Like many smaller European companies, Czechia's Botas was battered by the pandemic and finished off by surging energy costs. But while others went down the tubes, the iconic sports shoemaker found a savior.
Brian Jakubec was born in South Africa, but his life was shaped by events that took place in far-away Czechoslovakia when his father joined the Bata shoe empire.
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