Are you hiring—or being promoted, changing jobs, retiring, launching a new company, or otherwise changing your employment? Email Jen at jen@plainlanguagemedia.com and we'll announce the news in our next issue of Who's News. Paramount Pictures' LeeAnne Stables will step down as President Worldwide Marketing Partnerships & Licensing at the end of the year to focus on … [Read more...] about Who’s News — 11/6/2017
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Fashion Ralph Lauren appoints Stefan Larsson as CEO, establishing a line of succession for his iconic fashion company. Lauren will stay on as Executive Chairman & CCO once Larsson assumes his new role in November. Larsson was formerly Global President of Old Navy, where he led the troubled division to three years of solid growth and an added $1 billion in sales. He also … [Read more...] about Who’s News
More Preschool Properties Originating Outside U.S.
The $10.6 billion worldwide preschool sector was one of the first within entertainment/character licensing in which properties originating outside the U.S. became part of global culture (see pie chart, below), according to The Licensing Letter’s just-published all-new 2nd edition of “The Global Market for Licensed Preschool Properties.” Because most preschoolers can’t read, … [Read more...] about More Preschool Properties Originating Outside U.S.