 | September 1, 2008
By:Bob Jenkins
Bob the Builder is one of the most loved children's characters of all time. He is a star of the big and small screen, has had two No. 1 hits (including one that's a double-platinum Christmas song) and he regularly appears in his own touring stage show. Here's the full story of Bob's success and how he achieved it.
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 | September 1, 2008
Brand Licensing Europe 2008, celebrating its 10th edition this year, promises to be another record-breaking event, with some 200 exhibitors displaying more than 2,500 new and evergreen properties across characters, lifestyle and sports brands, images, artwork and design.
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 | September 1, 2008
By:Josephine Collins, Bob Jenkins
This year, the Mipcom Junior and Mipcom television markets in Cannes promise to offer a raft of new program ideas and licensing opportunities.
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August 1, 2008
By:Tony Lisanti
Signatures Network, the music merchandising company acquired by Live Nation in November 2007 for $79 million, is rockin' and rolling with growth plans driven by a harmonious blend of new artists, innovative licensing and merchandising programs, aggressive retail placement, Web site development and international expansion.
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August 1, 2008
Twentieth Century Fox Licensing & Merchandising had a number of celebrities on hand at Comic-Con to promote its properties, including "The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening, "Family Guy" creator Seth McFarlane and "24" star Kiefer Sutherland.
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August 1, 2008
By:Laura Heller
The E3 Media and Business Summit bears little resemblance to the E3 of 2006, when attendance topped 80,000. Thanks to high costs born by exhibitors, the conference crumbled under its own weight and in 2007, was moved to Santa Monica and limited to just 5,000 attendees. This year, the show returned to the Los Angeles convention center with attendance once again capped at 5,000.
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August 1, 2008
By:Emily Scardino
Despite those much-anticipated stimulus checks, it has been a tough spring and summer season for apparel retailers.
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August 1, 2008
By:Josephine Collins
If 2007 was the acme of celebrity high street fashion, then 2008 looks to be a year of consolidation. In the U.K. alone, last year saw M by Madonna at H&M, Kate Moss at TopShop and Lily Allen at New Look. If you add designer collections to the list—for example, Debenhams' Designers at... program and New Look's Gold by Giles Deacon—then numbers shoot up radically. On continental Europe, marykateandashley was still going strong.
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August 1, 2008
By:Tony Lisanti
When Disney Consumer Products revamped its organizational structure in May in order to prepare the division for accelerated growth over the next five years, a key part of the changes was combining global apparel, footwear and accessories with global home under the direction of executive vice president Pam Lifford, a DCP executive of nine years and a veteran in the apparel industry.
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