Thanks to important partnerships established over the years with some of the largest licensors worldwide, Grani&Partners (Giochi Preziosi Group) is now a leading company in the Loyalty & Fidelity and Promotional industries, as well as in Publishing and Partwork … more

Anyone who has walked down a toy aisle or set foot inside a children’s retail store, has witnessed the powerful presence of licensed children’s products. Brands like Skylanders, Elf on the Shelf and Rabbids dominate retail shelves in the form of toys, apparel and accessories … more

The year 2014 has just started and is already holding out the promise of countless new top sellers on the German licensing market. Today we want to offer a brief overview of what you are to expect from the upcoming months. Be inspired and stop by at www.brand-licensing.com. Here you will find daily ... more

Since the start of merchandising sales last fall, the Turtles consumer products have brought in more than $475 million in global retail sales, according to the company. That includes about $250 million from the U.S., with the rest coming from international markets. Kim Kaufman, Chief Marketing Officer and ... more

Bulldog Licensing, one of the UK’s leading licensing agencies, has announced that it is expanding into the US market through a brand new subsidiary - Bulldog Licensing Inc. With an office in New York, the new company will be managed by Laurie Windrow as Managing Director. Laurie has more than 20 ... more

Nickelodeon and Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) today announced a worldwide, multi-year deal to develop and publish video games inspired by the new CG-animated series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Under the new agreement, Activision ... more

Viacom International Media Networks Viacom (VIMN), a division of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB), has appointed Elena Balmont to the position of General Manager, Viacom International Media Networks Russia & CIS. Effective immediately, the news was announced today by David Lynn, Executive Vice ... more

Grani&Partners has received official recognition from licensor IMPS in the form of the title Premium Worldwide Preferred Supplier attributed to it for its Smurfs license. Now, it offers various corporate clients an extensive range of popular promotional items produced exclusively for the license in question, such a ... more

Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN), a division of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB), today announced that long-time partner and leading UK terrestrial broadcaster, ITV, has secured season one and season two broadcast rights for Nickelodeon’s hotly anticipated new animation series ... more

Brand Licensing Europe 2012, the Advanstar organised licensing exhibition, has announced its first Licensing Academy keynote speakers: Kevin Eastman, original co-creator of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Rich Magallanes, Senior Vice President, Animation, Current Series, Nickelodeon. Icons of the ... more

Is it Christmas already?! The same time every year, the holiday is just around the corner – and yet it comes always as a sudden surprise. Here BRANDORA provides a brief overview of interesting developments on the German licensing market. - Dreamlike tree ornaments made of glass: Just in time for the ... more

Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN), a division of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB), has concluded a brand new agreement with leading European broadcaster, Televisión Española (TVE), that will see Nickelodeon’s reinvented comedy action adventure series, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ... more