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THE OSHAWA TIMES, Friday, February 28,1964 19 A World of Shoemaking OSHAWA SHOPPING CENTRE SERVING YOU SINCE 1956 FOR SHOES YOU CAN LIVE IN T pownrownoswawa NOW AT YORKDALE SHOPPING CENTRE 5 | SERVING YOU SINCE 1952 FACTS ABOUT THE BATA SHOE ORGANIZATION "'The Bata Organization has always been guided by the conviction @ To-day, in 74 countries of the Free World, the BATA @ This merchandise: reaches the customer either ee 3 : : name is widely known in. the field of footwear manu- through almost 4,000 stores which bear the BATA that their industry should establish itself as part of the community, facture and selling. name or through thousands of independent retailers making its contribution to raising the standard of living andthe everywhere, an . : aise These countries are served by 68 independent BATA long-range stability of the country in which it is located. Moreover Companies, each controlled by its own company Man- Almost every week since the Bata Organization was : . . ies ager and Board of Directors. originally founded sixty-seven years ado, a new BATA these new enterprises should provide progressive opportunities for store has been opened somewhere in the world. 'the development of local personnel. 'It is largely in this sense of mis- 57 factories are operated, supplemented by a rubber : plantation, hide-collecting centres dnd tanneries, a @ More than 62,000 people are directly employed by : sion that the secret of achievement lies". textile mill and other auxiliary plants. the BATA Companies. Together, these Companies produce and sell an an- @ Between them, they speak over thirty languages. nual total of more than 150,000,000 pairs of shoes. Over 12,000,000 pairs of shoes were purchased last year from other manufacturers,