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MARKETING:
Allrecipes traveling trail from
digital to product.
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MARKETING:
Designers Gain Visibility in
Phone, Tablet Cases
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NEWS:
Dick’s Sporting Goods, Target, Movado, Winnebago
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DEALS:
Who’s doing what
with whom
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CALENDAR:
Shows, Conferences
and Meetings
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December 1, 2014
Dedicated Park Experiences Aim To Promote
Intense Interaction With Kids’ Brands
A recent uptick in licensing pacts for
dedicated amusement park sections is being driven as much by a desire to give kids
and families an intense interaction with the
characters as it is for the revenue that such
deals can generate.
.These deals come in all shapes and
sizes, from discrete sections within massive
single-admission theme parks to small freestanding amusement areas.
• Mattel’s Hit Entertainment is expanding its list of areas dedicted to
Thomas the Tank Engine by breaking ground earlier this fall at the
Edaville USA facility in Carver, MA,
on what will be an 11-acre Thomas
Land section with 14 rides.
• Entertainment One struck an agreement with the Leolandia theme
park in Milan, Italy that starts with
Peppa Pig water park and play-
Thomas The Tank Engine, seen here in its dedicated park in the UK, is getting a new home in the
U.S., having broken ground at Edaville USA in Carver, MA
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Classic Mainstream Consumer Electronics
Brands Find Licensing Life in TV Business
Best Buy’s agreement to license
Sharp Electronics’ brand for a series of
TVs is the most recent pact to shine a
spotlight on a growing number of consumer electronics brand owners seeking new revenue streams in the face of
collapsing TV prices in an already low
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margin business.
The Sharp-Best Buy deal, which
covers 32-, 42- and 50-inch high definition (HD) LCD TVs priced at $200$430, apparently is a standard licensing agreement under which Best Buy
sources the products and Sharp re-
ceives a per-set royalty. By licensing
the Sharp brand, Best Buy is able to
apply a high-profile national brand to
what are essentially private label sets to
compete in lower price points for those
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screen sizes, positioned slightly above
its existing private label Insignia and
Dynex brands. A Best Buy spokeswoman wasn’t available for comment and a
Sharp executive declined to comment
on the terms of the agreement. Sharp is working with Best Buy in
developing the models to insure they
meet the company’s quality standards,
Sharp Electronics interim President
James Sanduski says. The licensing
Paul’s TV in California, Pragliola says. Other brands licensed into the
TV business include Westinghouse -which recently switched licensees to
TongFang from Westinghouse Digital -RCA and ProScan. Technicolor is the successor company to Thomson Consumer Electronics, which had long owned the RCA and
Proscan brands. It has licensed the
RCA brand to On Corp. for TV sets. The
RCA TVs are low-end staples at Sears,
Kmart and other national retailers. Technicolor licensed the Proscan
brand for TVs to Curtis International,
It’s hard to compete in the TV business,
“
and some of these companies are seeking
licensing agreements to take advantage
of whatever goodwill they have left with a
brand.
”
deal provides “additional exposure”
for the Sharp brand at a key consumer
electronics retailer, Sanduski says.
With the ongoing downward spiral
in TV pricing, several companies have
turned to licensing to draw revenue
from the category.
“It’s hard to compete in the TV business, and some of these companies
are seeking licensing agreements to
take advantage of whatever goodwill
they have left with a brand,” says Andy
Huang, in-house counsel at Tongfang
Global, which recently signed a new
licensing agreement for the Westinghouse brand.
Brands for specific channels
Some widely recognized electronics
brands are visible in the TV and other
consumer electronics businesses only
as licenses. For example, JVC recently
extended its licensing agreement with
Taiwan-based Amtran Video through
2019, says Drew Pragliola, Senior VPSales and Marketing at Amtran. Amtran has gained distribution for
JVC-branded 50-inch and larger LCD
TVs through BJ’s Warehouse Club,
Costco and Sam’s Club, as well as regional chains such as PC Richard & and
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and has made the Thomson and Ferguson brands available for license in Europe, where both have a long heritage.
The RCA licensing program is administered by Technicolor’s RCA Trademark Management group. In addition to
TVs, the RCA brand has been licensed
for notebook and tablet PCs, unlocked
Android-based cellphones, portable
audio, business telephones, electronics
accessories and other products. “There are some licensing deals
floating around out there because in
some of the cases the bigger brands
aren’t able to get to” the lower prices
“because of their overhead and would
rather have a licensee address that part
of the market,” Pragliola says.
Contacts
Amtran Video, Drew Pragliola, VPSales and Marketing, 949-336-6633;
[email protected]
Sharp Electronics, James Sanduski,
Interim President, 201-529-8200, [email protected]
Technicolor, Marie-Josée Cantin
Johnson, VP Licensing, 310 279 8664
TongFang Global, Jay Ding, Chief
Financial Officer, 909-345-0861, [email protected]
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Allrecipes, Launched
As Website, Makes
Way Into Product
Meredith Corp.’s licensing deal
for Allrecipes with kitchenware supplier Clipper Corp. is the first of
several agreements the publisher is
seeking to strike as it moves to expand the brand into food, flatware
and kitchen appliances, Meredith’s
Elise Contarsy told us. For Meredith,
the pact represents the first time it
is bringing a brand originally established online into the licensing business, Contarsy said. Clipper’s Allrecipe line will consist of 100-200 SKUs across bakeware, cookware and kitchen gadgets,
with the latter packaged in 10-piece
sets priced in the $179-$279 range,
says Clipper EVP Jeff Malkasian. Other licensed lines
Clipper has been expanding into
licensed lines, having also developed
a higher-end line of Viking Culinary
kitchen utensils sold in sets priced in
the $399-$999 range. Meredith acquired the Allrecipes business in 2012 and launched
a magazine in November 2013,
the circulation of which had grown
to 900,000 as of September from
500,000 a year earlier. Allrecipes.com
has about 50 million unique monthly
visitors.
“When you have the reach and
recognition of a well-known media
brand, whether it started as print or
digital, you have the opportunity to
expand its presence through licensing,” Contarsy says. Contacts
Clipper Corp., Jaff Malkasian,
EVP, 310-347-3064, jeff.malkasian@
clippercorp.com
Meredith Corp., Elise Contarsy,
VP-Brand Licensing, 512-284-3000,
[email protected]
Westinghouse Agent: Leveraged
Marketing Corp. of America, Hal
Worsham, Managing Director-Brand
Licensing, 212-265-7474, hworsham@
lmca.com
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Designers Gain
Visibility Via Licensed
Cases, Accessories
As portable electronics have become an integral part of consumers’
lives, accessories such as cases and
the promising category of wearables offer both a platform to expose designers to broader audiences, as well as a
meaningful revenue opportunity. After
all, more than 120 million smatphones
were sold in the U.S. in 2013, and new
cases were purchased for a large percentage of them.
Wearable electronics -- so far a relatively miniscule market that’s projected
for strong growth -- is one that neatly
bridges the worlds of fashion and technology. Tory Burch has already entered
kinto a licensing relationship with Fitbit,
while Polo Ralph Lauren earlier this year
at the U.S. Open tennis tournament
showed off a prototype Polo Tech compression shirt with biometric sensors in
conjunction with OMsignal.
Designers abound
But for now, the tablet and smartphone case market offers the most significant opportunities. Names such as
Isaac Mizrahi, Kate Spade and Rebecca Minkoff, among many others, have
been active.
Michael Kors edged into the electronics themselves, designing seven
iPhone cases for the Duracell Powermat
chargnig system.
One of the most notable efforts is a
relationship between Best Buy and the
Council of Fashion Designers of America involving designers Anna Sui and
Nanette Lepore.
According to Ashley Sandall, Strategic Partnership Manager at the CFDA, “The project had a dual purpose -courting female customers on Best
Buy’s side while exposing Anna & Nanette’s brands to both new and existing
customers through a new product category and retail channel.”
(The CFDA’s Strategic Partnership
Group,” says Sandall, “seeks out new
business opportunities for its members
and this project was a fantastic way to
introduce some of our designers to the
tech case market who had not previously done product in that category.”)
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Though this signage at Best Buy highlights the Anna Sui and Nanette Lepore licensing of phone and
tablet cases assembled by the Council of Fashion Designers of America, the display also includes
items from other designers, such as Isaac Mizrahi.
Selected Electronics
Accessories Licensing By
Designers
smartphone and iPad cases
Contact: Kate Spade, Deborah Lloyd,
Creative Director, 212-354-4900.
Anna Sui, Nanette Lepore
Licensed By: Council of Fashion Designers of America
Licensed To/For: EstablishedBrands/ smartphone and iPad cases/
laptop sleeves
Contacts: Council of Fashion Designers of America, Ashley Sandall,
Strategic Partnerships Manager,
[email protected]; 212-302-1821;
Established Brands Inc., Ron Page,
CEO, 612-333-5300; Best Buy, Mary
Ortizcazarin, VP Accessories, 612291-1000
Michael Kors
Licensed By: Michael Kors
Licensed To/For: Duracell/iPhone
chargers
Contacts: Marian Lapide, Senior
Global Licensing Manager watches/
jewelry, 212-801-8100 x6852; Duracell, Mani Parrnar, VP-Business
Development Alliances-Powermat,
203-796-4000.
Isaac Mizrahi
Licensed By: Xcel Brands
Licensed To/For: Established Brands/
smartphone, iPad and laptop cases
and sleeve
Contact: Xcel Brands, Patricia DiPette, Senior VP-Licensing; 347-7272474, [email protected];
Established Brands Inc., Ron Page,
CEO, 612-333-5300;
Kate Spade
Licensed By: Kate Spade
Licensed To/For: Incipio Technologies/smartphone and iPad cases
Licensed To/For: Contour Design /
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Ralph Lauren
Licensed By: Ralph Lauren
Licensed To/For: TBD/smart shirt
Contacts: Ralph Lauren, Meegan
Colgan, VP-Licensed Business, 212318-7000
Tory Burch
Licensed By: Tory Burch
Licensed To/For: FitBit/pendant/
bracelet
Contacts: Tory Burch, Lydia Park
Forstmann, Senior VP International
and Licensing; 212-683-2323 x6663;
[email protected] ; FitBit,
Michael Silverio, VP-Sales.
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ground areas in 2015 and includes
five additional play areas in the following years.
• Rovio partnered with China’s Guogou Group to build and operate
nine Angry Birds family entertainment centers during the next four
years, starting with one in China’s
Anhui Province.
• Cartoon Network is scouting North
America to build on the Adventure
Time water obstacle course at the
Atlantis Resort in The Bahamas and
an indoor theme park in Kuwait. It
also opened the Amazone Cartoon
Network water park in Bang Saray,
Thailand in October featuring a
range of characters including Powerpuff Girls, Ben 10 and Jake from
Adventure Time.
In many cases, says one children’s entertainment licensing executive who currently doesn’t have an active deal in this
sector, the flat licensing fee for a dedicated
area within a larger park is almost beside
the point financially for the licensor. “You
want every kid walking out of there with a
plush in their hand, or a t-shirt. That’s where
the money is.” Those t-shirts, plush and
other souvenirs are licensed and sourced by
the park operators, and merchandised in the
immediate area.
Amusement attractions generally come
into play a few years after a property launch.
“In the early years of a property roll out, toys
are almost always a key driver” of revenue,
says Andrew Carley, Head of Global Licensing at Entertainment One, says. “While financial return is important, of equal merit
is the long term exposure parks bring to the
program as a whole.”
Sending a signal
While dedicated amusement parks provide revenue, it also sends a “clear signal to
“
Give the consumer tools that allow
them to be creative with your brand, your
message, your content.
all elements of the trade that the licensed
property has a long term sustainable opportunity,” Carley says. The parks also serves
to “cement” a “very long term engagement”
between a licensed property and consumers, he says.
To insure the property remains true to
its brand identity, some parks are borrowing from predecessors. At the Thomas Land
at Edaville USA, many of the ride designs
are similar to those at Thomas Land parks
in Drayton Manor in the U.K. and Fujikyu
Highlands in Japan to insure “consistency
across them,” Julie Freeland, Director of
Live Events and Attractions for Mattel Experiences, says.
Mattel, which acquired the Thomas
Cartoon Network is looking elsewhere to build on the build on the water obstacle course it established at the Atlantis Resort in The Bahamas.
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the Tank Engine franchise in buying Hit Entertainment, also laid the groundwork for a
dedicated Thomas Land section by having
a ride at Edaville USA and also making the
park a stop on the Day Out with Thomas
tour, Freeland says. To drive revenue beyond
license fees, Mattel also has installed retail
departments within the facilities carrying
exclusive Thomas the Tank Engine merchandise and deployed theme rooms, Freeland
says.
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(Mattel also installed Little Big Club –
an attraction that incorporates several properties such as Thomas and Friends, Barney,
Bob the Builder and Angelina Ballerina -- at
Hard Rock resorts in Mexico and the Dominican Republic. The Puteri Harbour Family
Theme Park in Malaysia also added a Little
Big Club with six interactive play zones.)
Long-term deals
While large-scale theme parks and
branded sections have been frequently
deployed in international markets, efforts
in the U.S. have focused on smaller facilities, including malls, said says Eric Resnick,
VP-Business Development and Commercial
Strategy at Cartoon Network. The length of
the attraction licensing agreements is typically longer than a merchandise licensing
deal – 10 years – to allow for a return on the
operator’s large upfront investment, he says.
“In a standalone facility you are looking at putting in a lot of product and that is
more of the case in international markets,”
Resnick says. “In the U.S., they are trying
to fulfill a specific need” in a mall where a
themed section could fill a 30,000-squarefoot space. But potential operators “are
putting a lot more money” into a branded installation, including assuming liability, and
“need to have the safety” found in a 10-year
pact, Resnick says.
While Rovio, Mattel and Entertainment
One are mostly readying parks and sections
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NEWS
Dick’s,
Target, Movado,
Winnebago, more
Dick’s Sporting Goods opened
seven Field and Stream stores in Q3
ended Nov. 1, as the chain moved to
cash in on its purchase of the retailrelated IP rights to the brand, say
company officials. Dick’s, which operates 597 stores under its own banner,
bought the retail-related IP rights to
Field & Stream from magazine publisher Bonnier Corp. in 2012, after having
previously licensed the name for several years. Dick’s opened the first Field
and Stream store in Cranbury Township, Pa. in August 2013 as a rival to
Cabela’s. Bonnier continues to publish
Field and Stream magazine.
PBS Distributing has signed on
as part of Genius Brands’ efforts to relaunch sales of the 10-year-old Baby
Genius brand. PBS was tapped as the
licensing partner for the Baby Genius
library of 500 songs and 120 music
videos spread across DVDs, CDs and
music downloads. The new Baby Genius products, expected to available in
2015, will feature seven new characters
drawn by artist Todd Goldman.
Licensing Resource Group (LRG)
has signed on to manage the National
Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) ball and puck authentication program. NFHS has previously handled the program internally,
with a stable of 57 licensees including
Adidas (soccer), Warrior Sports (lacrosse balls), Wilson (basketballs) and
Baden (volleyballs). LRG also handles
the NFHS licensing program, which
has 40-50 licensees and covers 4,751
schools. The largest retailers for the
high school licensed gear include Dollar General, Hibbert Sports, Walmart
and Target, the latter having expanded a 2013 test of 200 stores to about
1,000, says LRG’s Tim Sears. High
school licensed gear typically carries a
10 percent royalty, he says.
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Selk’bag launched sales of Marvel character-licensed sleeping bags
through Backcountry.com, Mountaingear.com and Amazon at $149, with
plans to move into sports licenses in
those categories in 2015, Selk’bag VP
Christobal Murillo says. The sleeping
bags, which feature arm sleeves, legs
and detachable booties, initially feature
Spider-Man, Incredible Hulk, Iron Man
and Captain America characters. The
Marvel-related products were initially
to ship in spring, but were delayed owing to “challenges with production,”
Murillo says.
CafePress launched the new
Snoopystore.com online store under a licensing agreement with Peanuts Worldwide, which is gearing up
for the November 2015 release of the
first Peanuts movie in 35 years, Café
Press’ Ty Simpson told us. Blue Sky
Studios and 20th Century Fox released
the film’s first official 2-minute trailer
last month. CafePress also signed a licensing agreement with HBO for True
Blood-related products ranging from
Fantasia Vampire Bar notecards ($3.50)
to a maternity t-shirt ($34.50).
Target, like its rivals, is putting a
major push behind Disney-licensed
Frozen products, carrying 600 SKUs
online and in stores, including 60 exclusively, across 20 categories, Target
CEO Brian Cornell told analysts on a
conference call. Among the exclusive
products are Campbell’s 10.5-ounce
Disney Princess Frozen condensed
soup, bedrest pillow ($14.99) and 38inch Elsa and Anna dolls ($59), a Target
spokeswoman said. The Frozen products and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
items were a major reason Target’s Q3
hardlines same-store sales increased
in the “high single-digit” percentage,
Cornell said.
Bulldog Licensing signed an
agreement with Iconic Images to
bringing the international photography
distributor’s catalog into the licensing business for the first time, Bulldog
Managing Director Rob Corney says.
While Iconic Images has “tens of thou-
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sands” of images of rock stars and actors available, the licensing program
will launch with nine celebrities including David Bowie, Jimmy Page, Raquel
Welch and Roger Moore, Corney told
us. Bulldog is in talks with potential
apparel and accessory licensees and
expects to the first of the licensed
products to hit the market in fall 2015.
Entertainment One forecasts
global retail sales of Peppa Pig-related
products to hit $1 billion in the fiscal
year ending March 31, on the strength
of signing 200 broadcast and licensing
pacts in the fiscal first half ended Sept.
30, Chief Financial Officer Giles Willits
told analysts.
CBS Consumer Products and
Desilu, Too launched the I Love Lucy
online store – www. ILoveLucySuperstore.com -- as part of a licensing
agreement with Minnetonka, Minn.based eShopCreations. EShopCreations also developed web sites for
the Betty Boop, Popeye and The Three
Stooges brands. CBS also signed new
licensing agreements for I love Lucy
with Duke Imports, Open Roads
Brands, Celebrity Design Group and
Mid-South Products. The new web
site was introduced in advance of the
re-broadcast of the “I Love Lucy Christmas Special” on Dec. 7.
Strong sales of Movado’s Hugo
Boss and Tommy Hilfinger licensed
brand watches in Q3 ended Oct. 31
were offset by a “weak” performance
by Lacoste, which is undergoing new
marketing and products strategies,
Movado CEO Efraim Grinberg said on
a conference call. Meanwhile, Movado
has slowed retail expansion of its licensed Ferrari watches, having fallen
short thus far of having 1,000 stores
selling the product by year-end, Barrington Research Associates analyst
Kristine Koerber says. There are about
350 stores in Europe selling the Ferrari watches, Koerber says. Movado’s
had planned to add 1,000 stores annually for the brand in each of the “next
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Be Prepared
Licensed By; Boy Scouts of
America
Licensed To/For: Creative Outdoor
Distributor/collapsible chairs/
wagons (US)
Contacts: Creative Outdoor
Distributor, MaryAnn Oiser,
VP-Sales, 212-913-9706; Boy
Scouts of America, Greg Winters,
Licensing Programs Manager, 800323—0732 x332, greg.winters@
scouting.org.
Bombay
Licensed By: The Wildflower Group
Licensed To/For: Bauhaus Furniture
Group/upholstered furniture
Licensed To/For: Langley Empire
Candle/home fragrance products
Licensed To/For: Popular Home
Products/kitchen textiles
Contacts: Agent: The Wildflower
Group, Michael Carlisle, Principal,
212-924-2322, [email protected]; Bauhaus Furniture Group, Britt Allred, SVP-Sales
and Marketing, 662-869-2664,
ballred@bauhausfurnituregroup.
com; Langley Empire Candle,
Bill O’Rourke, 913-621-4555,
borourke@langleyempirecandle.
com; Popular Home Products,
Joe Missry, VP, 718-484-4469,
[email protected]
Duck Dynasty
Licensed By: A&E Networks
Licensed To: Activision/mobile
game (US)
Contacts: Agent: Brandgenuity,
Allison Lort, Licensing Director,
212-925-0730; A&E Networks,
Dan Suratt, EVP-Digital Media and
Business Dev.; Activision, Ashley
Maidy, Head of Global Licensing
and Partnerhsips, 310-218-2000,
Ashley.maidy@activision
Game of Thrones
Licensed By: HBO
Licensed To/For: Running Press
Books/kits/books (US)
Contacts: Running Press Books,
Cindy De La Hoz, Senior Editor,
215-567-8708, cindy.delahoz@
perseusbooks.com; HBO, Jeff
Peter, Director-Business Develop/
Global Licensing, 212-512-5250,
[email protected]
Hanna-Barbera
Licensed By: Warner Bros. Consumer Products
Licensed To: Forever 21/apparel
(US)
Contacts: Warner Bros. Consumer
Products, Karen McTier, EVPDomestic Lic.-Worldwide Mktg,
818-954-3008, karen.mctier@
warnerbros.com; Forever 21,
Linda Chang, VP-Mdsg, 888-4943837
Hasty Pudding Institute
of 1770
Licensed By: Hasting Pudding
Institute
Licensed To/For: Stubbs & Wootton/
men’s and women’s slippers (US)
Contacts: Hastings Pudding
Institue, Marie-Cecile GirardJones, Exec. GM, 212-705-5061,
[email protected];
Stubbs & Wooten, Percy Steinhart,
Co-Founder and Creative Dir.,
561-655-1486 x54, frank2@
stubbsandwooton.com.
Hobbit
Licensed By: MGM
Licensed To/For: Bleachers Creatures/figurines
Contacts: MGM, Tricia Samuels,
Vp-Global Consumer Products,
310-449-3300, tsamuels@mgm.
com; Bleacher Creatures, Matthew
Hoffman, CEO, 855-834-7311
Kiss
Licensed By: Epic Rights
Licensed To: B&D Group/photo
app (US)
Contacts: B&D Group, Shane
Samole, Director, 305-984-8080,
[email protected]; Agent:
Epic Rights, Juli Boylan-Riddle,
EVP-Global Strategic Partnerships,
818-516-0019, juli@epicrights.
com
Looney Tunes
Licensed By: Warner Bros. Consumer Products
Licensed To: Forever 21/apparel
(US)
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Contacts: Warner Bros. Consumer
Products, Karen McTier, EVPDomestic Licensing-Worldwide
Marketing, 818-954-3008, karen.
[email protected]; Forever
21, Linda Chang, VP-Merchandising, 888-494-3837
Marilyn Monroe
Licensed By: Authentic Brands
Group
Licensed To/For: Burton Corp./
Snowboards
Contacts: Authentic Brands Group
Katie Jones, Brand Licensing Director, 212-760-2410 x2519; Burton Corp., Anne-Marie Dacyshyn,
SVP-Marketing, 802-862-4500
Martha Stewart
Licensed By: Martha Stewart
Omnimedia
Licensed To/For: MakerBot/3Dproduced napkin rings/placeholders/votive candle holders
Contacts: MakerBot, Tom James,
VP-Business Development, 347334-6800, Tom.james@makerbot.
com; Matha Stewart Omnimedia,
Daniel Dienst, CEO, 212-827-8000.
National Federation of
State High School
Associations
Licensed By: Licensing Resource
Group
Licensed To/For: Rico Industries/
travel mugs/keychains (US)
Licensed To/For: Colosseum Athletics Corp./apparel/baseball caps/
accesories (US)
Licensed To/For: Pine Valley
Foods/cookie dough (US)
Contacts: Agent: Licensing Resource Group, Tim Sears, DirectorNew Business Development, 616928-1940, [email protected];
Colosseum Athletics Corp., Brian
Delehoy, Licensing Director, 310538-8991, [email protected];
Pine Valley Foods, Lauren Oguzhan,
President, 318-397-1124, lauren@
pinevalleyfoods.com; Rico Industries, Daniel Schnack, VP-Sales
and Marketing, 847-799-5216,
[email protected]
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Oxford
Licensed By: Oxford Limited
Licensed To/For Punch/polo shirts
sweat shirts, hoodies (Germany)
Contacts: Oxford Limited, Chris
Evans, Managing Director, +44
1865 726106, [email protected],; Geurt Schotsman,
Managing Director, g.schotsman@
punch-gmbh.de
Peanuts
Licensed By: Iconix Group
Licensed To/For: CafePress/tshirts/mugs/web site
Contacts: CafePress, Ty Simpson,
VP-Business Development and
Licensing, 859-393-4805, [email protected]; Iconix, Leigh
Anne Brodsky, Managing Director,
Peanuts Worldwide, 212-7300030, [email protected]
Pinewood Derby
Licensed By: Boy Scouts of
America
Licensed To/For: Robert Bosch Tool
Corp./dremel drill
Licensed To/For: Ford/F-150/Mustang kits
Contacts: Boy Scouts of America,
Greg Winters, Licensing Programs Manager, 800-323-0732
x332, greg.winters@scouting.
org; Robert Bosch Tool Corp.,
Nicole Hayden, Brand Manager,
224-323-2000; Ford, John Nens,
Global Brand Licensing Manager,
313-323-9100
Rocky Mountain
Chocolate Factory
Licensed By: Rocky Mountain
Chocolate Factory
Licensed To/For: Maud Borup/hot
cocoa mixes (US)
Contacts: Agent: IMC Partnerships, Emily Wickerham, VP-Client
Services, 502-272-2406, [email protected]; Rocky
Mountain Chocolate Factory, Ed
Dudley, SVP Sales & Marketing,
970-259-0554; Maud Borup,
Christine Lantinen, President, 866678-6283
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Roxy
Licensed By: Quicksiliver
Licensed To/For: The Faction Collective/skis (US)
Contacts: The Fashion Collective,
Tony McWilliams, Co-Founder/
Design Director; Quicksilver, Andy
Mooney, CEO, 714-889-2200
Smiley
Licensed By: Smiley Co.
Licensed To/For: Poeticgem/apparel
Contacts: Poeticgem, Elliot Matthews, Executive Director, +44 19
2324 9497, [email protected];
Smiley, Nicholas Loufrani, CEO,
+44 207 378 8231
Sons of Anarchy
Licensed By: 20th Century Fox
Licensing and Merchandising
NEWS
Licensed To/For: Great Frog/
jewelry (US)
Contacts: 20th Century Fox Licensing and Merchandising, Stacey
Kerr, Executive Director-U.S. Licensing, 310-369-2207; stacey.
[email protected]; Great Frog, Reino
Lehtonen-Riley, CEO, +44 207 439
9357.
Spider-Man
Licensed By: Disney
Licensed To/For: Del Monte
Pacific/canned fruit juices (Middle
East) Contacts: Del Monte Pacific,
Richard Blossom, SVP, +65 6324
6822; Disney, Kobie Jackson,
Global Brand Manager, 818-5440000; [email protected]
Smurfs
Licensed By: Sony Pictures Consumer Products
Licensed To/For: Budge Studios/
mobile game
Contacts: Sony Pictures Consumer
Products, Cindy Irwin, Licensing
Director, 310-244-4188, [email protected]; Budge Studios, Parisa Foster, Director-Marketing & Business Development,
514-289-9537.
Uglydoll
Licensed By: Uglydoll
Licensed To/For: Fathead/wall
graphics
Licensed To/For: Uncommon/
iPhone 6 cases
Contacts: Uglydoll, Teresa Fazio.
Director of Marketing, 908-6200931 x2017, teresa@uglydolls.
com; Fathead, Nathan Partington,
VP-Licensing, 877-382-6357,
[email protected];
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Contacts
Bulldog Licensing, Rob Corney,
Managing Director, +44 20 8235
5455,[email protected]
CafePress, Ty Simpson, VP-Business Dev. and Licensing, 859-3934805, [email protected]
CBS Consumer Products, Veronica
Hart, VP-Licensing, 212-875-5232,
[email protected]
Dick’s Sporting Goods, Ed Stark,
CEO, 724-273-3400
Entertainment One, Joan Grasso,
VP-Licensing-North America, 212353-8800 x219; [email protected];
eShopCreations, Jan Fredriksen,
President, 952-544-6024
Genius Brands, Lloyd Mintz, VPLicensing, 310-273-4222, Lloyd@
gnusbrands.com
HBO, Jeff Peters, Director-Business Dev. and Global Licensing, 212512-5250, [email protected]
Licensing Resource Group, Tim
Sears, Director-New Business Dev.,
616-928-1940; [email protected]
PBS, Dawn Ciccone, Senior Director-Consumer Products, 703-7398651, [email protected]
Peanuts Worldwide, Leigh Anne
Brodsky, Managing Director, 212-7300030, [email protected]
Rodale Inc., Dana Parra, Business
Development Manager, 212-808-1701,
[email protected]
Target Stores, Brian Cornell, CEO,
612-304-6073
The Wildflower Group, Michael Carlisle, Principal, 212-924-2322,
[email protected]
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couple of years,” Movado Chief Operating Officer Rick Cote said. Movado
replaced Girard-Perregaux as the Ferrari watch licensee in 2012.
The Wildflower Group is now
representing Rodale Inc. to develop
licensing programs for the the company’s magazines, including Men’s
Health, Women’s Health, Prevention,
Runners’ World, Bicycling and Rodale’s
Organic Life. The licensing effort will
initially focus on food and beverage,
exercise equipment and accessories
and supplements and wellness products for mass and specialty retailers.
Uncommon, Peter Soukaras, VPBusiness Development, 312-6593815, [email protected]
Winnebago
Licensed By: Winnebago Industries
Licensed To/For: Adco Products/ RV
Covers
Contacts: Agent: Brandgenuity, Allison Lort, Director-Business Development, 212-925-0730, allison@
brandgenuity.com; Adco Products,
Morgan Ein, CEO, 818-998-6655,
[email protected]; Winnebago Industries, Denise Yeager,
Consumer Engagement Manager,
641-585-6728, dyeager@
winnebagoind.com
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LIMA Board of Directors
Calendar
Shows, Conferences & Meetings
International CES
Nuremberg Toy Fair
Winter Fancy Food Show
New York Toy Fair 2015
1/6 - 9, 2015
Las Vegas Convention Center,
Las Vegas, NV
www.cesweb.org
1/11-13, 2015
Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA
www.specialtyfood.com/showsevents/winter-fancy-food-show/
Hong Kong International
Licensing Show
1/12 - 14, 2015
Hong Kong Convention & Exhibit
Centre
www.hktdc.com/fair/hklicensingshow-en/HKTDC-Hong-Kong-International-Licensing-Show.html
2015 Sports Licensing and
Tailgate Show
1/28 - 2/2, 2015
Exhibition Center Nürnberg
http://www.spielwarenmesse.
de/?L=1
2/14 - 17, 2015
Jacob K. Javits Center, NY, NY
www.toyfairny.com
MAGIC
2/14 - 17, 2015
Las Vegas Convention Center, Las
Vegas, Nevada
www.magiconline.com
International Home +
Housewares Show
3/7 - 10, 2015
McCormick Place, Chicago, IL
www.housewares.org/show/
SURTEX
London Toy Fair
BookExpo America
m
1/14 - 16, 2015
Las Vegas Convention Center,
Las Vegas, NV
www.sportstailgateshow.com
1/20 - 22, 2015
Olympia, London, England
http://www.btha.co.uk/toy-fair/
SHOT Show 2015
1/20 - 23, 2015
Sands Expo Center, Las Vegas, NV
http://shotshow.org/
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based on single properties, Cartoon Network
is using its family of brands under the corporate banner as a hedge against some TV
shows ending, Resnick says.
“We think the overall brand is important
because we have shows that are core to the
brand and will be around for a very long time
and some that won’t make it,” Resnick says.
“By using the overall banner broadly, it helps
our licensing and protects our licensees as
well.”
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Jacob K. Javits Center, NY, NY
www.surtex.com/
5/27-29. 2015
Jacob K. Javits Center, NY, NY
www.bookexpoamerica.com
Licensing Expo 2015
June 9-11, 2015
Mandalay Bay Convention Center
Las Vegas, Nevada
www.licensingexpo.com
Contacts
Entertainment One, Andrew Carley,
Head of Global Licensing, +44 20
7907 3797, acarley@entonegroup.
com;
Mattel, Julie Freeland, Director of
Live Events and Attractions for Mattel
Experiences, 212-463-9623;
Cartoon Network, Eric Resnick, VP
Business Development and Commercial Strategy, 404-885-4856, eric.
[email protected]
Rovio, Naz Cuevas, EVP Global Licensing, 358 207 888 300,
[email protected]
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Michael Brown, American Greetings
Marilu Corpus, Click! Licensing Asia
Ciarán Coyle, Electrolux
Paul Flett, United Talent Agency
Christian Fortmann, 24IP Law Group
Dell Furano, Epic Rights LLC
Darran Garnham, Mind Candy
Elias Hofman, Exim Licensing
Tim Kilpin, Mattel
Cindy Levitt, Hot Topic Inc.
Sara Nemerov, Envy
John Parham, Parham Santana
James Slifer, LIMA Vice Chair,
The Joster Loria Group
Henry Stupp, Cherokee Group Inc.
Rick Van Brimmer, LIMA Chairman,
The Ohio State U.
Peter Yoder, Cartoon Network Enterprises
LIMA East Coast
Representatives
Howard Fleischer, RoyaltyPros Licensing
Joan Grasso, Entertainment One
Marisa Marionakis, Cartoon Network Enterprises
James Stocker, FAB/Starpoint
LIMA West Coast
Representatives
Denise Carranza, Jerry Leigh of California
Stephanie Gonzalez, Mighty Fine
Pamela Harris, Firefly Brand Management
Kathryn Klingler, Creata USA
LIMA General Counsel
Gregory J. Battersby, The Battersby Law Group LLP
LIMA Staff
Charles Riotto, President
Adam Berg, SVP, Membership & New Business Development
Martin Brochstein, SVP, Industry Relations
& Information
Louise Q. Caron, SVP, Member Relations
Mary Verdegaal, Director of Operations
Christina Jordan, Director of Marketing
Leah Hunter, Director of Finance & Administration
Mark Seavy, Publications Editor
Courtney Halligan, Mktg & Project Coordinator
Victoria Cushey, Consultant
Tony Bugg, Managing Director, LIMA Australia
Tani Wong, Managing Director, LIMA China
Heike Winner, Managing Director, LIMA Germany
Kaori Taniguchi, General Manager, LIMA Japan
Kelvyn Gardner, Managing Director, LIMA UK
International Licensing Industry
Merchandisers’ Association
350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 4019
New York, NY 10118
212.244.1944 / www.licensing.org
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