Tata International to retail shoes

Tata International will soon be entering the shoes segment. They plan to sell formal and fashion

leather shoes under their own brand name. A manufacturer and trader of leather products, Tata International makes shoes for several reputed global brands including Escada and Hush Puppies and owns one of the biggest tanneries in Madhya Pradesh and a manufacturing unit in Chennai.

The footwear market in the country is about Rs 15,000 crores and Bata has almost half the organised market share. Tata International was established in 1962. The company has evolved into an international entity with a global reach in international trade and encompasses the entire value chain from supply chain integration to facilitating third country trade by setting up strategic alliances or wholly-owned subsidiaries with a focus on certain geographies. Its two main business lines are leather and engineering.

Tata International renders a range of promotional and project services, from project identification and design to planning and establishment of industrial ventures overseas. It also offers managerial, technical and operational expertise and personnel to a wide range of industries.