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Article: Maclaren debuts two essential strollers. (A Special Section to Kids Today).(Brief Article)
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- Home Accents Today
- Article date:
- April 1, 2002
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Prince Harry rode in one nearly two decades ago. It is the stroller of choice for many of today's Hollywood parents, including Catherine Zeta-Jones, Urea Thurman, and Sharon Stone. Indeed, British-made Maclaren strollers, legendary in Europe for 35 years, have caught on quickly with American parents since Maclaren formally entered the U.S. market in 1999. (Naturally, uptown Manhattan moms have had them for years.)
"Owen Maclaren, an aeronautical engineer, invented the umbrella stroller in 1967 when he saw his daughter struggle with her heavy pram," says Alison Bates, director of marketing and sales, Maclaren USA Inc. "In fact, his original buggy was so well engineered ...