Maxine Clark - Build A Founder and Director

BBW Stock  USD 37.99  0.15  0.39%   

Director

Ms. Maxine Clark is the Director of BuildABear Workshop, Inc. she served as Chief Executive Bear until June 2013. She was President from inception in 1997 to April 2004, and served as Chairman of Board of Directors from April 2000 until November 2011. Prior to founding BuildABear Workshop, Ms. Clark was the President of Payless ShoeSource, Inc. from 1992 until 1996. Before joining Payless, Ms. Clark spent over 19 years in various divisions of The May Department Stores Company in areas including merchandise development, merchandise planning, merchandise research, marketing and product development. Ms. Clark serves on the Board of Directors of Foot Locker, Inc., and formerly served on the Board of Directors of J. C. Penney Company, Inc., both publicly traded retail companies. Ms. Clark is a member of the Board of Trustees of Washington University in St. Louis and serves on the Board of Directors of BarnesJewish Hospital in St. Louis, the Goldfarb School of Nursing at BarnesJewish College, the St. Louis Regional Educational and Public Television Commission, and is Chair of KIPP St. Louis Public Charter School. Ms. Clark is Past Chair of Teach for AmericaSt. Louis and a member of its national Board. She is a past trustee of the International Council of Shopping Centers and a member of the Committee of 200, an organization for women entrepreneurs around the world since 2016.
Age 76
Tenure 8 years
Professional MarksPh.D
Address 415 South 18th Street, Saint Louis, MO, United States, 63103
Phone314 423 8000
Webhttps://www.buildabear.com
Clark has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Georgia and an Honorary Doctor of Laws from Saint Louis University.

Build A Management Efficiency

The company has Return on Asset of 0.1452 % which means that on every $100 spent on assets, it made $0.1452 of profit. This is way below average. In the same way, it shows a return on shareholders' equity (ROE) of 0.4288 %, implying that it generated $0.4288 on every 100 dollars invested. Build A's management efficiency ratios could be used to measure how well Build A manages its routine affairs as well as how well it operates its assets and liabilities. Return On Tangible Assets is likely to drop to 0.01 in 2024. Return On Capital Employed is likely to drop to 0.05 in 2024. At this time, Build A's Non Currrent Assets Other are fairly stable compared to the past year. Other Current Assets is likely to climb to about 15.5 M in 2024, whereas Other Assets are likely to drop slightly above 7 M in 2024.
Build A Bear Workshop has 83.57 M in debt with debt to equity (D/E) ratio of 1.0, which is OK given its current industry classification. Build A Bear has a current ratio of 1.28, demonstrating that it is in a questionable position to pay out its financial commitments when the payables are due. Note however, debt could still be an excellent tool for Build to invest in growth at high rates of return.

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Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. operates as a multi-channel retailer of plush animals and related products. As of January 29, 2022, it operated 346 stores, including 305 stores in the United States and Canada and 41 stores in the United Kingdom and Ireland, as well as 72 franchised stores internationally. Build-A-Bear Workshop operates under Specialty Retail classification in the United States and is traded on New York Stock Exchange. It employs 1000 people. Build A Bear Workshop (BBW) is traded on New York Stock Exchange in USA. It is located in 415 South 18th Street, Saint Louis, MO, United States, 63103 and employs 1,000 people. Build A is listed under Other Specialty Retail category by Fama And French industry classification.

Management Performance

Build A Bear Leadership Team

Elected by the shareholders, the Build A's board of directors comprises two types of representatives: Build A inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of Build. The board's role is to monitor Build A's management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. Build A's inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, Build A's outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
Voin Todorovic, Chief Officer
Julia Fitzgerald, Chief Officer
Jennifer Kretchmar, Chief Product Officer and Innovation Bear
Maxine Clark, Founder and Director
Roz Johnson, Senior Officer
Robert Dixon, Independent Director
David Kanen, Director
Narayan Iyengar, Independent Director
Dorrie Krueger, Chief Officer
James Hurt, Chief Operating Officer
Sarah Personette, Independent Director
Lesli Rotenberg, Independent Director
JD CFA, Vice Finance
Eric Fencl, Chief Bearrister, General Counsel, International Franchising, Secretary
Dara Meath, Senior CTO
Craig Leavitt, Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Board
Sharon John, Chief Executive Officer, Chief President Bear, Director
Vojin Todorovic, Chief Financial Officer
George Carrara, Independent Director
Christopher Hurt, Chief Officer

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