FEBRUARY 2009,



Bata Shoe (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. launched its first Bubblegummers® Franchise in the Philippines.


The first Bubblegummers® Store opened in February 2009 in one of Asia's biggest shopping malls. The Mall Of Asia Metro Manila. This 33 sq.m. store is located next to the Manila Science Discovery Center and is visited by thousands of students and children as part of their regular educational field trips. Bubblegummers® Philippines offers the full complete Bubblegummers® collection with no less than 200 lines. Following the success in launching the Bubblegummers® concept store in Manila, Bubblegummers® Philippines plans to open additional stores to serve its customers.