The Great British Teddy Bear Company
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| Founded | 2002 |
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| Founder | Paul Jessup, Christine Jessup |
| Website | gbteddybear |
The Great British Teddy Bear Company (founded 2002) is a British plush toy company owned by three generations of the Jessup family.[1]
History
[edit]In 2007, Bobby the first official Metropolitan Police Teddy bear was launched at Hamleys in London, the launch was attended by Prime Minister Gordon Brown and celebrities Shane Richie, Lisa Maxwell and the cast of ITV drama The BILL.[2]
It has created teddy bears for Britain’s most famous institutions, museums and visitor attractions, these include the official teddy bear: Sherlock for The Sherlock Holmes Museum, Beefeater for the Tower of London, official bear for the Ministry of Defence; Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force.[3][4][5]
In 2015, The Great British Teddy Bear Company was protected by both copyright and trademark in China, India, Japan and South Korea. GB Teddy Bears are now used under license on a broad range of products including clothing, mobile games and visitor attraction by companies including Bestseller Fashion,[6] Tencent Games, PUBG Mobile,[7] and PolyGroup Holdings.[8][9]
References
[edit]- ^ Nigam, Saumya (2022-06-24). "BGMI brings in new characters from The Great British Teddy Bear Company". www.indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
- ^ "War hero Owen Scott". ITV. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
- ^ Partnership, The Kolberg. "Bobby Bear Charity Launch". AllinLondon. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
- ^ "British Teddies fly the flag worldwide for RAF bomber heroes | Latest press releases | PressGo | Journalism.co.uk". www.journalism.co.uk. 2013-10-07. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
- ^ Best, Jessica (2015-09-18). "Teddy bear town is sure to be a big surprise for visitors to China". mirror. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
- ^ "Teddy bears' picnic in store as the British come to tea in China". South China Morning Post. 2015-11-22. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
- ^ Troughton, James (2022-06-24). "PUBG Mobile Gets Cutesy With The Great British Teddy Bear Company Cosmetics". TheGamer. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
- ^ Bola.com (25 June 2022). "Inovasi Unik, PUBG Mobile Jalin Kolaborasi dengan The Great British Teddy Bear Company". bola.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2022-10-05.
- ^ "Beijing can bear-ly believe it: Chinese firm spending US$8-million on British-themed teddy bear park near capital". South China Morning Post. 2015-09-18. Retrieved 2022-10-05.