Where Did Shoes Come From?

 Bata was founded by three siblings with a small inheritance in Czechoslovakia. It was the world's first shoe manufacturers. Less that ten years later, Bata produced 2,200 pairs per day. During WWI the shoe sales increased to about two million pairs per year. In Ziln, Bata built housing, schools and hospitals around the factory for its workers and their families. Bata is still famous today. To compare Bata the world's largest manufacturer in the early 1900's Nike is the world's most largest manufacturer company.

The red map shoes Bata popularity and the blue map shows Nike popularity.