REEBOK BATA: 80 words
December 1st, 2003
BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKERUMOURS about possible deals involving Bata India with UK multinational Reebok and US retail giant WalMart have been pushing the Indian company's stock price to high levels. Talk about Reebok focused on a possible partnership with Bata India to sell shoes in Bangladesh, while WalMart rumours suggested that the American company was looking at using the Indian shoemaker for an outsourcing contract. Analysts told the Indian press that a Reebok tie-up was more likely, because of the British company's current bias towards retail rather ...
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