| 词条 | Build-A-Bear Workshop |
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}}{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2017}}{{Infobox company | name = Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. | logo = Buildabear logo.png | type = Public company | traded_as = {{NYSE|BBW}} | key_people = Maxine Clark (founder) Sharon Price John (President/CEO) | industry = Retail | products = Stuffed toys Sports Stuff | revenue = {{Decrease}} {{USD|358 million|link=yes}} (2017)[1] | num_employees = ~5,643 (2011) | foundation = {{Start date and age|1997|10|26}} St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. | founder = Maxine Clark | location = Overland, Missouri, U.S.[2] | homepage = {{url|buildabear.com}} }}Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. is an American retailer headquartered in Overland, Missouri, that sells teddy bears and other stuffed animals and characters. Customers go through an interactive process in which the stuffed animal of their choice is assembled and tailored to their own preferences during their visit to the store. Build-A-Bear Workshop is the largest chain that operates in this style. The company has been acclaimed for the quality of its working environment, especially for teenagers who are just starting their first jobs.[3] The company's slogan was "Where Best Friends Are Made" from 1997-2013, when it was changed to "The Most Fun You'll Ever Make".[4] After Toys "R" Us announced plans to close all 735 of its U.S. stores in March 2018, Build-A-Bear Workshop remained as the only major toy retailer to survive the retail apocalypse.[5] HistoryBuild-A-Bear has also engaged in various charities, including the WWF Collecti-bear series which has given over $1,000,000 (USD) to the World Wildlife Fund.[6] As part of its tenth anniversary celebrations, the company built 11 playgrounds throughout the U.S. and Canada in partnership with KaBOOM! and announced that it had donated over $11,000,000 to various child and family causes since 1994. A Build-A-Bear Workshop video game was developed by The Game Factory and released for the Nintendo DS platform for Christmas 2009. Build-A-Bear created several tie-in stuffed animals for various promotional events, including a toy The Cat in the Hat, a toy Shrek, a toy Cody Maverick penguin from Surf's Up, a toy Mumble from Happy Feet, a toy E.B. from Hop, both Alvin and Brittany from the Alvin and the Chipmunks film series, a Jonas dog, a Shake It Up bunny and a Wizards of Waverly Place bear. Build-A-Bear workshop has also released several lines of miniature toys included in Happy Meals at McDonald's restaurants, running first in May 2006[7] followed by a second promotion in August 2007, a third in October 2009, a fourth one in February 2012, and fifth in November 2013. In November 2015, they came back to McDonald's. These were only available at McDonald's branches in the United States. Build-A-Bear has been licensed since 2013 by Hasbro to sell characters based on Friendship Is Magic.[8] In 2010, in honor of the Sanrio company's fiftieth anniversary, Build-A-Bear released limited edition Sanrio characters, including Hello Kitty, Chococat, My Melody, and Keroppi. This included the release of mini-keychains of the four characters along with Deery Lou.[9] Starting in 2011, Build-A-Bear added Victoria Justice as their new spokesperson. In the mid-year, she began appearing in all Build-A-Bear Workshop commercials. Build-A-Bear also released a feature film available on the iPad through MoPix in December 2011.[10] On July 12, 2018, Build-A-Bear held an event in the United Kingdom, United States and Canada where patrons could pay their child’s age for a bear.[11] The relative low price of the stuffed bears for the ages of small children compared to their normal prices at roughly £52 for a first-rate stuffed animal accounted for the massive numbers of people who overwhelmed the franchise's stores as well as shopping malls that rent space to the franchise. Police were needed for crowd control at the Leeds store branch because disputes between customers escalated to the point of immediate danger for other customers. When asked by a journalist for The Guardian what it was like to be manager at the Fenwick store location during the chaos, the manager called her boss in a panic and replied “We’re not allowed to talk to anyone. No interviews.” [12] Make Your Own Mascot"Make Your Own Mascot" stores trade at Progressive Field (Cleveland), Great American Ball Park (Cincinnati), AT&T Park (San Francisco), Nationals Park (Washington D.C.), and Busch Stadium (St. Louis) featuring the home team's respective mascots, as well ones for Boston Red Sox mascot Wally the Green Monster in the Faneuil Hall Marketplace store and Mr. Met, the mascot of the New York Mets, at their Fifth Avenue store in Manhattan, New York City.[13] References1. ^{{cite web |title=Income Statement for Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc (BBW) from Morningstar.com |url=http://financials.morningstar.com/income-statement/is.html?t=BBW®ion=usa&culture=en-US |website=Morningstar |accessdate=13 July 2018}} 2. ^{{cite news|title=New Build-A-Bear CEO upbeat on turnaround, future|url=http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/new-build-a-bear-ceo-upbeat-on-turnaround-future/article_422f2109-72bc-526c-a0ee-a2776d0d3f81.html|accessdate=July 31, 2011|work=St. Louis Post-dispatch|date=January 19, 2014}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=Seventeen Special – 10 Best Companies: Apply for jobs at these great companies!|url=http://www.seventeen.com/college-career/special/699799|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080416185517/http://www.seventeen.com/college-career/special/699799|archivedate=April 16, 2008|df=mdy-all}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc. History|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/build-a-bear-workshop-inc-history/|website=fundinguniverse.com|accessdate=26 October 2017}} 5. ^{{cite news | last= BAHLER | first= KRISTEN | url= http://time.com/money/5216826/toys-r-us-retail-closing/| title= As Toys R' Us Closes, Only One Major Toy Store Is Thriving in the Retail Apocalypse| publisher= time.com| date= March 27, 2018| accessdate= }} 6. ^Build-A-Bear Workshop Donates $1 Million for World Wildlife Fund, March 7, 2006 7. ^Build-A-Bear Workshop(R) Featured in McDonald's(R) Happy Meal(R) and Mighty Kids Meals; Summer of Happy Meal Fun Series Includes First-Ever Plush Collection with Removable Clothing, May 10, 2006 8. ^{{cite web|title=My Little Pony Stuffed Animals at Build-A-Bear|url=http://www.buildabear.com/my-little-pony-stuffed-animals/|website=www.buildabear.com}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20100804005380/en/Kitty-Sanrio-Friends-Celebrate-Sanrio%E2%80%99s-50th-Anniversary|title=Hello Kitty and Sanrio Friends Celebrate Sanrio’s 50th Anniversary at Build-A-Bear Workshop|publisher=|accessdate=August 17, 2018}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/build-a-bear-workshop-presents/id483058379?mt=8|title=Build-A-Bear Workshop|publisher=|accessdate=August 17, 2018}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2018/07/12/build-bear-pay-your-age-day-alternative-promo-exists/779658002/|title=Shut out of Build-a-Bear 'Pay Your Age Day'? Try this birthday month deal instead|publisher=|accessdate=August 17, 2018}} 12. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/jul/23/fluffed-it-the-truth-about-build-a-bears-day-of-mayhem|title=Fluffed it! The truth about Build-A-Bear's day of mayhem}} 13. ^{{cite news| last = Jones| first = Juston| title = Building a Young Audience at Ballparks| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/business/30interview.html?_r=1&n=Top/News/Business/Small%20Business/Management| accessdate = April 8, 2009| date = August 29, 2008| publisher = The New York Times| quote = Maxine Clark, the chairwoman and chief executive of the company, said Build-a-Bear Workshop has opened five stores so far in Major League Baseball stadiums}} External links
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