Over 80% of licensing executives indicated that they are required to, or require their licensees to, make minimum guaranteed payments in 2018, according to TLL’s Annual Licensing Business Survey…
Worldwide
Licensed Retail Sales Flirt With $175 Billion Mark in 2018
April 1, 2019
Global licensed retail sales reached $174.54 billion in 2018, according to TLL’s Annual Licensing Business Survey. At just 1.8% growth, this has been the slowest year TLL has tracked since 2013…
Royalty Rates
Average Royalty Rates Inch Up by 0.2% in 2018: Ent/Char Drives Increases in Property Types
March 22, 2019
The average royalty rate across all property types and product categories edged up 0.2% in 2018 to reach 8.81% in the U.S./Canada, according to TLL’s Annual Licensing Business Survey. Since 2006…
Product Categories
Cosmetics, Toys & Electronics Drive Increases in Industry-wide Royalties in 2018
March 22, 2019
Roughly two-thirds of the product categories TLL tracks saw nominal bumps in industry-wide royalties in 2018, according to TLL’s Annual Licensing Business Survey…
Trademarks/Brands
Global Corporate TM/Brand-based Sales Up 2.6% to Reach $37 Billion in 2017
January 14, 2019
Licensed retail sales of corporate trademark/brand-based merchandise were up 2.6% worldwide in 2017, according to TLL’s Annual Licensing Business Survey. The U.S./Canada…
RETAIL
Soft Goods, Home Lead Domestic Corporate TM/Brand Licensed Sales in 2017
January 14, 2019
Licensed retail sales of corporate trademark/brand merchandise grew 2.5% to reach $29.2 billion in 2017. The biggest drivers behind the roughly $710 million…
Retail
Licensed Trademark/Brand-based Ecommerce Sales Jump 5.8% in 2017
January 14, 2019
Discounters, supermarkets/grocery, and ecommerce made the biggest gains in share of licensed retail sales in 2017 in the U.S./Canada…
Fashion
Specialty, Mid-Tier & Ecommerce Drive 2017 Licensed U.S./Canada Fashion Sales
November 26, 2018
In 2017, ecommerce was the fastest-growing channel in the U.S./Canada 4.3% growth, according to TLL’s Annual Licensing Business Survey. The largest category, discounters and value…
Worldwide
U.S./Canadian Brands Contribute $111 Billion to Worldwide Licensed Sales
October 10, 2018
Worldwide licensed retail sales reached $171 billion in 2017; of that, 65% can be attributed to brands originating from the U.S./Canada, according to TLL’s Annual Licensing Business Survey…
Art
Sales of Art-based Brands Up 1.8%; Home Boosts Growth
September 11, 2018
Art-based properties saw somewhat anemic 1.8% growth in the U.S./Canada in 2018—the property type makes up 5.4% of total retail sales in the territory, with the art & artist subcategory making up 4% of the total and museums 1.4% share…