/ Technology

Vermont Teddy Bear’s CEO departs

In what the online stuffed animal retailer calls an organizational realignment, Elisabeth Robert, CEO of Vermont Teddy Bear, has left the company after 12 years. William York has been named interim president.

Posted 09/12/2008Katie DeatschPost a comment

/ Marketing

Vermont Teddy Bear increases traffic and sales with new site search

Vermont Teddy Bear Co. increased traffic, improved target marketing and boosted sales using new site search technology that connects shoppers with popular products. Vermont Teddy Bear operates VermontTeddyBear.com, PajamaGram.com and CalyxFlowers.com.

Posted 03/06/2008Paul DemeryPost a comment

/ Technology

Ex-Vermont Teddy Bear web manager joins web development company Timberline

Tom Funk, e-commerce director at The Vermont Teddy Bear Co., has joined Timberline Interactive, a marketing and web development company based in Middlebury, VT, as vice president of client services.

Posted 03/12/2007Kurt PetersPost a comment

Vermont Teddy Bear to launch a fifth e-commerce site

The new site, GiftBagBoutique.com, will debut on Nov. 14 and will carry more than 100 products such as designer handbags, purses, travel totes, baby bags and beach bags.

Posted 10/19/2005Mark BrohanPost a comment

/ E-Retailers

Vermont Teddy Bear posts a 32% increase in 2005 web sales

For its just closed fiscal year, Vermont Teddy Bear had total e-commerce sales of about $37 million, compared with web sales of $28 million for fiscal 2004. Overall the web accounted for 55.2% of FY 2005 total sales.

Posted 10/05/2005Mark BrohanPost a comment

/ Technology

Vermont Teddy Bear to launch site on Demandware platform

Although it has plenty of room to continue growing on its Yahoo Store platform, VermontTeddyBear.com will also launch soon on a platform hosted by Demandware to offer extended shopping features, the retailer says.

Posted 08/02/2005Kurt PetersPost a comment

/ E-Retailers

Vermont Teddy Bear’s web sales grow 27% over prior year

In 2004, Vermont Teddy Bear, which also sells online with affiliate sites through PajamaGram, TastyGram and Calyx & Corolla, posted web sales of about $28 million, up 27% from Internet sales of $22 million in 2003.

Posted 04/19/2005Kurt PetersPost a comment

Web orders help send holiday orders up 29% at Vermont Teddy Bear Co.

For the holiday season, web sales at its flagship BearGram brand represented 65.3% of the brand’s sales, up from 63.7% last year. Online orders for its PajamaGram brand more than doubled over last year. Web and phone orders combined exceeded 105,000.

Posted 12/30/2004Mary WagnerPost a comment