Build-A-Bear’s 10-year turnaround: How the company quietly became one of the world’s top specialty retailers
By Payton Turkeltaub Medill Reports From the day the first Build-A-Bear Workshop store opened in the Saint Louis Galleria Mall in 1997 to a line around the corner of parents and children waiting to be the inaugural customers, founder and former CEO Maxine Clark knew she had done something right. A month later, it was […]
One year since opening, West Loop’s Past Studies is a hotspot for secondhand shoppers
By Payton Turkeltaub Medill Reports From the racks of vintage Levi’s and Missoni tops to a table covered in Chanel ballet flats, shopping at Past Studies feels a lot more like peeking inside a fashion lover’s dream wardrobe than it does stepping inside a traditional retail store. The airy West Loop loft the vintage designer […]