Build-A-Bear to open multi-level store at Icon Park following Epic Universe debut
Build-A-Bear Workshop (NYSE: BBW) will open a “multi-level retail-tainment” store at Icon Park in 2026, according to a March ...
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How a Stuffed Animal Named Billy Possum Tried—and Failed—to Replace the Teddy Bear as America's National Toy
If ‘Teddy Bear,’ why not ‘Billy Possum’?” That was the question posed by a political cartoon in the January 10, 1909, issue ...
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Discover How President Theodore Roosevelt Inspired the World’s First Teddy Bear, Which Went on Sale on This Day in 1903
President Theodore Roosevelt, often known as Teddy, went on a bear hunting trip near Onward, Mississippi, in November 1902 with a group of notables. Though others on the excursion bagged bears ...
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The new Sandy Hook Promise PSA will make every parent hug their child tighter
“The embroidered teddy bear was one of the gifts sent after the shooting that I held on to,” Hockley tells TODAY.com. “We had over 60,000 teddy bears sent to Newtown, which is part of the ...
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Why do we love our teddy bears so much? Scientists say it doesn't matter what our childhood toys look like - it's the emotional bond that counts
The physical and sensory characteristics had no effect on comfort scores for participants judging their own bears. 'The emotional bond built with a teddy bear makes it become unique and incomparable.' ...
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Great Teddy Bear Run returns for 25th year
The Barren River Area Child Advocacy Center’s Great Teddy Bear Run will be returning for its 25th year on April 26 to help ...