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Featuring: Warner Bros., Fermata Partners, DHX Brands, Sanrio, Cherokee Global Brands, Vandor and more…
Nov. 16, 2015
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November 13, 2015
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Featuring: Turner, 9 Story Media, Warner Bros., Beanstalk, Exim Licensing, UTA and more…
Nov. 2, 2015
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October 29, 2015
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Featuring: Dior, Moose Toys, Saban, Vandor, Rovio, Kmart and more…
New Licensing Model
Disney’s ‘Star Wars’ Merchandising Campaign: Bigger & Earlier than Anything Before
September 8, 2015
The timing between movie release and merchandising is a perennial challenge in movie licensing. Historically, merchandise associated with an anticipated blockbuster appears on store shelves around six weeks before release. But several of the entertainment executives we interviewed last spring for The Licensing Letter’s 2014 Annual Licensing Business Survey predicted…
Movie Licensing
Disney Opens 15 Week Merchandise Window for Star Wars
September 4, 2015
When The Licensing Letter spoke to entertainment executives for our Annual Licensing Business Survey back in the spring, several sources predicted that movie-based licensed merchandise this fall would begin to appear in stores earlier than ever, with end-of-year movies loading merchandise into stores as soon as September. The expected leader of that trend: Disney/Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which competitors also predicted would mount the biggest licensing campaign in history…
July 6, 2015
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July 6, 2015
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Featuring: Iconix, Disney, Conde Nast, 20th Century Fox, Vandor, and more…