Key Takeaways Accelerated rollout of lean store formats, new brands, and franchise expansion is driving higher margins, improved cash flow, and outperformance versus expectations. Strong digital growth and broad brand recognition position Bata to capture rising demand from urbanization, supporting long-term revenue and market share gains.
Key Takeaways Store modernization, premiumization, and digital initiatives are expected to boost customer experience, capture evolving consumer trends, and support top-line and margin growth. Inventory management reforms and franchise expansion aim to improve profitability by optimizing costs, enhancing gross margins, and driving greater operating efficiency.
Key Takeaways Weak digital transformation and lack of brand innovation risk eroding market share to tech-savvy competitors and alienating younger consumers. Increasing cost pressures and heavy reliance on mid-market segments threaten margin recovery and long-term profitability.
Bata India Limited manufactures, sells, and trades in footwear and accessories through its retail and wholesale network in India and internationally. It offers men’s footwear, including casual shoes, slippers and flipflop, as well as ethnic, formals, loafers, sandals, sneakers, sports, and outdoor shoes; women’s footwear, such as ballerinas, boots, casual, flats, flipflop, loafers, mule, sandals, sneakers, sports, thongs, and toe ring shoes, as well as heel footwears; kids’ footwear; apparel, including joggers and bottoms, shorts, t-shirt, and Polos for men and women; and accessories, such as belts, handbags, laptop bags, belts, wallets, school bags, and other bags. The company also engages in property letting activities. It sells its products primarily under the Bata, Hush Puppies, Nine West, North Star, Power, Bata Red Label, Bata Comfit, Bubblegummers, Disney, Naturalizer, Marie Claire, Scholl, Floatz by Bata, Weinbrenner, and Bata Industrials brand names through retail and franchisee stores, a wholesale network, and e-commerce. The company was formerly known as Bata Shoe Company Private Limited and changed its name to Bata India Limited in 1973. Bata India Limited was incorporated in 1931 and is based in Gurugram, India. Bata India Limited is a subsidiary of Bata (BN) B.V.
