16 Facts About Build-A-Bear Workshop

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Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc is an American retailer headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri that sells teddy bears and other stuffed animals and characters.

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Build-A-Bear Workshop went to toy factories and children's retail stores looking for ideas.

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3.

Build-A-Bear Workshop drew up three plans, then presented them to a panel of children.

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4.

Build-A-Bear Workshop opened the first store in the Saint Louis Galleria in Richmond Heights, Missouri.

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5.

Build-A-Bear Workshop continued to impress investors, with Walnut Capital Partners investing in 1999 $5 million for expansion.

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6.

In 1999, the Build-A-Bear Workshop sent out legal letters with threats of federal lawsuits regarding supposed violations of its trademarks and copyrights to its competitors: Friends 2B Made LLC, Vermont Teddy Bear Co.

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Inc, and Basic Brown Bears Inc With Friends 2B Made, the name was similar to Build-A-Bear's slogan "Where best friends are made"; the Workshop demanded that the company stop selling stuffed animals, recall its merchandise, and turn over its customer database and its proceeds.

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Build-A-Bear Workshop settled with Basic Brown with a payment and a confidentiality agreement that hides any validity to these allegations.

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9.

Build-A-Bear Workshop has 14 other lawsuits to protect 380 patents, trademarks and copyrights.

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10.

Build-A-Bear Workshop opened its first international franchise in Sheffield, England and licensed Hasbro a home bear-stuffing kit.

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11.

Build-A-Bear Workshop released a feature film, available on the iPad through MoPix, in December 2011.

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12.

In 2008, a virtual game of Build-A-Bear Workshop was released where people could explore Bearville and play games online.

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13.

Build-A-Bear Workshop licensed My Little Pony and the musical group One Direction.

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14.

On July 12,2018, Build-A-Bear Workshop held an event in the United Kingdom, United States and Canada where patrons could pay their child's age for a bear.

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15.

The event prompted a surge in public awareness of the Build-A-Bear Workshop brand, according to a subsequent YouGov poll, nearly all of which was negative.

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16.

Build-A-Bear Workshop teamed up with Warner Music Group's Arts Music and Warner Chappell Music in July 2019 to partner on a Build-A-Bear music label.

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