In 1931, the Bata company exported 600 pairs of shoes to the island, after a two-year recession, exports resumed in 1934 (5,000 pairs), and Bata shoes gained a strong position on the local market. In 1937, 1 Bata store was in operation there, 2 stores in 1947. In the following years, the corporate business on the island of Saint Lucia continued (1992 — Bata St. Lucia, Castries).
Sources:
- Z. Pokluda – J. Herman – M. Balaban, Baťa na všech kontinentech, Zlín 2020, ISBN 978-80-7454-928-1
- Thomas J. Bata, Remmembered, Zlín 2016, ISBN 978-80-7473-398-7
- Moravský zemský archiv v Brně – Státní okresní archiv Zlín, Česko