With the judging panel reading like a ‘who’s who’ of retailing and a record number of over 5,000 licensed products entered, The Licensing Awards’ Product Judging Day, which took place on June 20 at London’s Business Design Centre, was certainly impressive. “It made you feel really proud to see the ...
Gio Forbice created FORFEX, a mood more than just a brand, 3 years ago. FORFEX = sneakers, spaceboots, Sasha Grey wearing spaceboots, leather, studs, Skin from Skunk Anansie wearing leather sneakers with studs, lifestyle, daring collabos and an irreverent blog (www.forfex.it/born-slippy.html) ...
The USA is the latest territory to go crazy for Gogo’s Crazy Bones, with sales figures showing that it is now the No.1 toy-collectable in a range of outlets across the States, including major chains such as Walgreens and Walmart. The innovative collectable figures, which are produced by Magic Box ...
CPLG - licensing agent for the Sesame Street brand – has announced details of a unique agreement that will see Art You Grew Up With appointed as fine art partner for the property. As one of the world’s leading educational brands Sesame Street needs little introduction – loved by kids and trusted by adults ...
Leading animal welfare charity and popular consumer brand RSPCA will be branding three new ranges of products as part of its long-standing endorsement of Mason Cash pet bowls. The diverse ranges come in a variety of colours and styles for pets including cats, dogs, rabbits, guinea pigs, ...
CPLG has announced the appointment of Maria Giovanna Gurrieri as Managing Director of CPLG Italy. Maria joins the company from Atlantyca Entertainment, where she headed the consumer products division. She started internationally, the licensing program and agents network for Geronimo Stilton, the world ...
Das US Street-Fashion Label "David & Goliath", welches von Celebrities Entertainment europaweit vermarktet wird, ist weiter auf Erfolgskurs. Mittlerweile vertreiben europaweit nahezu 30 Lizenznehmer erfolgreich ihre Produkte aus den unterschiedlichsten Bereichen. Auch in Deutschland setzt …
Advanstars Lizenzmesse, die Brand Licensing Europe, kündigte für die diesjährige Messe eine Neuauflage ihres überaus erfolgreichen Retail Mentoring Programmes an. Die Handelsriesen Sainsbury’s und Mothercare haben ihre erneute Teilnahme bereits zugesagt. Das Retail Mentoring Programms …
The Smiley Company vergibt ihre direct-to-retail Lizenz an die paneuropäische Handelskette Bershka. Bershka ist Teil der spanischen Inditex Gruppe (in Deutschland bekannt für die Modekette Zara), und startete im April 1998 als neues Filial- und Modekonzept für den jungen, trendorientierten Markt ...
BRB Internacional has signed on to the conquest of eastern Europe. Currently, several of the most recent cartoon series produced by the Spanish company are being broadcast in that part of the world, and others have just been acquired by channels there. In fact, as the new edition of DISCOP – the ...
Zodiak Kids, Zodiak Media Group’s children’s production and distribution arm, has teamed up with the National Trust this summer for a Waybuloo ‘Pipling’ Summer Tour. The hugely successful CBeebies series will take to the road from July 21 – September 20, 2011 with a life-size Pipling’s home on a tour of ...
Discovery Enterprises International (DEI), the international licensing and merchandise division of Discovery Communications has executed a first-ever global deal with Nukotoys for a series of Animal Planet games that are interactive and connective, and that will appeal to today’s digital generation ...