With a few exceptions, every major publicly-traded toyco reported a drop in sales of licensed toys/games. TLL breaks down how the year went for Mattel, Hasbro, Jakks Pacific, Lego, and Funko…
L.O.L. Surprise! Sweeps Toy & License of the Year Awards
The list of winners from this year’s TOTY awards is topped by none other than MGAE’s L.O.L. Surprise! Plus more from Lego, Mattel, Spin Master, and other category winners…
Store Check: Holiday 2018 at Rockefeller Center
As the holiday shopping season enters into full swing, we visited NYC’s Rockefeller Center and the new FAO Schwarz store as well as the Nintendo and LEGO stores…
One-Quarter of Top 2018 Holiday Toys are Licensed
Roughly 29% of the top 2018 holiday toys are licensed, according to lists created by Walmart, Target, Amazon, and Kmart…
M&A: Fashion, Toys & Other Business
The latest in mergers, acquisitions, and other business moves from Levi Strauss, Moose Toys/Worlds Apart, ABG, Goliath/Vivid Toy, Perry Ellis, Varsity Brands, and mroe…
Comic-based, Original Films Lead Films With Licensing Potential
Of the 213 upcoming films that TLL has identified as having licensing potential, 39% are based on comic books while 37% are original works. And 43% are sequels or reboots…
37 Entertainment/Character Brands Earned Over $100 MM in the U.S./Canada
Thirty-seven entertainment/character properties have made our annual list of brands that generated over $100 million licensed retail sales in the U.S./Canada in 2017…
M&A: Publishing Has a New Face
Traditional news publishers are going through a massive licensing shakeup. Plus, more M&A news from this week from game and home businesses…
Mobile & More Content Licensing
Jurassic World gets an AR app, 40 Hasbro brands get digital goods, Subway Surfers returns to YT, and Angry Birds is launching into the real world…
State of Toys & Games
Hasbro buys Saban Properties in a deal worth $522 million; plus, an inside look into the toyco’s and its competitor’s Q1 earnings…