Revenue at Disney Consumer Products (including merchandise licensing and the Disney retail stores) increased 12% to $3.985 billion for the year ended Sept. 27, 2014, compared to the prior year. Operating income for the unit was up 22% to $1.356 billion over the same period.
Singled out for strongest contributions to merchandise licensing for the year: Frozen and the new Disney Channel properties. For the quarter, performance was boosted by Frozen and Spider-Man, partially offset by lower revenues from Monsters and Iron Man merchandise.
Overall, Disney revenue was up 8% and operating income 21%. The strongest showings were in Studio Entertainment—largely attributable to the success of Frozen on screen and in home media–and Interactive, which was re-tooled this year and benefited from the performance of Disney Infinity console games and the mobile games Tsum Tsum and Frozen Free Fall.