Forbes

Attracting Top Talent: Building A Company Where Everyone Wants To Work

In sports, the saying goes that you’re only as strong as the weakest player on the team. This same metaphor applies to a thriving business. World-class talent is scarce, and organizations that fail to ...
Entrepreneur

Build-A-Bear Was Failing. Here’s How This CEO Turned It Around — and Achieved Record-Breaking Revenue.

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Stepping into the Build-A-Bear headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, I was eager to sit down with Sharon Price John, the CEO who has ...
CNN

How ‘kidulting’ helped make Build-A-Bear a Wall Street darling

Build-A-Bear Workshop, the nearly 30-year-old toy brand, is having a breakout moment, eclipsing some of Wall Street’s biggest winners by targeting customers across a broad age range. The toy company’s ...
CNBC

Build-A-Bear Workshop is a bright spot in retail even with tariffs, dwindling mall traffic

Build-A-Bear Workshop has reported record revenue and growth in the past year, even amid economic uncertainty from tariffs and recession fears. CEO Sharon Price John told CNBC she attributes the ...
Forbes

Build-A-Bear Stock Has Quietly Crushed Wall Street Expectations

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jim Osman is a finance expert with over 30 years of experience. Most investors associate Build-A-Bear with a mall novelty from a ...
The Washington Post

This toy company’s stock is outpacing Nvidia

Nvidia. Palantir. Microsoft. Oracle. Despite being some of the most successful companies in the world, their five-year stock trajectory is eclipsed by one unexpected (plushy) underdog: Build-a-Bear ...