Recently Edebé has closed a bunch of deals with the brand of famous kawaii designer CHARUCA in different territories. The Barcelona-based company CMM (Comercial Mercera) will develop an extensive collection of haberdashery and hair products for Spain and Portugal. Besides, the Spanish company ... more

The Smiley Company appoints Fee Bradshaw as its new ‘Head of International Licensing & Business Affairs’ with immediate effect. Fee, who has worked on Fashion, Lifestyle and TV brands with a strong international Licensing background, started her career at Atari developing the fashion and lifestyle ... more

Toy Industry Association (TIA) has partnered with The Strong to archive and exhibit all past and future Toy of the Year Award (TOTY) winners at the National Museum of Play – one of America’s leading history museums featuring 150,000 square feet of dynamic, hands-on exhibits that engage adults ... more

HIT Entertainment, one of the world’s leading independent children’s entertainment producers and rights-owners, today announced two significant broadcast deals serving to further the presence of popular preschool brands ‘Thomas & Friends’, ‘Bob the Builder’ and ‘Barney’ in two key Asian markets ... more

SEGA® Corporation has signed on a number of new licensees over the last 12 months and a lot of new Sonic merchandise is set to hit retail shelves this Autumn. Blueprint has developed a contemporary range of stationery and BTS items which launched with retailers such as WH Smith, Ryman, Debenhams ... more

Digital specialist AT New Media, licensing agent for the smash-hit internet phenomenon Gummy Bear, has announced that a fantastic plush line based on the character has launched at retail in territories across southern Europe and is now available in the UK and Ireland as well as across the whole of Europe ... more

DHX Media, a world leader in producing and distributing groundbreaking family entertainment, has hired Angeles Blanco to serve as Director of Licensing, it was announced today by Michael Polis, President of W!LDBRAIN Entertainment and EVP, Branded Entertainment & Consumer Products, DHX, who oversees ... more

Atlantyca Entertainment is partnering with international grocery retailer, Despar, and Italy’s foremost environmentalist group, Legambiente, to launch a national Geronimo Stilton Stickermania Promotion at grocery stores in Italy. The deal has made by Rachele Geraci, Atlantyca’s Licensing and Agent ... more

The Smiley Company’s emoticon inspired brand ‘Smiley World’ has partnered up with French hypermarket Carrefour for their ‘Smile its back to school/work’ promotion (Souriez c ’est la rentree) throughout all their stores. Carrefour, who currently has over 230 hypermarkets throughout France, will use a whole ... more

FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) today announced that it will be releasing a new range of licensed Rebecca Bonbon products across the retail market in France. Collections featuring the super-cute French bulldog character designed by Hello Kitty™ creator Yuko Shimizu will be launching in ... more

This Christmas will see the launch of the Extreme Zombie apparel line in all 1400 C&A stores throughout Europe! This is a fantastic opportunity for Extreme Zombies & huge thanks go to the great team at IndieGo Distributions UK who worked hard to secure this non exclusive deal. Extreme Zombies offers an ... more

KJG Ltd, licensing agent for Pip the Cat, has announced details of an agreement that will see Leeds-based apparel specialist WW Group launch a brand new apparel range based on the best-selling character brand – this will include nightwear, outerwear, underwear and accessories for 2-8 year old ... more

Advanstar Licensing, producer of Brand Licensing Europe 2011, is proud to announce the appointment of experienced industry marketer, Rachel Cowdrey, to the role of Marketing Manager. BLE is the only pan-European event dedicated to licensing and brand extension and takes place October 18 -20 ... more

Since the beginning of September is available at all Carrefour stores in Spain and Portugal the official licensed collection of DAKAR™ shirts and produced by the company COOL THINK. The collection stands out by its "adventure" style, and is addressed to the loyal followers of this ... more

Red hot pre-school property Everything’s Rosie will be making its Brand Licensing Europe debut at Stand C030 at this year’s event. Produced by V&S Entertainment Ltd - an independent children's TV production and distribution company – Everything’s Rosie is an HD CGI animation aimed at girls and ... more

Classic Media, a media company with a portfolio of some of the world’s leading family entertainment brands, and RGH Entertainment, the animation development and production unit of Rubicon Group Holding (RGH), are proud to announce that Postman Pat will be making his big screen debut in ‘Postman ... more

French based licensing and brand management firm 2-dream Licensing announced today its appointment to represent the popular plush brand BeBoy, for European licensing and merchandising opportunities. This new program will endeavor to create a broader range of products to expand BeBoy’s existing ... more

4sight licensing solutions has announced details of two new agreements for top photography franchise Artlist Collection: The Dog and Friends. The Dog has attracted two new licensees - Eurocom D.O.O will launch back to school products and stationery across Slovenia, Serbia, Kosovo, ... more

Lisle International Licensing announced today it has signed to represent the UK licensing rights for the new boy cult TV series Almost Naked Animals™ on CITV. The series, produced by 9 Story Entertainment, launched on CITV in April of this year and is stripped daily at 4:30 p.m. and on weekends on CITV ... more

Leading kids’ and family entertainment specialist, CAKE has been appointed as the distributor of multiple award-winning series, Pocoyo by global content creator and brand manager, Zinkia Entertainment. CAKE will be responsible for distributing the property to territories around the world excluding Spain ... more