Build-A-Bear CEO & CFO Discuss Their Vision & Growth Plans For 2023 & Beyond! NYSE: $BBW

Build-A-Bear CEO & CFO Discuss Their Vision & Growth
Plans For 2023 & Beyond! NYSE: $BBW Website:
https://www.buildabear.com/ Guests: CEO: Sharon Price John has
been President and Chief Executive Officer of Build-A-Bear
Workshop, Inc. (NYSE:BBW) CFO: Voin Todorovic Chief Financial
Officer at Build-A-Bear Workshop Sharon's Bio: Sharon Price John
has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Build-A-Bear
Workshop, Inc. (NYSE:BBW) since 2013. Since then, she has led the
company through a financial turnaround while refreshing and
expanding the beloved brand in addition to repositioning and
evolving the company for future success via a multi-dimensional
diversification strategy and a systematic digital transformation
designed to drive profitable growth. At the St. Louis
headquarters of Build-A-Bear Workshop or when visiting stores
around the globe, she encourages and challenges the team in a
uniquely engaging way. Sharon takes the time to share the full
story and strategy, answers questions, and works with the
organization in a candid manner as she focuses on delivering the
corporate mission of “adding a little more heart to life” to
associates and consumers alike, even as she successfully guided
the decades old company through a number of external disruptions
from “the mall apocalypse” to the global COVID pandemic.


Sharon speaks to her leadership evolution and philosophy and
provides highlight some of the twists and turns of her journey at
Build-A-Bear in her book called “Stories & Heart” from
ForbesBooks.


She also took this candid approach directly to the team in the
field on “Undercover Boss” on the premier episode of the 2016/17
season. With decades of experience in marketing, product
development and change management, Sharon has worked on a variety
of brands and businesses, including tenure at companies including
Hasbro, Mattel, Wolverine World Wide (WWW) and DDB Needham
Worldwide, where she established a strong track record of
success. Before taking the helm at Build-A-Bear Workshop, Sharon
was President of the Stride Rite Children's Group LLC. (SRCG), a
division of WWW, where she led all functions of the
SRCG—including product creation, wholesale sales, marketing,
planning and distribution. She wore many hats while directing
operations, retail merchandising and international franchising
for more than 350 Stride Rite stores.





Learn more about Sharon here:
https://www.buildabear.com/brand-about-story-sharon-price-john.html
Voin Todorovic  Chief Financial Officer Voin Todorovic, 48,
joined Build-A-Bear Workshop in September 2014 as Chief Financial
Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Todorovic was employed
at Wolverine Worldwide, Inc., a leading global footwear and
apparel company, where since September 2013 Mr. Todorovic served
as the head of finance and operations for its Lifestyle Group,
which includes a portfolio of iconic brands such as Sperry
Top-Sider, Hush Puppies, Keds, and Stride Rite. From 2011 to 2013
Mr. Todorovic was Vice President—Finance and Administration of
the Stride Rite Children’s Group business, operating in
wholesale, direct to consumer and international franchising, and
from 2010 to 2011 Mr. Todorovic was Vice President of the
Performance + Lifestyle Group. Prior to his tenure at Wolverine
World Wide he held positions of increasing responsibility at
Collective Brands, Inc. and Payless ShoeSource. Learn more
Website: https://ir.buildabear.com/