New Delhi, March 22 -- India's largest shoe retailer, Bata India Ltd, will strengthen its distribution business and expand its reach to multi-brand footwear outlets across India, to reach more shoppers, said a top executive at the local arm of the European shoe company. Bata, which has 1,500 stores, sells brands such as Power, Hush Puppies, and the eponymous Bata here. Since its entry into India in the 1930s, Bata has built a massive retail network by opening stores in some of the country's busiest markets, small towns and malls. It reaches Indians living in more than 500 towns. The company has been stepping up efforts to reach more shoppers via its owned and franchised stores, and its distribution network. Bata reaches out to only 15,000 m...