Sharon Price John has led Build-A-Bear to new heights—and her journey to the C-suite started serving people burgers at a Fortune 500 fast-food chain.

Build-A-Bear vs. Squishmallows lawsuit: Here’s why the companies are suing each other, and the latest developments in the case in 2025.

According to Yahoo News, Build-A-Bear rolled out some new adult-themed offerings for Valentine's Day. It's Build-A-Bear's "After Dark" collection that has some people disgusted.

When Sharon Price John became CEO of the beloved Build-A-Bear Workshop in 2013, she stepped into a company in decline. Still, she recognized the enormous fountain of untapped potential.

The celebration, held at Build-A-Bear, should have been joyous, but instead turned into a fiasco that one aunty refuses to grin and, ahem, bear. “Build-A-Bear plot twist” ...

Build-A-Bear's CEO was always drawn to the toy industry, something she credits to her "inner child." After getting her MBA from Columbia University, Sharon Price John took a job at Mattel in 1994.