{"id":6732,"date":"2013-09-24T13:28:13","date_gmt":"2013-09-24T12:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/?p=6732"},"modified":"2021-05-18T10:42:28","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T09:42:28","slug":"42-3-blonde-bears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2013\/42-3-blonde-bears\/","title":{"rendered":"42. 3 Blonde Bears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Founder:<\/strong> Jo Jenners<br><strong>Founded:<\/strong> January 2011<br><strong>Website:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.3blondebears.co.uk\">www.3blondebears.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Manufacturer and online retailer 3 Blonde Bears has shown rapid and sustainable growth since launch two years ago and its <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2012\/26-3-blonde-bears\/\">Startups 100 entry last year<\/a>, with its personalised gifts proving consistently popular among its predominately ABC1 consumers. Founder Jo Jenner&rsquo;s firm continues to be one of Notonthehighstreet.com&rsquo;s highest grossing partners, and has successfully moved premises and developed new systems to cope with its success. As well as through NOTHS, the products are sold directly via a website and through further, carefully selected, partners. Having seen an incredibly successful 2012, the plan was to achieve 55% growth in 2013, a target that&rsquo;s looking very comfortably within reach. 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