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| Guinness World Records Adds Agent in South America
| Exim Licensing has signed up to handle the licensing rights of Guinness World Records in South America. | | | Boy Scouts Test Apparel at Target, More
| | Seven new licensees have recently joined the Boy Scouts of America's merchandise program, including Hybrid Apparel. | |
| Royal Opera House Signs Four New Licensing Partners
| | The Royal Opera House has announced four new licensing partnerships, including Jakks Pacific. | | | Bernd Conrad is New Head of Licensing at m4e AG
| | Bernd Conrad has been appointed as head of licensing at the Grünwald–based brand management and media company m4e AG, starting on March 1. | | | Mr. Clean Celebrates 10 Years in Licensing, New Products
| | In celebration of Mr. Clean's 10th year in licensing, longtime licensees Butler Home Products and Magla Products are expanding their lines. | | | Aca Joe Brand to Re-Launch with Gator Group
| | Gator Group has been tapped to revive lifestyle apparel brand and retailer Aca Joe. | | | Custom Wheel Maker Lexani to License
| | Lexani, a manufacturer of luxury automobile wheels, is expanding its brand into licensing. | | | Walmart, P&G Get Behind Second NBC TV Movie
| | NBC has reportedly paired up again with Walmart and Procter & Gamble on another family–friendly two–hour TV movie, called "The Jenson Project." | | | Laila Ali to Brand Beauty and Personal Care Products
| | Premier Sports & Entertainment and client Laila Ali have signed Cherokee's Bee Line and International Beauty Brands to produce a line of beauty and personal care products. | |  MORE ARTICLES
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| Dora, Diego and Others to Appear on Kids' Hearing Aids
| | Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products has signed Starkey Laboratories to develop co–branded pediatric hearing aids, featuring SpongeBob SquarePants, iCarly, Dora the Explorer and Go, Diego Go. | | | Smiley World, Quick Pair for Kids' Meal Promotion
| | French fast–food chain Quick is launching a Smiley World kids' meal promotion at the end of the month. | | | Marvel, Reebok to Launch Kids' Footwear at Finish Line
| | A line of Reebok children's sneakers, featuring Marvel Entertainment's Spider–Man, will hit Finish Line stores nationwide this spring. | | | Santoro's Tutti Cuti and Gorjuss Secure More Product
| | Santoro has recently signed a number of deals for its Tutti Cuti and Gorjuss properties, including apparel, postcards and more. | | | StinkyKids Taps Alexander Doll as Exclusive Licensee
| | The Alexander Doll Company, maker of Madame Alexander Dolls, was recently named exclusive manufacturer of StinkyKids' soft–bodied dolls. | | | New "Pink Panther" Series to Debut on CN
| | "Pink Panther & Pals," a new animated series, co–produced by Rubicon Studios and MGM, premieres Sunday on Cartoon Network in the U.S. | | | Scholastic to Re-Issue Clifford Titles with Be Big Tie-in
| | The 10 best-selling "Clifford the Big Red Dog" titles by Norman Bridwell will be repackaged this summer to correspond with Scholastic's Be Big campaign. Each book will tie in one of the 10 big ideas. | | | AGP to Grow Care Bears in the Philippines, Vietnam
| | American Greetings Properties recently extended its relationship with Medialink to include Care Bear merchandising rights in the Philippines and Vietnam. | | | Paddington Fronts U.K. Marmalade Brand
| | Chorion has signed a deal with Premier Foods for Paddington Bear (licensed by Copyrights, a Chorion company) to become the face of Robertson's Golden Shred marmalade in a U.K. wide on–pack promotion. | | | MORE ARTICLES
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| Smiley World, Quick Pair for Kids' Meal Promotion
| | French fast–food chain Quick is launching a Smiley World kids' meal promotion at the end of the month. | | | Food Network's Hoffman Debuts Cookware
| | Celebrity chef Ingrid Hoffman is rolling out a line of cookware by T–fal. She is the host of cooking shows on both Food Network and Univision. | | | Paddington Fronts U.K. Marmalade Brand
| | Chorion has signed a deal with Premier Foods for Paddington Bear (licensed by Copyrights, a Chorion company) to become the face of Robertson's Golden Shred marmalade in a U.K. wide on–pack promotion. | | | BK, HarperCollins Team for Pinkalicious Kids' Meal
| | HarperCollins has paired up with Burger King to roll out this month's kids' meal promotion, featuring Pinkalicious. The Joester Loria Group is the excluisve worldwide licensing agency representing Pinkalicious. | | | Kidz Bop, Applebee's Team for Kids' Meal Promo
| | In support of the recording release of Kidz Bop 17, Applebee's has launched a nine–week in–restaurant promotion, featuring a Kidz Bop–themed family activity book and more. | | | Global Icons Launches Silk Licensing Program
| | Soymilk brand Silk has entered into licensing and has tapped Global Icons as agent. | | | Carrefour, Disney Launch New Nutrition-Focused Food Line
| | The Walt Disney Company and Carrefour have developed a range of food products for children under the brand, Carrefour Kids. | | | Burger King, Summit Pair Again for Third Twilight Film
| | In anticipation of the summer release The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Summit Entertainment has once again teamed up with Burger King for a film–inspired in–restaurant promotion. | | | Britvic Appoints Start Licensing for Soft Drinks
| | Start Licensing has secured the third–party licensing rights to a portfolio of well–known brands from Britvic Soft Drinks. They include Robinsons Fruit Shoot, Robinsons Fruit Squash, Tango and Drench, J2O, R White's and Corona. | | | MORE ARTICLES
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| In United Kingdom CBI sales figures slow for third month
| | The United Kingdom’s Confederation of British Industry’ latest Distributive Trades Survey reports mixed views from retailers, with 39% reporting sales in the first half of June were worse than the same time last year and 30% reporting that they were better. | | | Sanrio to Create New Global Consumer Products Division
| | Sanrio Inc., the international product company best known for Hello Kitty, has announced the formation of its Global Consumer Products division. | | | ‘License! Global’ Names New Executive Editor
| | Bernadette Casey has been named executive editor of License! Global, The Source for Retail and Licensing Intelligence, published by Advanstar Communications. | | | The Licensing Machine and SIC Join Forces
| | The Licensing Machine, a new division of Panini UK, covering TV, home video, promotional, merchandise, marketing, and licensing services and SIC, the independent commercial TV channel broadcasting in Portugal, have signed a deal on TV animated series “Naruto” and “FullMetal Alchemist.” | | | PopCo Continues With Licensing Business
| | Following the acquisition by Hornby of the brand name Corgi, the tooling and the inventory for the Corgi die-cast range, the remaining parts of the business—PopCo and Master Replicas—will continue to produce their existing licenses for toys, collectible and prop replicas. | | | Disney Consumer Products Strengthens Organizational Structure for Future Growth
| | Disney Consumer Products will undergo significant organizational changes in order to prepare the company for the future goal of doubling its global licensing business to $50 billion in retail sales, License! Global has learned. |
| | LIMA UK’s Spring Fling Breaks Records
| | Nickelodeon UK’s Clare Piggott has joined the panel of speakers at LIMA UK’s annual Licensing Essentials conference and Spring Fling networking event, organized in association with Brand Licensing Europe. | | | Hornby Steams Into Corgi
| | The UK’s Hornby hobby toys, which includes Lima, Jouef and Rivarossi model railways, Scalextric slot car racing cars, Airfix models, and Humbrol paints among its brands, has bought the brand, tooling, and intellectual property rights of Corgi International for £7.5 million. | | | Disney Consumer Products Strengthens Organizational Structure for Future Growth
| | Disney Consumer Products will undergo significant organizational changes in order to prepare the company for the future goal of doubling its global licensing business to $50 billion in retail sales. | | | MORE ARTICLES
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| Editors' Picks
| | License! editors checked their crystal balls to provide a glimpse of 2005 trends and hot properties across all eight categories. | | | International Gateways
| | "Think Global. Act Local." That's the mantra of many licensing-based organizations—from entertainment to fashion to publishing—which continue to seek opportunities in territories outside the U.S. | | | China Revisited
| | Last spring License! published "China's Creative Spark" in the art of licensing and heralded the emerging market in Chinese contemporary art. This spring, we follow up with twin interviews-one with art agent Beatrice Pei and the other with International Center of Photography Director Willis (Buzz) Hartshorn-that, in very different ways, reflect and describe the ongoing progression of that market. | | | Licensing 2004 International Show Preview
| | Licensing 2004 International Show Preview | | | Licensing Show 2003 Wrap-Up
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| Content providers are rising to the challenge of shrinking broadcast and retail space in local and international markets. Key strategies include acquiring rights to properties with demonstrated success, including book properties that target preschool audiences or have been successful in Asia as comics or video, plus an increased focus on DVD as an outlet for original content. That said, MIPTV 2003, to be held this month in Cannes, France, will showcase new properties and offer fresh takes on existing programming that promise to offer licensing punch. "Retailers are cutting back on the number of vendors, but I believe the cream will rise to the top," says Kenn Viselman, founder of Kenn Viselman Presents. | | | License! Marks Milestones
| | License! Marks Milestones | | | Show Lowdown
| | In my past trade show/magazine lives, if retailers "left paper" at a show, then the show was deemed successful. Unscheduled "drop-by" retailers, thanks to an eye-catching display or unusual product twist, were an added bonus. | | | Licensing Show Wrap-Up
| | The License! editorial team awaited late-breaking news stories (read: acquisitions) for the License! Show Daily editions. While the news stories did not break at show time (or as of press time), there were still plenty of hot properties generating buzz at this year's Licensing 2002 International Show. | | | MORE ARTICLES
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Shaun White Shoes to Hit Target This Fall
| | An exclusive line of Shaun White–branded footwear will be available at Target stores nationwide this fall. The snowboarding star already has a clothing line at the retailer. | | | Boy Scouts Test Apparel at Target, More
| | Seven new licensees have recently joined the Boy Scouts of America's merchandise program, including Hybrid Apparel. | | | Marvel, Reebok to Launch Kids' Footwear at Finish Line
| | A line of Reebok children's sneakers, featuring Marvel Entertainment's Spider–Man, will hit Finish Line stores nationwide this spring. | | | RWC 2010: New Consumer Will Define Retail of the Future
| | The consumer has changed. The economy is over the worst, but still faltering. It is a given that customers want multi–channel shopping. These were some of the main messages running through the Retail Week Conference 2010 in London, which ended last night. | | | U.S. February Retail Sales Up by 4.1 Percent
| | Same–store sales, excluding Walmart, saw a 4.1 percent gain in February, topping January's 3.3 percent increase, according to Retail Forward's monthly report for 30 retailers. | |
| | Kohl's to Add Nine New Stores, 1,500 Jobs
| | This spring, Kohl's plans to open nine new stores in five states, creating more than 1,500 jobs. The retailer expects to open a total of approximately 30 stores by the end of the year. | | | Macy's Prepares Exclusive Brand Launches for Spring
| | Four new fashion brands and two home line expansions will roll out this month and April exclusively at Macy's. | | | NVCP Appoints Johnson to New Walmart Role
| | Ron Johnson, an ex–Disney Consumer Products executive, was recently tapped for the newly created position, senior vice president of Walmart retail development at Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products. | | | Kohl's, Avril Lavigne Get Inspired by Alice in Wonderland | | Avril Lavigne's Abbey Dawn clothing line, an exclusive at Kohl?s, is getting the Alice in Wonderland treatment, according to Disney Consumer Products. The film–inspired range is hitting stores this week. | | | MORE ARTICLES
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| Playboy Covers to Appear in 2K Games' Mafia II
| | 2K Games has teamed up with Playboy to feature more than 50 of the magazine's vintage covers and centerfolds in the upcoming game release Mafia II. | | | Mattel, Russ Introduce Barbie's Pets Line
| | A new range of plush featuring three of Barbie's pets will hit stores soon—licensed from Mattel under the Applause brand by Russ. | | | Chorion Taps AT New Media for Mr Men and Little Miss
| | The Mr Men and Little Miss brand is currently seeking third–party gaming deals worldwide through Chorion and newly appointed global interactive consultant AT New Media. | | | StinkyKids Taps Alexander Doll as Exclusive Licensee
| | The Alexander Doll Company, maker of Madame Alexander Dolls, was recently named exclusive manufacturer of StinkyKids' soft–bodied dolls. | | | Shaun White, Ubisoft Team for Skateboarding Game
| | Ubisoft is currently developing a skateboarding video game featuring two–time Olympic gold medalist Shaun White. The snowboarding star is also a professional skateboarder. | | | Jakks Pacific Promotes Berman to CEO
| | Stephen Berman, co–founder, president and chief operating officer of Jakks Pacific, was recently appointed to chief executive officer. He replaces Jack Friedman, who will be stepping down on April 1. | | | Sony Computer Entertainment Buys Media Molecule
| | Media Molecule, creator of LittleBigPlanet for Playstation 3, has been acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. | | | LEGO, TT Games Extend Agreement Through 2016
| | Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group has extended TT Games Publishing's video game development deal with LEGO Systems through 2016. | | | Limited-Edition Warhammer Steins Released
| | Taverncraft, a division of 3 Point Entertainment, has finalized a deal with Mythic Entertainment to produce limited–edition, stoneware Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning ale steins for May 2010. | | | MORE ARTICLES
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