Bata India Bata is India's largest footwear retailer, with more than 30 per cent market share in rupee terms. Not many people know that Bata isn't an Indian company. It is a subsidiary of Switzerland-based and family-owned Bata Shoe Organization. India's Bata Shoe Company was incorporated in 1931 in Calcutta. In FY17, the company sold around 50 million pairs of footwe