According to TLL's Annual Licensing Business Survey, U.S./Canada retail sales of licensed consumer electronics merchandise grew 3.5% to $5.41 billion in 2015. Although it makes up only 5.2% in market share, the category is one of the most stable we track—and has been trending upwards for the last 10 years. While most electronics licensing historically emerged from the … [Read more...] about Licensed Consumer Electronics Up 3.5% in the U.S./Canada
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John Kristick, Global CEO of GroupM ESP leads the company’s new ESP Properties and ESP Brands, which serve sports and entertainments rightsholders in identifying and negotiating partnerships. ESP Brands is managed regionally by North American CEO Bryce Townsend. Sebastian Nystrom moves to Head of Strategy for Finnish grocery retailer S Group, from Head of New Products/Brand … [Read more...] about Who’s News
Nokia Licensing ‘Other Devices’
Nokia is making its brand name available for licensing of tech devices and other products except for handsets, including a tablet made by Foxconn. As for phone handsets, while Microsoft has just introduced a new handset without the Nokia name, Microsoft’s license to use the name runs through 2016. “What we’re looking at here is not Nokia’s ‘return’ to the smartphone … [Read more...] about Nokia Licensing ‘Other Devices’