Maxine Clark, Chief Executive Bear at Build A Bear Workshop
, is one of the true innovators in the retail industry.
During her 30-year career, her ability to spot emerging retail and
merchandising trends and her insight into the desires of the American
consumer have generated growth for retail leaders, including department
store, discount and specialty stores.
In 1997, she founded Build-A-Bear
Workshop, a teddy-bear themed retail-entertainment experience. Today
there are more than 400 Build-A-Bear Workshop stores worldwide,
including company-owned stores in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Canada, the
United Kingdom, Ireland and France, and franchise stores in Europe,
Asia, Australia and Africa. Build-A-Bear Workshop extended its in-store
interactive experience online in 2007 with the launch of its virtual
world at buildabearville.com®