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    The Bata Shoes Head Office in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, was Bata Shoes' former headquarters. The white, pavilion-like building, designed by architect John...
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  • units: Bata, Bata Industrials (safety shoes) and AW Lab (sports style). Bata is a portfolio company with more than 20 brands and labels, such as Bata, North...
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    as a description for walking. Bata Shoes Head Office List of museums in Toronto The following was the year the Bata Shoe Museum Foundation was officially...
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    The Bata shoe factory in East Tilbury is what remains of an industrial estate in Essex, England, which produced shoes for over 70 years. Founded in 1932...
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    and Tomáš Baťa ml., was a Czech-Canadian businessman and philanthropist. He ran the Bata Shoe Company from the 1940s until the 80s. Baťa was born in...
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    Antonín Baťa (7 March 1898 – 23 August 1965) (also known as Jan Antonin Bata or Jan Bata, called the King of Shoes) was a Czech-Brazilian shoe manufacturer...
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    Tomáš Baťa (Czech pronunciation: [ˈtomaːʃ ˈbaca]) (3 April 1876 – 12 July 1932) was a Czech entrepreneur and founder of the Bata shoe company. His career...
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  • Thomas J. Bata of Bata Shoes and moved to Toronto in 1946, befriending those in the architecture community – Raymond Moriyama designed the Bata Shoe Museum...
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    Batawa (category Bata Corporation)
    was a Bata grocery store, Bata recreation hall, Bata clubs, Bata teams and a Bata shoe store. Many of the residents were immigrants from Bata's homeland...
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    care. The university was named after the entrepreneur Tomáš Baťa, the founder of the shoe industry in Zlín. With a current student population of more...
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    high and has sixteen floors. It was the administration building of the Bata Shoes factory, a company that was based in the city. Now it is headquarters...
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    tribute to the country's pluralism. The Aga Khan bought the former Bata Shoes Head Office, a building that was adjacent to the Ismaili Centre, which was already...
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    Partizánske (category Bata Corporation)
    Partizánske Svit - another Slovak town founded by the Bata Shoes company. List of company towns Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (www.statistics.sk). "Hustota...
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  • Batapur (category Bata Corporation)
    Lahore, Pakistan. It was established as a residence for the workers of a Bata shoe factory. The nearest airport is the Allama Iqbal International Airport...
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    Zlín (category Bata Corporation)
    centre. The development of the modern city is closely connected to the Bata Shoes company and its social scheme, developed after World War I. A large part...
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    Foundation acquired the site and announced plans to demolish the Bata Shoes Head Office in order to construct it. The Ismaili Centre had its foundation...
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    Svit (category Bata Corporation)
    policy for full employment that drove him to create each Baťa town for a different purpose: Shoes, Rubber and Tires, Textiles, Airplanes, Chemicals, Plastics...
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  • Zlin Aircraft (category Bata Corporation)
    letecká společnost, a. s. (Zlín Aviation company), by Zlín-based company Baťa, it started to produce glider and single engine aircraft trainers. Later...
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  • planet was named in memory of Tomáš Baťa (1876–1932), a world-renowned Czech businessman and founder of the Bata Shoe Organization. The official naming...
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    Bataguassu (category Bata Corporation)
    by Jan Antonín Baťa as part of his expansion of the Bata shoe company, founded by his brother Tomáš. Other towns in Brazil linked to Baťa include Anaurilândia...
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    Borovo, Croatia (category Bata Corporation)
    the period between the two world wars, Czech entrepreneur Jan Baťa's factory Bata Shoes opened one of their major factories in Borovo creating the economic...
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    Batayporã (category Bata Corporation)
    828 km2. The town was founded in 1954 by Jan Antonín Baťa as part of his expansion of the Bata shoe company, founded by his brother Tomáš. Batayporã is...
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    shoes were designed to be "non-skid", which gave basketball players better grip. An extra strip of rubber was eventually added to protect the shoes from...
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    Batadorp (category Bata Corporation)
    Eindhoven, where the Czech Bata Shoes company built a factory in 1934 on land that it bought from the municipality. Bata sought expansion abroad, partly...
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    Skechers (category Athletic shoe brands)
    peers. Skechers donates new shoes to children in need worldwide through its Bobs charity program. The shoes support Head Start programs, education foundations...
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    Onitsuka Tiger (category Shoe companies of Japan)
    running career he had ever worn shoes, convinced by Onitsuka that they would be superior to his barefoot style. The shoes were also worn in 1958 by short-distance...
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    Asics (category Athletic shoe brands)
    pair of Asics wrestling shoes, model Split Second V A pair of Asics running shoes, model GEL-Kinsei A pair of Asics running shoes, model Gel-Pulse 11 Asics...
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  • Altra Running (category Athletic shoe brands)
    changed when the runners wore traditional running shoes. He suspected that the heel height of most running shoes was too high as compared to the height of the...
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    Nike, Inc. (redirect from Nike shoes)
    equipment and apparel. Their first products were track running shoes. Nike Air Max is a line of shoes first released by Nike, Inc. in 1987. Additional product...
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    facility in Flimby, England was producing 28,000 pairs of shoes a week, 5 percent of the New Balance shoes sold in the European market. New Balance sponsors a...
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