Friday 11 December 2009

Gund Bears

We are in LOVE with Chubbs! He has luxuriously long fur in a warm, maple color; exquisite to run your fingers through. He has tender ears, and the sweetest face around. His chestnut brown nose is satin-stitched, and trimming his neck is a sheer striped ribbon in tones of chocolate and vanilla. Soon, you'll been loving Chubbs too!

Gund teddy bears are the yardstick by which quality teddy bears are measured. Our plush Gund teddy bears are in stock and ready to ship. For more information on a Gund teddy bear, just click on its image. Also, visit our Jumbo Bears and Teddy Bears departments for even more plush teddy bears or visit our Gund Animals department for more plush stuffed animals from Gund.

GUND, the oldest stuffed animal manufacturer in the U.S., was founded by German immigrant, Adolph Gund in Connecticut in 1898. Gund was one of the first to design and produce teddy bears, in the early 1900s. In 1907, Jacob Swedlin, got an entry level job at GUND. When Gund retired in 1925 with no children of his own, he sold the business to Swedlin. GUND has been a family business ever since. Bruce Raiffe, grandson of Jacob Swedlin, joined the company in 1977 and became the company's president in 1993 and has been leading Gund since then.

The GUND company was responsible for many innovations now popular among toy manufacturers, including Gund’s now trademarked understuffing technique, which makes Gund teddy bears especially soft and huggable.


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