August 2019

TOP 150 GLOBAL LICENSORS REPORT INSIDE!
THE LICENSING INDUSTRY'S THOUGHT LEADER
LICENSEGLOBAL.COM AUGUST 2019
THE
Magical
WorldOF
Disney
It has been a BIG couple of years
for The Walt Disney Company,
and the world's largest licensor
shows no signs of flagging as it
charges into the future.
ELLE
A Fashion-Forward Brand
Sanrio
Celebrates 45 Years
of Hello Kitty
Brexit
What Does it Mean for U.K.
Licensing?
Retro Athleisure
What Goes Around
Comes Around

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21 The Magical W TOP 150 GLOBAL LICENSORS REPORT INSIDE! THE LICE Contents AUGUST 2019 CONNECT WITH FOLLOW US The Licensing EVERY AG E. EVER AISLE. Y © 2019 Viacom Interna #Trending BY AMANDA CIOLETTI A Star is Born: Cos WELCOME TO FUNKO'S WORLD OF POP CULTURE WHERE Guest Editors BY STU SELTZER AND CHARLES AFRICA Viewpoint BY STEVEN EKSTRACT China: A State of t Insights COMPILED BY NPD Game On! Sports program News INSIGHT, DEALS AND MORE A Letter from David Bowie-Inspired Barbie Rocks Out for Mattel Pocket.watch Scores New Deals for `Ryan's World' REACHING HEIGHTS New @USPOLOASSN | #LI News INSIGHT, DEALS AND MORE Silvergate Exp 125 years of bringing goodness to the world With `Sesame Street' Gets Slew of Summer Collabs Magical THE World OF Disney It has been a BIG c al’s annual Top 150 Global Licensors report.) sumer at every juncture in their lives. To paraph Triple Force Friday will celebrate the launc has sus- tained Mickey’s position as a global ico THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF BRAND LICENSING EUROP THE LICENSING INDUSTRY'S THOUGHT LEADER e motional. m ulticultural. o fficial. j oyful. Powered by Top 150 Global Licensors TOP RETAIL RANKING RETAIL RANKING 1 THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY $54.7B (NYSE: DIS) WWW. In November, Disney+ will launch in the U. 4 WARNERMEDIA $11B (NYSE: T) WWW.WARNERMEDIAGROUP Powered by 5 AUTHENTIC BRANDS GROUP $9B (PRIVA 7 UNIVERSAL BRAND DEVELOPMENT $7.1B (NASDAQ: CMCS “DreamWorks Spirit Riding Free” is a consistent t world. Today, Sanrio’s legendary breadth of produ Maxx, Burlington, Ross, Kohl’s, Bed Bath and Beyo 21 PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES $3B (PRIVATE) WWW.PLAYBOY. Company in Japan, manages the property outside of Last year, kiWW also expanded into furnitur One of the world’s foremost producers of ch fashion trend, allowing the brand to engage with creates, designs, manufactures, licenses and mark Having won the Food & Beverage corporate br Cookie Monster “authored” his first book for ence and sales development of licensed products i Carnival Cruise Line’s Seuss at Sea program top licensing programs in 2018 and has been conti National Geographic Society. It returns 27 percen Welch’s, founded in 1869, is a co-op of 80 of many landmark products such as PAL color telev Me” was intensively promoted in an Easter campaig 83 MICHELIN LIFESTYLE $378M (PRIVATE) WWW.MICHELI 86 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD $350M (NASDAQ: ATVI) WWW.A 89 CBS CONSUMER PRODUCTS $330M (NYSE: CBS) WWW.CB Entrepreneurs and twin television personali across the market with a 23 percent sales uplift 103 THE ERIC CARLE STUDIO $245M (PRIVATE) WWW.JOE mitted to inspiring creativity and self-expressio 113 JCB $200M (PRIVATE) WWW.JCB.COM JCB is through print, digital, video and social platform 127 AARDMAN ANIMATIONS $140M (E) (PRIVATE) WWW.AA 137 COLD STONE CREAMERY $102.7M (E) (TSE: MTY.TO) forms to support U.S. Army recruitment efforts. T specializes in entertaining and inspiring kids an Top 20 Global Licensing Agents 2019 TOP 20 GLOBA Top 20 Global Licensing Agents Agency Retail Sale e motional. m ulticultural. o fficial. j oyful. RS OVER 120,000 RETAILE EVENT SPONSOR Sanrio Small Gift, Big Brand: SANRIO'S HELLO KI Throughout the years, the brand’s megawatt p also present on beauty shelves with a branded lip ELLE ELLE: FASHION FORWARD Lagardère Group's with the latest fashions and premium quality as “We hav 12-13 October 2019 Cannes France -:0DUULRWW Legendary Entertainment LEGENDARY ENTERTAINMENT 1-3 OCTOBER 2019 ExCeL London DISCOVER “Legendary is a company that has always prid A reimagined verse films, Bandai has brought their long experie See you MAY 2020! SPONSORED BY: Special Report: Retro Athleisure Riding the “I’m often asked if the athleisure trend is ment (Despicable Me), Porsche Motors- The Hello Kitty x Converse collaboration was Special Report: Brexit Uncertain Terms What Brex 2019 i October 2-4 dallas discover | preview Industrial Maneuvers in the Dark On the surf The Global Licensing Group recognizes the 2019 Gl way of mitigating disruption of supply. There is ©Eiichiro Oda/Shueisha, Toei Animation www.Toei-A EVERY AGE. EVERY AISLE. © 2019 Viacom I