The cobbler who conquered the world
Works That Work
15 November 2015
Tomáš Baťa built the world’s greatest shoe empire out of a tiny family workshop by using revolutionary methods that still find application today. From his high-rise, red-brick headquarters in Zlín, Baťa oversaw an empire of 1,825 outlets in Czechoslovakia and another 660 across the globe. Entire towns – in Europe, India and South America – are still named after him.
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