Category: Licensing

Princess Sam Consumer Products (PSCP) has announced that it has appointed a licensing agent for the children’s animated adventure-comedy-fantasy hit Tara Duncan in multiple territories across Latin America and the Caribbean. International Merchandising Consultants (IMC Licensing) will handle licensing for this fast-growing property in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Caribbean Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. IMC will have the support of promotions and licensing agency company Panamericana de Licencias (CPL) in many of these regions.

This September, Ramen Yokocho are taking customers on a turquoise-tinted adventure with their exclusive collaboration with worldwide phenomenon, and the biggest digital popstar, Hatsune Miku (初音ミク). In celebration of the stars’ 16th birthday, Yokocho are offering an exclusive Miku inspired menu. Highlights include Miku Tonkotsu Ramen; with a rich 12-hour broth, BBQ pork belly, hosomen noodles, kikurage mushrooms, takana mustard, nitamago egg, nori seaweed and red ginger. Complementing this, is a choice of a suitably sweet Melo-chrome Cream Soda, blueberry soda or blue chai latte before concluding with an inspired Yokocho specialty; the mochi donut ice cream stack, featuring an edible image of the star herself!

Manic Panic, the iconic beauty brand known for its bold hair colors, partners with fashion brand Wren + Glory on licensing deal to offer hand-painted, one-of-a-kind apparel. Manic Panic, the distinguished beauty brand renowned for its vibrant and unapologetic hair color, has developed an exciting partnership with the highly sought-after fashion label, Wren + Glory. This collaboration, launching September 5, 2023, will introduce a limited-edition hand-painted jacket and a hand-painted hoodie, reflecting the mutual commitment to self-expression and originality that defines both brands.

ASPIRE, the dedicated Corporate & Lifestyle division of world-leading brand licensing agency WildBrain CPLG, is expanding its collegiate brand roster with newly added representation rights for the New York-based institution Columbia University, a leader in research and higher education in the US and around the world. ASPIRE will represent the institution primarily in India, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), the UK and Europe in a new partnership, with the aim to grow the collegiate brand’s presence in lifestyle categories including fashion, apparel, accessories, back-to-school, home and gifting.

Zoonicorn, the global preschool property now streaming across nearly 200 countries worldwide, arrives at US Toy Fair, September 30 – October 3, with accelerating momentum and new and expanded licensing agreements. Amplifying awareness for the property, Zoonicorn master toy licensee United Smile is collaborating with leading licensee SRM Entertainment, Inc to showcase the brand. They will first present Zoonicorn at the LA September Preview, September 18-23, at United Smile’s showroom at the Sonesta Hotel, Suite #108. This will be the first look at the extensive Zoonicorn toy line. The following week, the two companies will again link up, presenting Zoonicorn at New York Toy Fair, September 30-October 3, at the SRM Toy Fair stand (Booth #2689).

Heathside Trading Ltd has established an agreement with MGM to become a licensee for Stargate. The agreement was brokered by Rocket Licensing. The Stargate licensed line, which will launch spring 2024 through selected retail partners, as well as direct-to-consumer through MasterReplicas.com, will include die-cast ships, prop replicas and figures based on the Stargate library. Rather than releasing all the ships in one go, Heathside Trading Ltd through Master Replicas will be making a curated selection of vehicles, prop replicas and figures available over the course of the license. This will allow fans to add to the continuance of their collections. with selected resellers who will be making stock available on a limited basis online.

APC Kids, part of leading co-production and distribution group APC Studios, has secured key international sales for TeamTO’s action-comedy series Jade Armor. New deals for the 26 x 26’ series, produced by TeamTO in partnership with France Télévisions and Super RTL, include: Téléquébec (Canada); WildBrain (Canada); RTBF (Belgium), and DR (Denmark). The martial arts action-comedy series, aimed at 6-10 year olds is currently airing on Cartoon Network (EMEA), France Télévisions (France), Super RTL (Germany); ABC (Australia), and SRC (Canada).

WildBrain CPLG, one of the world’s leading entertainment, sport and brand licensing agencies, has struck a far-reaching direct-to-retail partnership with international lifestyle retailer MINISO, which will see hundreds of new consumer products for the iconic brands Teletubbies, Strawberry Shortcake and In the Night Garden launch in over 5,000 MINISO stores around the world. The partnership was brokered by WildBrain CPLG’s China team on behalf of WildBrain Ltd.

Fun In Motion Toys, the leading innovator in play experiences that inspire people to ‘move and groove’, is thrilled to announce an exciting new partnership with inventor Robert Becker for HyperTiles. As the exclusive global distributor, Fun in Motion Toys will expand the revolutionary HyperTiles to the worldwide marketplace. With their unique hyperbolic paraboloid shape, HyperTiles represent a groundbreaking establishment of a new play category, “Confluxion”. Confluxion represents an evolution to the traditional construction category as the shapes can move and flex once the HyperTiles are assembled together with connectors. HyperTiles is STEM.org authenticated and tailor-made for hands-on exploration and discovery, igniting curious minds to embrace spatial relationships and problem-solving in an interactive and immersive manner.