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| Inducted: |
2006 |
| Region: |
U.S. |
| Industry: |
Retail
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Maxine Clark is one of the true innovators in the retail industry. During her 30-year career, her rare ability to spot emerging retail and merchandising trends and insight into the desires of the American consumer generated growth for retail leaders, including department store, discount, and specialty stores. In 1997, she founded Build-A-Bear Workshop®, a teddy-bear themed experience retail store. There are over 200 locations worldwide, including Canada, Australia, Denmark, France, Japan, Korea, Sweden, Netherlands, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom. Clark’s newest addition to entertainment retail is friends 2B made®, which launched in 2004. It’s based on the simple premise that kids, especially girls, love dolls. |
