- CEO
- Faria Yasmin
- Full Time Employees
- 928
- Sector
- Consumer non-durables
- Industry
- Apparel/Footwear
- Address
- Gazipur Bangladesh
- IPO Date
- Nov 25, 2007
- Business
- Bata Shoe Company (Bangladesh) Limited is a Bangladesh-based manufacturer, marketer, and retailer of footwear, leather goods, and related accessories. The company operates through two primary business segments: Footwear and Accessories. Its comprehensive product portfolio comprises men's footwear, including formal dress shoes, casual leather shoes, moccasins, sandals, slides, and boots; women's footwear, encompassing high heels, formal pumps, ballerinas, wedges, comfort sandals, and casual slip-ons; children's and youth footwear, covering school shoes, infant walkers, and durable everyday casual shoes; athletic and performance footwear, featuring running shoes, training sneakers, canvas shoes, and athleisure footwear; and specialized industrial footwear, including safety boots and protective work shoes. The company manufactures and markets its products under proprietary, licensed, and international brand names, including Bata, Bata Comfit, Bata Red Label, Bata Flexible, Power, North Star, Marie Claire, Bubblegummers, Weinbrenner, Sandak, B.first, Patapata, Scholl, and Hush Puppies. In addition to footwear, the company provides a wide range of accessories, including executive bags, ladies' handbags, backpacks, clutches, wallets, leather belts, socks, footbeds, and shoe care products such as polishes, brushes, protectors, and cleaning kits. Bata Shoe Company (Bangladesh) Limited distributes its merchandise nationwide through an integrated omni-channel network comprising company-owned retail outlets, flagship concept stores, franchised dealer stores, non-franchised wholesale dealers, corporate supply channels, and digital direct-to-consumer e-commerce platforms. The company operates two integrated manufacturing facilities situated in Tongi and Dhamrai, with extensive production lines for rubber, leather, canvas, and plastic injection-molded footwear. Founded in 1972 following operational origins dating back to 1962, the company is headquartered in Gazipur, Bangladesh, and operates as a subsidiary of Bafin (Nederland) B.V. within the global Bata Shoe Organization. In recent years, the company has undertaken major strategic and operational initiatives, including the progressive upgrade and automation of its Tongi and Dhamrai manufacturing units; the rollout of modernized Red Concept experiential retail stores and expanding franchise footprints in non-metropolitan tier-2 and tier-3 markets; the enhancement of its digital e-commerce platform and omni-channel delivery partnerships; the introduction of sustainable footwear lines utilizing recycled and eco-friendly materials; and the launch of advanced comfort and athletic collections featuring high-rebound cushioning technologies across its Bata Comfit and Power product lines.