Bata shoes were being exported to Denmark already at beginning of the 1920s; to strengthen the sales a sister company was established in 1922. The Bata Company was operating in Denmark also in following decades.
- In the year 1922 a sister company Bata Skoog Laeder A. G., København was established, and operated in the interwar period.
- At the turn of 1920s/1930s, the export of footwear from Zlín increased: from 266, 000 pairs (in 1928) to 486, 000 pairs (in 1931); in the following years the sale of Bata footwear continued in Denmark.
- In the year 1940 a sister company Bata Handelsaktieselskab København was established.
- 1962 – the following companies were on the list of existing Bata firms in Denmark: Bata Handelsaktieselskab (Denmark; formely “Bata Sko og Laeder Komp A.G.“); Ejendomsaktieselskabet Strand Gardens (Denmark); A/S Ekbatana (Denmark); Kotva A/S (Denmark); Ejendomsaktieselskabet Maltahus II (Denmark).
Sources:
- Bohumil Lehár, Dějiny Baťova koncernu, Praha 1960.
- Jaroslav Pagáč, Tomáš Baťa a 30 let jeho podnikatelské práce, Praha 1926
- Jaroslav Pospíšil – Hana Pospíšilová, Rub a líc baťovských sporů, Zlín 2012, ISBN 978-80-7473-037-5
- Moravský zemský archiv v Brně – Státní okresní archiv Zlín, Česko
