He was working for the Bata shoe company and it was really hard, their training.

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Her collection soon outgrew her storage space, and she established the Bata Shoe Museum Foundation in 1979.

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Bata Shoe Museum curator Elizabeth Semmelhack noted that over the course of history, heel heights rose when the economy fell.

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It selected 49 women to sell Bata shoes but realized they would never manage to break even by selling only one product.

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He built a small apartment building and a small commercial building, where a Bata shoe store is now on the ground floor.

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The arts project has been called Bonnie Boat, Bata Breagha in Gaelic.

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After travelling around the globe and seeing traditional shoe designs being replaced by more Western styles, founder Sonja Bata began to perceive shoes as more than just a fashion choice.

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