By Allison Watkinson TLL Reporter Reemsborko has been appointed as the UK licensing agency for TV Tokyo's Naruto, Naruto Shippuden and Boruto properties. Reemsborko is a UK-based company that brings twenty-five years of experience in the licensing industry as a licensee, consultant and agent. The agency builds strategic brand extensions to secure long-term success for … [Read more...] about TV Tokyo Appoints Reemsborko as its UK Agency for the Naruto Franchise
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Care Bears and Well Woven Show Their Pride in New Rug Collection
By Allison Watkinson TLL Reporter Well Woven has launched a new collection of licensed Care Bears rugs in collaboration with Cloudco Entertainment. Cloudco Entertainment is a family entertainment company and the owner of brands such as Care Bears, Holly Hobbie, Madballs, and more. Cloudco Entertainment creates, develops, and produces multi-platform entertainment … [Read more...] about Care Bears and Well Woven Show Their Pride in New Rug Collection
Petco Global Amici Partners With Mr. Puppy Brand
By Allison Watkinson TLL Reporter The pet product company Global Amici has announced a new licensing partnership with the lifestyle brand Mr. Puppy. Global Amici Inc. is a product manufacturing and import company that specializes in handcrafted houseware products. Global Amici currently produces products in eight different countries around the globe for its Amici Home … [Read more...] about Petco Global Amici Partners With Mr. Puppy Brand
Who’s News: ZAG Promotes Angela Cortez To Oversee Canadian Expansion
By Allison Watkinson TLL Reporter ZAG has promoted their LATAM consumer products executive, Angela Cortez, to oversee the company’s Canadian consumer products business. Angela Cortez has more than 30 years of experience in the licensing and retail industries. She initially joined ZAG in Spring 2021 as Vice President for the LatAm region. Since then, Cortez has … [Read more...] about Who’s News: ZAG Promotes Angela Cortez To Oversee Canadian Expansion
MGM Launching ‘Film in Concert’ Series Featuring Aretha Franklin’s Respect
By Allison Watkinson TLL Reporter MGM and Fifth Season's Live division are launching a licensed Films in Concert Series featuring MGM’s biographical-drama, Respect. The Respect in Concert production will feature Aretha Franklin's music performed live by The Detroit Symphony Orchestra alongside a showing of MGM's film, Respect. “We are extremely excited to partner with … [Read more...] about MGM Launching ‘Film in Concert’ Series Featuring Aretha Franklin’s Respect
Gorillaz Concert Demos the Power of Augmented Reality
By Gary Symons TLL Editor in Chief The virtual band Gorillaz is performed a 'live' concert in London and New York in December, using augmented reality. The concert promoted the band's eighth studio album, Cracker Island, and saw the band members appearing via mobile AR apps as gigantic virtual avatars as tall as the surrounding skyscrapers. The Grammy award-winning … [Read more...] about Gorillaz Concert Demos the Power of Augmented Reality
Feature: TLL’s Top Licensing Trends of 2022
By Gary Symons TLL Editor in Chief As 2022 draws to a close, we at TLL have been struck by the amazing talent for innovation and rapid change we've seen in the licensing industry. Certainly 2022 has been a tough year by any standard. Between the ongoing hangover of the COVID-19 pandemic, the War in Ukraine, ongoing logistical logjams, runaway inflation, and … [Read more...] about Feature: TLL’s Top Licensing Trends of 2022
Percy Pig Partners With Nails.Inc on Scented Nail Products
By Allison Watkinson TLL Reporter The British nail brand Nails.Inc has entered a licensing partnership with Percy Pig for a line of scented nail products. Percy Pig is a British confectionary brand that is owned by the multinational retailer Marks and Spencer's. This licensing collaboration with Nails.Inc marks the first time that the Percy Pig brand has collaborated … [Read more...] about Percy Pig Partners With Nails.Inc on Scented Nail Products
Falcon’s Beyond Expands With Design Group in The Philippines
By Allison Watkinson TLL Reporter Falcon’s Beyond is opening a new office in the Metro Manila region of the Philippines in early 2023 for its creative design division. Falcon's Beyond is a fully-integrated experiential entertainment company that develops location-based attractions, patented technologies, media content, consumer products, and more based on both licensed … [Read more...] about Falcon’s Beyond Expands With Design Group in The Philippines
Brown & Friends: Social Media Stickers Inspire New Netflix Series
By Allison Watkinson TLL Reporter The new Netflix series Brown and Friends from the digital entertainment company IPX is launching its first season in celebration of the IPs’ 10th anniversary. The Brown and Friends animated Netflix series is based on the IPX original character IP Line Friends. The Line Friends brand was originally created in 2011 as stickers on the … [Read more...] about Brown & Friends: Social Media Stickers Inspire New Netflix Series