have made shoes mass-produced in the region for the first time. Thanks to its great social and community work, he has done for all the workers, building condominiums for them and giving them social welfare Tomas Bata has been also elected as the major of his respective city. With this achievement, he is the only shoe factory owner who was also a major in the same time. Bata Shoes today is included in the Guinness Book of World Records, as the largest shoe seller and manufacturer company in the world. Bata works with an interesting business model, to establish a so-called business centre for each country its selling shoes. While its regional centres are located in Italy, Singapore, Netherlands, the brand has stores and business centres in 70 countries while it has factories in 26 countries. Bata Shoes is also one of the very few large companies that could stay family owned all along.
Bata deals with all sorts of shoes without exception, from kids shoes to elegant shoes for men and women. The collection of the brand is colourful and extremely diverse. Apart from great quality, Bata shoes have no signature specification or outlook. You can buy any shoes you feel like in the stores of Bata shoes. The leading collections of Bata are the following: athletic, casual, comfort and dress. Bata deals with about 20 different shoe brands all owned by Bata Corporation itself, with each one dealing with its respective designs and trends. That is what makes the collections of Bata so high in number and so great in terms of diversity.
Bata Shoes, apart from their high profile chain of stores, also have regional websites per country or region for shopping online. Singapore has its own Bata Shoes website from where Singapore locals get to buy any shoes with free shipping and many special offers. If you do not feel to shop online, you should visit one of the many stores of Bata Shoes that you can find in the downtown of the city. Bata Shoes stores come in two categories: Bata City stores and Bata family stores. The Family stores are those that can also be considered Bata’s own multi-floored department stores with bigger variety while the City stores concentrate more on selling the newest trends for men and for women and a basic variety of kids’ shoes.
Check out Bata Shoes stores for affordable and durable quality shoes. In Singapore, every single downtown shopping mall houses at least a Bata store, while you can get to find the Bata Family stores outside of the downtown area with Tiong Bahru Plaza being the closest location to find one.