End of the road for Bata in France
22/04/2016
The famous Czech footwear firm, which still produces and sells shoes in around 70 countries around the world, entered the French market in the mid-1920s, in the early days of its international expansion.
It opened a factory in Lorraine in 1930 and, at its peak, this facility employed 2,400 people. It later opened two further footwear factories in France and reached a total production capacity there of 9 million pairs a year.
By the early years of this century, all Bata production in France had ceased but, until this year, the company continued to operate 72 stores across the country. In mid-April, however, French courts approved a takeover of 47 of those stores by a seven-company consortium headed by sports retail group Go Sport.
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