First Annual Award Highlights Independently Owned Stores Who Shine Among Peers

KooKoo Bear Baby & Kids an online e-tailer, mail order catalog, and retail store marketer of designer kids’ rooms and exceptional baby gifts, announces the company has won the Retail Star Award given by Kids Today magazine. The store was recognized for their stellar efforts to provide unique products and high quality services for their customers.

“We are honored to be named a Retail Star by Kids Today magazine, because of our focus on customer service, superior product selection, and distinctive gifts,” said Joe Mediate, Chief Marketing Officer, KooKoo Bear Kids.

Kids Today magazine solicited nominations from all types and sizes of stores and came up with a list of 10 who are a model of success for everyone. The Retail Stars were selected by the editorial staff and winners appear in the May issue of the magazine and online at Kids Today Online. The 10 Retail Stars represent a broad geographical range and a wide variety of products sold. Single- and multi-store operations are recognized, but all are independently owned.

Decorating baby nurseries is a much-desired activity for parents who want their child to rest and play in a fun décor. Children’s furniture, wall drapes, rugs, wall art and many other accessories make the baby’s room look unique and amazing. Parents also look for vibrant and eye catching colors that will complement the youthful tone of a kid’s room. KooKooBearKids.com is the one stop online store that supplies a complete range of furniture, furnishings, accessories and specialty items for making a child’s room beautiful and well decorated.

Like most independent specialty operators, KooKoo Bear Kids is all about product quality with that unique style and look and a big dose of great customer service. The store offers classes for expectant or new moms, design assistance, delivery and monogramming services. Each gift is wrapped in a signature yellow box with matching ribbon. The KooKoo Bear Kids Web Site has a gift registry and live chat capabilities for answering questions. By ordering online, customers can access 24 hour shopping, with products shipping all over the world. KooKoo Bear Kids offers promotional specials through social media efforts, including Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and MySpace.

KooKoo Bear Baby & Kids on Facebook

Children and Mommies-to-be Have a Place to Party.
Introducing Roswell’s Fabulous New Party Room at KooKoo Bear Baby and Kids.

KooKoo Bear Baby & Kids, the shopping destination for upscale children’s furnishings and gifts, and Posh Tot Events, Atlanta’s Premier Event Planner for Children and mom’s parties today announces a partnership to provide high-end baby showers and birthday parties in their beautifully appointed “Tea Party Room” at KooKoo Bear Baby & Kids Roswell Retail location.

The New “Tea Room” designed by KooKoo Bear Kids and Posh Tot Events will be unveiled at the Sweet Apple Village Fall Festival on Saturday, November 7th from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Sweet Apple Village is located at the corner of Etris Road and Crabapple Road in Roswell, GA.

“For parents looking for something other than just another gym party, we have designed a tea party that will dazzle your little princess and her friends. For women looking for a unique Baby Shower, our beautiful tea room is a perfect haven for a Mommy-to-be to celebrate the impending arrival of her little one.” said Jennifer Shields, Posh Tot Events President and Founder.

Hosting an event at the KooKoo Bear Tea Room provides the unique experience of actually enjoying and participating in the event without stress. Every detail is taken care of and handled with style. In the Posh Tot Event style, packages are available to include everything from invitations to favors.

KooKoo Bear Baby and Kids offers designer rooms and exceptional gifts available via the web site, or retail store. From themed beds with matching bedding of fresh colors and designer fabrics to timeless classics like quilts with hand applied beadwork and embroidery, KooKoo Bear Baby and Kids offers hundreds of rugs, curtains, blankets, bedding, and kids furniture for a totally custom look. Hollywood stars seek out the exceptional designer items such as Rachel Ashwell Shabby Chic luxurious bedding, Fleurville Diaper bags, promom couture original design tees and tanks, Boxy Backpacks and Toddle Totes by Petunia Pickle Bottom, and kids bedding from Traditions by Pamela Kline. Custom designed specialties by KooKoo Bear Kids include timeless, wooden furniture, snuggly blankets for infants, zippered booties, classic crib bedding collections, and clothing. KooKoo Bear Kids’ gifts feature a signature yellow gift box with matching grosgrain ribbon bow and handwritten card that indicates the arrival of something special.

Roswell Children’s Boutique Hosting Grand Opening

KooKoo Bear Baby and Kids Inc., marketer of upscale children’s furniture, room décor and gifts, announces the opening of its flagship children’s retail store in Roswell, Ga. The store will hold a Grand Opening, featuring sales and specials, on Saturday, November 7, 2009 to reveal their new Holiday lines in time for the Shopping season.

“We had an overwhelming customer demand to open a larger retail store that offered an unparalleled shopping experience where people could touch and feel our high quality merchandise,” said Tara Mediate, president of KooKoo Bear Baby and Kids. Our products have been featured throughout the media including InStyle Magazine, NBC Today Show, Pregnancy Magazine, and other acclaimed publications and we needed to address the local market with a high quality retail shopping experience.

Tara created KooKoo Bear Baby and Kids out of necessity said Trace Walsh, vice president of creative design at KooKoo Bear Kids. She wanted to send a baby gift to her brother and sister-in-law and wanted something besides the typical cookie basket, gourmet foods or flowers. Tara needed a special place to shop to celebrate the birth of her nephew. This “shop” needed to have the right selection of unique gifts and have excellent customer service. A “shop” where one could find the perfect gift: accessories for a dreamy nursery…stylish gifts for Mom…stylish gifts for baby and beyond.

Problem, such a “shop” did not exist. Solution: Tara did what any mother would do, she solved the problem by creating KooKoo Bear Baby and Kids. (She could have called it “Cloud Nine” since your nursery decorating dreams come true the moment you walk into their Flagship Store.)

Whether you desire opulence or simplicity for your new arrival, KooKoo Bear Baby and Kids will delight and surprise. “The secret is out…celebrity mommies such as Cindy Crawford, Mira Sorvino, Kate Hudson, Kelly Ripa and more are “in the know”…KooKoo Bear Baby and Kids now has a starring role” said Tara.

KooKoo Bear Baby and Kids store is located in Sweet Apple Village at 12060 Etris Road in Roswell, GA. The store will be open between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Monday through Sunday. Personalized gifts and designer products from Young America by Stanley Furniture, Lea Furniture, Rachel Ashwell’s Shabby Chic, Traditions by Pamela Kline, Petunia Pickle Bottom, and Rub a Dub Dub are just some of the specialty items offered at the store and on-line. For added convenience, customers will be able to return items ordered through the Web site at the retail store. For additional information, contact the store at (770) 771-5665

Join us August 27, 2009 at KooKoo Bear Kids in Roswell for Story Time with Author Mary Ann Rodman who will read and sign her book A Tree for Emmy, the humorous and touching story of a headstrong little girl and the unusual object of her affections.

A Tree for Emmy is a lively and spirited, Emmy loves all kinds of trees, but the fuzzy, pink mimosa tree in Gramma’s pasture is her absolute favorite. When her birthday comes around, Emmy knows exactly what she wants: a mimosa tree of her very own. But the grown-ups around her don’t really share Emmy’s enthusiasm for the wild tree they consider a nuisance. As fall approaches, Emmy’s dream is brushed aside. Autumn leaves fall and seeds scatter, but no mimosa trees come up for sale. Crushed and angry, Emmy flees to Gramma’s house to work out her frustration. When she retreats under the beautiful mimosa tree, Emmy finds a special birthday surprise!

When: Thursday August 27, 2009
Time: 10:30 am, 1:30 pm and 3:00 pm
Where: KooKoo Bear Kids Store
Phone Number: (770) 771-5665
Address: 12060 Etris Road Roswell, Ga 30075
Directions: Click Here for Directions

About the Author Mary Ann Rodman is a former school media specialist and university librarian. She is the author of A Tree for Emmy, the popular picture book, First Grade Stinks!, as well as, My Best Friend (Charlotte Zolotow Award, Ezra Jack Keats Award, CCBC Choice List), Jimmy’s Stars, Yankee Girl (CCBC Choice List, ALA Notable Book, Georgia Book of Excellence Award) and the upcoming, Surprise Soup. Rodman received her B.A. in Theater Arts from Lenoir-Rhyne College in North Carolina and her M.S. in Library and Information Science from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. She also holds an M.F.A. in Writing for Children from Vermont College. In addition to writing, Rodman enjoys teaching writing workshops and working as a community theater director. Born in Washington D.C., Rodman has lived in various states and in Thailand. She currently resides in Alpharetta, Georgia with her husband, daughter, dog and psychotic cat, Rosie.

There are currently several coupon web sites that are directly servicing local North Fulton County, Atlanta and Roswell communities featuring neighborhood businesses and their coupons. In an effort to maintain a certain life style many shoppers are turning to coupons to save money on local purchases such as restaurants, clothing, baby furniture, certain health products, etc. Several of these web sites are listed below:
Northfultonshops.com Serving; Roswell, Alpharetta and Milton
Cobbshops.com Serving; East Cobb
johnscreekshopper.com Serving; Johns Creek
Perimetershops.com Serving: Dunwoody and Sandy Springs.

For a complete listing of local shopping in the Atlanta, Ga metro are go to metroatlantashops.com

Join us for a book reading and signing by Georia Resident and Author Anne Ginkel. ANNE GINKEL is a former teacher in the United States and England. She holds degrees from St. Joseph’s College, the University of Warwick in England, and Southern College of Technology. For many years, she owned Hobbit Hall Children’s Bookstore in Roswell Ga. This is her first children’s book.

About the book – I’VE GOT AN ELEPHANT

Though other kids have teddy bears to cuddle up tight.
I’ve got an elephant to hug me every night. Owning an elephant is terrific, but what happens when he gets lonely and invites over a friend? I’ve got two elephants who come with me to school. The kids on the bus all think we’re really cool. One can always find a way to work with two elephants, but what happens when they get lonely?

As the elephant population climbs, things get more and more complicated until finally our intrepid heroine may have been pushed too far. How many elephants is too many? What do you do when you’ve got more elephants than you can handle?
Don’t worry! Author Anne Ginkel and artist Janie Bynum have expertly managed to corral these unruly pachyderms into an entertaining and hilarious counting tale.

When: Thursday July 23, 2009
Time: 10:30 am and 1:30 pm
Where: KooKoo Bear Kids Store
Phone Number: (770) 771-5665
Address: 12060 Etris Road Roswell, Ga 30075
Directions: Click Here for Directions

KooKoo Bear Kids opens a new retail store in the Atlanta area at 12060 Etris Road Roswell Ga.

The long wait is over, our new retail store opened today in Sweet Apple Village located at 12060 Etris Road Roswell, GA 30075 Phone number is 770-771-5665. I wanted to attach a picture so all could see. If you in the Atlanta area make sure to stop by.

KooKoo Bear Kids, Inc., announces new partnership allowing them to expand into International Markets. Now, international customers will be able to shop KooKoo Bear Kids Website, add the items to their cart and when they are ready to checkout simply click a button and all of the items in their cart will be transferred to iShopUSA.Com where they can checkout with an international credit card, PayPal, or bank transfers. There are no hidden fees. All taxes, duties and shipping costs are calculated and disclosed prior to check out.

KooKoo Bear Kids is excited about the possibilities with this new partnership. “We’ve had overwhelming interest from international customers from the very beginning but have been unable to pursue it on our own due to the number of different shipping rules and regulations for different countries. The great thing about iShopUSA.COM is that they are familiar with shipping regulations for more than 200 countries, says Joe Mediate, CEO of KooKoo Bear Kids.

The collaboration with iShopUSA will allow KooKoo Bear Kids the opportunity to serve international customers with the same quick and easy service they give to US customers.