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Note 1 - Description of Business and Basis of Preparation
12 Months Ended
Dec. 30, 2017
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Description of Business and Basis of Preparation
 
Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc.
and subsidiaries (collectively, the Company) is a specialty retailer of plush animals and related products. The Company began operations in
October 1997.
The Company sells its products through its
361corporately
-managed locations operated primarily in leased mall locations in the United States, Canada, China, Denmark, Ireland, Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom along with its e-commerce sites. Operations in foreign countries where the Company does
not
have corporately-managed locations are through franchise agreements.
 
The Company
’s consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”)
.