<P> Build - A-Bear Workshop was founded by Maxine Clark in 1997 , with its first store in the Saint Louis Galleria . By 2010 , the store had sold over 50 million bears and had over 400 stores in operation worldwide in Australia , Bahrain , Canada , Denmark , Germany , Ireland , Japan , Kuwait , Mexico , Norway , Qatar , Singapore , South Africa , Sweden , Thailand , Turkey , the United Arab Emirates , and the United Kingdom . The chain also originally had at least one store in Brazil and one in Oman , but both have since closed for reasons undisclosed . </P>
<P> Build - A-Bear Workshop was founded by Maxine Clark in 1997 , with its first store in the Saint Louis Galleria . By 2010 , the store had sold over 50 million bears and had over 400 stores in operation worldwide in Australia , Bahrain , Canada , Denmark , Germany , Ireland , Japan , Kuwait , Mexico , Norway , Qatar , Singapore , South Africa , Sweden , Thailand , Turkey , the United Arab Emirates , and the United Kingdom . The chain also originally had at least one store in Brazil and one in Oman , but both have since closed for reasons undisclosed . </P>
when did the first build a bear open
when did the first build a bear open
1997
1997