NORTH AMERICAN BEAR COMPANY

The Bag Lady first discovered the North American Bear Company when she spotted the dachshund bag in a mail order catalogue (it has since been discontinued). Of course, being the Bag Lady, she had to order it to find out the name of the company and if there were more breeds. To her utter delight, North American Bear's design team had created the Boston terrier, pug, poodle and the terrier pooch, too. They have also added the coin pup to their doggie bag collection which is a must for every dog lover! These adorable plush hand held doggie bags accompany both adults and children everywhere. If for some reason you're on the lam, these wonderful little doggie bags may not be for you because you will be noticed!

North American Bear's history is as follows:

The creator Barbara Isenberg, a young mother and design student, decided in the mid 70s to start her own toy company. Barbara wanted to design and produce imaginative teddy bears of superior quality that would appeal to both children and adults. And, she wanted her teddy bears to retain the nostalgic charm of antique toys. She asked her friend fashion design Odl Bauer to help her. She asked him to make a bear out of an old sweat shirt, a bear that would be extra soft and cuddly and different from anything else on the market. That first bear evolved into Albert, the Running Bear, a classic bear in a running suit.

A few years later, she had developed several sample bear designs that satisfied her, and she was ready to go into production. She hired a sales force and located a small factory space in New York City to manufacture her bears. Barbara's brother Paul Levy joined her and they formed the North American Bear Company, Inc. A year after the debut of Albert the Running Bear, the company introduced a new line of bears known as the VIP line (dressed velour bears with punned names). These were followed by the VanderBear family in 1983 and Muffy VanderBear in 1984.

Since those beginnings, the North American Bear Company has diversified into a full range of plush toys, each with its own look and name. Distribution is global. Today Barbara Isenberg heads the New York studio where all products are created by an in-house team of designers and artists.

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