Sierra Leone

The Bata company operated a shop in the country in 1938; an affiliated company was established there later. The Bata organization closed business in the country in 1985.

  • In 1938 the Bata company run one store in Sierra Leone – Freetown.
  • After the Second World War (1948) the business in the country was run by the Bata Western Organization.
  • In 1978 the local affiliated company of the Bata organization was entitled Bata Shoe Company Sierra Leone Ltd.
  • In 1985 the businesses run by the Bata organization in the country (production, retail) were sold.

Sources:

  • Bata, The Bata Shoe Organisation, 1978
  • Thomas J. Bata, Remembered, Zlín 2016, ISBN 978-80-7473-398-7
  • Moravian Provincial Archives in Brno – State District Archive in Zlín, Czech Republic