BATA has deteriorated its quality considerably in last few years and the quality is worse than even local make shoes... One shoe I bought lasted for 6 months, then next lasted for 2 months and as expected they refused to replace... more so if you lost the receipt they wont even acknowledge the purchase, BATA incidentally has a company policy of not issuing duplicate receipt. It seems the company itself does not have any trust in its product... be very very careful before making a decision to buy any BATA shoe.