Presents Build-A-Bear Workshop® Founder Join Us for a Q&A Webinar with Maxine Clark The University of Florida’s David F. Miller Center for Retailing Education and Research and the Florida Retail Federation Pathways Webinar Series provides a forum for people to engage with and learn from C-level retail executives. It is an opportunity for retail executives to share their knowledge and expertise with young professionals, college students, and others in the retail field to better understand how to be successful in a retail career. Register Today for this free Webinar! November 19, 2:00 PM EST Register for the Webinar at www.bit.ly/pathways01 Maxine Clark 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 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. In 2007 the company extended its in-store interactive experience online with the launch of its virtual world at buildabearville.com®. In 2009 Maxine Clark Founder, Chief Executive Bear and Chairman Build-A-Bear Workshop® Where Best Friends Are Made® Build-A-Bear Workshop was named to the FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For® list. Maxine’s first book "The Bear Necessities of Business: Building a Company with Heart" was published in 2006. Share:

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