Contact the Editor at karina@plainlanguagemedia.com. Cindy Crawford launches a new health and wellness lifestyle brand, Ladder, with the help of founding partners LeBron James, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Lindsey Vonn. Ladder aims to engage its users of all types with content like personalized regimens and workout videos, community, and product via direct-to-consumer … [Read more...] about Celeb Watch: Lifestyle, Fitness & Fashion
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Deal Sheet — 11/28/2018
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Licensing Trends: Tell Me What You Really Think
Contact the Editor at karina@plainlanguagemedia.com. In wrapping up our Language of Licensing feature based on the second iteration of TLL’s Language of Licensing (LoL) Survey, we're taking a closer look at how licensing executives actually go about deal-making including collaboration, social media, and what "hot trends" have to die once and for all. Any direct quotations … [Read more...] about Licensing Trends: Tell Me What You Really Think
Specialty, Mid-Tier & Ecommerce Drive 2017 Licensed U.S./Canada Fashion Sales
Contact the Editor at karina@plainlanguagemedia.com. Retail sales of licensed merchandise based on fashion properties in the U.S./Canada grew 1.5% to reach $21,776 million in 2017, per TLL’s Annual Licensing Business Survey. On the distribution side, the fastest-growing channel in 2017 for the U.S./Canada was ecommerce at 4.3% growth. Unlike most of the other five major … [Read more...] about Specialty, Mid-Tier & Ecommerce Drive 2017 Licensed U.S./Canada Fashion Sales
Retail Watch: Thanksgiving, Black Friday & Other Trends
Contact the Editor at karina@plainlanguagemedia.com. Here are the top trends and data points to help you digest this five-day holiday weekend. This story has been updated for Dec. 3, 2018 to incorporate additional data, especially for Cyber Monday. The National Retail Federation (NRF) predicts that holiday sales, both in-store and online, will increase anywhere from 4.3% to … [Read more...] about Retail Watch: Thanksgiving, Black Friday & Other Trends
One-Quarter of Top 2018 Holiday Toys are Licensed
Contact the Editor at karina@plainlanguagemedia.com. Roughly 29% of the top 2018 holiday toys are licensed, according to lists created by Walmart, Target, Amazon, and Kmart. In 2017, retail sales of licensed toys/games sank -4.4% to $7.7 billion in the U.S./Canada, according to TLL’s Annual Licensing Business Survey. This was largely due to the impact of the Toys 'R' Us … [Read more...] about One-Quarter of Top 2018 Holiday Toys are Licensed
Licensed Fashion Sales Up 3.5% WW in 2017
Contact the Editor at karina@plainlanguagemedia.com. Worldwide retail sales of licensed merchandise based on fashion properties grew 3.0% to reach $41,584 million in 2017, per TLL's Annual Licensing Business Survey. While the U.S/Canada makes up the largest share of worldwide licensed sales at 52.4% share, the fastest-growing territories are the Middle East & Africa (12% … [Read more...] about Licensed Fashion Sales Up 3.5% WW in 2017
M&A: Fashion, Toys & Other Business
Contact the Editor at karina@plainlanguagemedia.com. As Levi Strauss prepares to open its largest store in the world in the form of a new Times Square flagship, it is also gearing up for an IPO that would value the company at up to $5 billion. The 145 year-old jeans manufacturer had gone public once before, in 1971, and is now privately held by the descendants of the family of … [Read more...] about M&A: Fashion, Toys & Other Business
Who’s News—November 2018
Are you hiring—or being promoted, changing jobs, retiring, launching a new company, or otherwise changing your employment? Contact the Editor at karina@plainlanguagemedia.com to announce the news in our next issue of Who's News. 10/19/2018 Rovio appoints Alexandre Pelletier-Normand as EVP of its Entertainment's Games Business Unit and a member of leadership team, beginning … [Read more...] about Who’s News—November 2018
Deal Sheet — 11/15/2018
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