Retail Career
Introduction
Webinar for undergraduates on how to be successful in a retail career, with question and answer period, Presenter Maxine Clark, Founder Build-A-Bear Workshop, 2pm 19 Nov 2009 (US East Coast)
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On November 19th, Maxine Clark, Founder and Chief Executive Bear at Build A Bear Workshop will share her knowledge and expertise about the challenges, opportunities and how to be successful in a retail career and she will answer questions from participants. This webinar will be the first in a monthly series sponsored by Miller Center for Retailing Education and Research and the Florida Retail Federation to give college students an opportunity to interact with and learn from C-level retail executives.
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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.
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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