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Shoe store chain Bata invests 5 million USD in Colombian market

New York –Czech shoe stores chain Bata is bidding strongly on Colombia’s growth with a 5 million dollars investment. The funding will be dedicated to boosting its presence in the country over the next year. Justo Fuentes, president of the Czech footwear company in Latin America explained in a recent interview with the Colombian newspaper 'La Rep...

Retail

Bata to close Switzerland stores

Global footwear manufacturer and retailer Bata is to shut down all of its stores in Switzerland, where the brand is headquartered, as it looks to reposition the business in the country to address a shift in customers shopping patterns to buying online. As part of a wider restructuring of the business, Bata has decided to close its remaining 29...

People

Bata Shoes names new chief executive

Switzerland-based Bata footwear company has named Alexis Nasard as its group chief executive, effective immediately. The former Heineken and Procter and Gamble executive will oversee the firm’s global branded, retail and e-commerce shoe business. Nasard brings with him more than 24 years of experience in consumer goods, most recently serving as...

Business

Vivarte and Eram to the rescue of Bata

Bata, a Canadian shoe retailer, faces 2015 in good spirits: after entering administration in November, French competitors Vivarte and Eram might be the answer to its prayers. Since Bata entered administration in late 2014, various tenders have shown interest in acquiring the business. However, to date, none of those proposals materialised....

Design

Former My-Wardrobe CEO joins footwear retailer Bata

David Worby, former My-Wardrobe chief executive, has joined Switzerland-basedfootwear brand Bata as its multichannel director. Worby, who left luxury online retailer My-Wardrobe last year after the business was bought in a pre-pack administration deal, joined Bata last month in the newly created position to help “boost” the company’s...