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Radio Flyer Halloween celebration featured on WGN! - Oct. 2009
View our Halloween celebration which was recently featured on WGN TV news!

 
 

Radio Flyer has been selected as one of the Top Small Workplaces in 2009! - Sept. 2009
We are proud to announce that Radio Flyer has been selected as one of the Top Small Workplaces in 2009! Winning Workplaces and The Wall Street Journal collaborate to identify exceptional small organizations (private, nonprofit or publicly held), and seek out small employers that foster teamwork, flexibility, high productivity and innovation while helping their employees grow personally and professionally. We are honored to receive this award!

 
 

Radio Flyer named to the 2009 Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing, private companies in America - Aug. 2009

Radio Flyer is on the 2009 Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing, private companies in America! This ranking puts Radio Flyer with an elite group of companies who received their first national recognition when they originally appeared on the Inc. list - Microsoft, Timberland, Intuit, Jamba Juice, Oracle, Clif Bar, Patagonia, and UnderArmour to name a few.
This win is particularly impressive since we are a 92-year-old company. Most companies on this list are either start-ups or in their early years.

 
 

Radio Flyer ranked in Top 5 as One of the Best Places to Work in Illinois for 2009 - May. 2009

Radio Flyer is honored to be ranked #4 mid-size company to work for in IL and to be recognized for outstanding positive employee engagement and commitment to the well-being of all employees. We live the Little Red Rule, "Every time we touch people's lives, they will feel great about Radio Flyer” as an employee this means that Radio Flyer provides an environment where everyone can LOVE their job and have fun living our values every day!

 
 

Robert Pasin honored with Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Award - July. 2009

Robert Pasin, Radio Flyer's CWO, has won the Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur Of The Year Award! This award is the world's most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs and recognizes the contribution of people who inspire others with their vision, leadership and achievement. Entrepreneur Of The Year focuses on growing and dynamic businesses, recognizing them through regional, national and global awards programs in more than 135 cities in 50 countries.

 
 

Radio Flyer recognized by Workforce Chicago for its significant contributions to learning and development - Aug. 2009

We are pleased to announce Radio Flyer has received the 2009 Workforce Chicago Award for its exemplary commitment to employee learning and development! Workforce Chicago has recognized only 24 companies in the past 9 years for their commitment to excellence.

 
 

Radio Flyer Pulls Through Tough Economy - Jan. 2009
Despite its humble beginnings on the city's West Side, the Radio Flyer wagon is proving to be recession proof.

 
 

Classic Radio Flyer Wagon updated for 2.0 World - Dec. 2008
Radio Flyer, the maker of the classic red wagon, is creating a high-tech new product.
The little wagon has gone 2.0.

 
 

Still Flying - Dec. 2008
How materials, development strategies and production approaches have kept "the Little Red Wagon" company relevant.

 

Crains 40 under 40 - Nov. 2008
As the grandson of the founder of Radio Flyer, Robert Pasin always knew how important the company was to his family. What he didn't realize was how much the bright-red wagons meant to generations of other families.

 

Collaboration a common thread in award-winning workplaces - Oct. 2008
Leadership development training at the maker of the popular red wagons.

 

Little Wagon, Big Changes - Oct. 2008
Radio Flyer updates classic for the 21st century.

   

You’re Kidding Me - Oct. 2008
Boys who never grew up show off their outer child.

 
   

Opinion: Radio Flyer is pimpin' its wagons - Oct. 2008
Few toys scream Americana more than a little red Radio Flyer wagon being pulled behind a kid in Smalltown, U.S.A. It's one of those icons that you just didn't expect to change all that much, even with all the technological advances of our times. Simple just seems better sometimes.

 
   

Engineering detoured by design - Dec. 2007
Interview with Tom Schlegel, product development vice president at Radio Flyer.

 
   

Chicago Innovation 2007-Honoring the New & Improved - Oct. 2007
As designers, that's the key thing we do-we pull out the latent needs of consumers.

 
   

I don't wanna grow up - Mar. 2007
One of the coolest offices in Chicago!

 
   
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