Nostalgia remains strong for retro brands—We review the top retro announcements this week. Featuring: Nickelodeon, Epic Rights, Warner Bros., Nintendo, The Smiley Co., and more…
Preschool
Preschool Properties With Some Licensing Activity
September 15, 2017
TLL’s feature of selected preschool properties with active merchandising programs worldwide, complete with retail sales ranges…
Digital
Roundup: Digital Content, Apps & Social
September 8, 2017
Disney expands its digital content and steaming plans; new developments with Facebook and YouTube; NFLPA, AMC, and Anna Sui; and more…
Entertainment/Character
Licensors Poised to Lose Millions in Royalties
November 11, 2016
Top entertainment companies like Discovery, CBS, Fox, and NBCUniversal are allegedly facing millions in lost royalties if a planned bankruptcy auction of Delivery Agent…
ENTERTAINMENT/CHARACTER
Preschool: A Passport to the Worldwide Market
September 30, 2016
As one of the first categories in which properties originating outside the U.S. became part of global culture, the $10+ billion worldwide preschool sector…
TLL SURVEY
Music Licensed Goods Down 1.7% as Movie Merch Spread Out on Shelves
September 5, 2016
U.S. and Canadian sales of licensed goods based on music properties trended down for the second consecutive year in 2015, though not as steeply as in 2014. Music licensed goods represented…
MUSIC LICENSING
Lucky Brand Joins Bands
October 9, 2015
With its recent deal to develop a national apparel and accessories program around classic rock bands KISS, Journey, Def Leppard and…
Beer
Branded Bud
September 18, 2015
Following in the footsteps of so many rock bands, Metallica has partnered with Budweiser to launch a limited edition line of branded beers in Canada…
LICENSED PROPERTIES
Licensed Sales of Music Goods Hit Low Note in 2014
July 28, 2015
After five consecutive years of growth, retail sales of licensed goods based on music properties in the U.S. and Canada declined 2.5% in 2014, according to The Licensing Letter’s Annual Licensing Business Survey. The dip in sales of music licensed goods may be both an effect and a reflection of the larger trends shaping the different aspects of the music business…