Bata India is the largest retailer and leading manufacturer of footwear in India and is a part of the Bata Shoe Organization. Incorporated as Bata Shoe Company Private Limited in 1931, the company was initially established as a small operation in Konnagar (near Calcutta) in 1932. In January 1934, the first stone of the first building of the Bata operation - now called Bata. In the years that followed, the total site doubled in area. This municipality is popularly known as Batanagar. It was also the first manufacturing facility in the Indian footwear industry to receive ISO: 9001 certification.
The company was public in 1973 when it changed its name to Bata India Limited. Today, Bata India has established itself as the largest footwear retailer in India. Your retail network of over 1200 stores gives you a reach / coverage that no other footwear company can match. The shops are present in good locations and can be found in all metros, mini-metros and cities
Bata's new smart stores, supported by a range of better quality products, aim to offer a superior shopping experience to their customers. The Company also operates a large non-retail distribution network through its urban wholesale division and caters to millions of customers through more than 30,000 distributors.