The Licensing Awards 2017 - Official Event Brochure by Max Publishing: Print, Digital Media + Events (London)

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Great You’re Here Too!

Above: (left-right) Ian Hyder, Jakki Brown Rob Willis & Sam Loveday.

Doesn’t it feel great to be in this amazing room crammed full with so many people from the licensing community? – and thankfully The Great Room is not as hot as last year! (The air conditioning has been re-conditioned - famous last words!). Everybody here plays a part in what makes this industry so amazing – whether you are involved in the retail, licensee, property or the supply side. We really do feel honoured to be hosting this extraordinary event in the licensing industry calendar. The input and support we have had on this year’s awards has been incredible. Huge thanks to our sponsors (and extra big thanks to Brand Licensing Europe for being our headline sponsor) as well as to so many others who have contributed to making tonight so memorable. LIMA has had a big year in licensing with its impressive global expansion, and we are delighted to have our trade association’s ongoing support for these awards. 4-5 The Light Fund Raffle 7-11 The Judging Process We are also on for a big night for The Light Fund charity. The raffle 13-19 The Awards Build-Up prizes are fabulous, so please dig deep! 21 The LIMA Rising Stars As ever there is a lot going on tonight, before, during and after the 23-33 The Retail Awards awards ceremony (especially as we have the After Bar Bar event this 35-55 The Product Awards year for the first time that will go on until 5am!). Whatever you do, 57-69 The Property Awards however ‘excited’ you get, don’t forget your goody bag, it is a bulging 71 The Marketing Communications Award sack extraordinaire! 73 The Honorary Have a great evening and enjoy every single second. Achievement Award Ian Hyder, Jakki Brown, Rob Willis, Samantha Loveday, 75-105 Who’s Here? Keith Pashley and Fiona Pavely The Licensing Awards Team

What’s Inside?

The Licensing Awards are organised by The Licensing Source Book. The Licensing Awards are owned by Max Publishing, an independent company that is owned by Jakki Brown, Ian Hyder and Warren Lomax. The company owns daily newsfeed LicensingSource.net and PG Buzz.net, publishes The Licensing Source Book, Progressive Preschool, Progressive Greetings, Progressive Gifts & Home, Progressive Housewares and Progressive Party. The company also organises and owns other awards events, namely the Brand & Lifestyle Licensing Awards, The Henries, The Excellence in Housewares Awards, The Greats, The Calies and The Retas as well as Progressive Greetings Live exhibition (through its sister company Max Exhibitions). www.max-publishing.co.uk Copyright 2017. The publishers cannot accept legal liability for any errors or omissions, nor can they accept responsibility for the standing of advertisers nor any organisation mentioned in the text.

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Every Penny Goes To Charity Winning a Licensing Awards trophy is a coveted accolade to strive for, but there are some other fantastic prizes up for grabs in the The Light Fund charity raffle. The proceeds from tonight’s raffle will go to the industry’s own registered charity (the ‘Light’ part of the charity’s name stands for the Licensing Industry Giving Help Together). Every single penny will go to fund projects that help men, women and children less fortunate than us.

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Globetrotting Extravaganza Kindly donated by Bioworld International Head to Sydney, jet off to New York, take a turn in Tokyo or anywhere else that takes your fancy, with a £2,500 travel voucher to use as you wish!

A Knight To Remember Kindly donated by Nickelodeon Live like a Princess, or a Knight, or both, like Nella, Nickelodeon’s Princess Knight – this is your chance to win an enchanting night to stay in Amberley Castle, in the Sussex countryside, and a sumptuous ﬁve-course dinner for two.

Blue Is The Colour Kindly donated by Chelsea FC Your chance to get up close to all the Chelsea team, well their signatures anyway with an official shirt that is signed by the players.

Italian Couture Smiles Kindly donated by Smiley Give your wardrobe a happy boost with a stylish Moschino bomber jacket and crew neck t-shirt which form part of the coveted collection of Smiley’s collaboration with the iconic Italian fashion house. Jeremy Scott’s tongue in cheek approach to catwalk couture has become a hallmark of his exuberant seasonal collections.

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A Capital Treat Kindly donated by Danilo Live the high life in London with a stay at the legendary May Fair Hotel, plus two tickets to the hit musical Annie and £100 towards dinner.

Wallaby Somewhere Special? Kindly donated by England Rugby and Fanatics (international) Take your seats at Twickers for a rugby match between two classic rivals - two tickets to see England battle it out against Australia on in the Old Mutual Wealth Series on Saturday 18 November. Plus, two England Canterbury home replica shirts of your choice to wear.

A Money Can’t Dubai Experience Kindly donated by Cartoon Network An experience of a lifetime for one lucky family of four. The prize includes flights to Dubai for an action packed adventure to celebrate the first anniversary of the opening of the Cartoon Network Zone at the IMG theme park. The VIP fast track passes means the winner and their family can immerse themselves in a thrilling 5D Ben 10 cinematic experience, soar around the park on the Adventure Time sky ride and help the Powerpuff Girls defeat Mojo Jojo and all this before bedtime. There will be delicious meals and some pocket money to spend in the biggest Cartoon Network shop in the world. The prize also includes a visit to the planet’s tallest skyscraper, try indoor skydiving and have three nights stay in luxury accommodation fit for a super hero.

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Arriving At The Finalists

The Judging Process

Inset: Just a small proportion of the products laid out ready to be judged.

Left: For the second year running, the judging of the product categories of The Licensing Awards took place at the Emirates Stadium.

Take 5,000 licensed products, hundreds of retail nominations, an impressive roster of property, marketing and rising star submissions, 140 retail buyers and several judging panels of industry experts and what do you get? The Licensing Awards 2017â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 150+ finalists in the 25 awards in six different category types, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what. Tonight weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll find out who will receive these prestigious licensing honours, but here we explain how the finalists and winners were arrived at.

All About The Awards

The Licensing Awards, (launched by Max Publishing, owners of The Licensing Source Book 11 years ago) recognise and reward excellence right across the licensing spectrum - in licensed merchandise, retailing execution, licensed property management, marketing promotions as well as an Honorary Achievement award for a special individual who has contributed greatly to the industry. In addition, for the second year the Licensing Awards also encompass the LIMA UK Rising Star Award, which shines the spotlight on young licensing professionals under 30 years of age. The judging process for each of the different categories of awards differs in each case, duly tailored to arrive at the credible finalists and winners.

The Product Award Categories Who Entered? Licensees and licensors were invited to enter licensed product ranges that had been launched into UK retail (or significantly modified) in year June 1 2016 to May 31 2017. All entries had to be licencespecific (ie based on one licensed property) and each entry could be for a range, rather than a specific item. The only exception to this was the Innovation Award, which could be for a specific item.

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How Were The Entries Judged?

The judging for the product categories took place on a single day in July at the Emirates Stadium, which saw several of its pitch-side suites transformed into a veritable ‘department store of licensed merchandise’! All entries were displayed by award product category, each clearly labeled with a unique entry number and RRP for the products. The judges (all of whom were retail buyers) individually considered all entries in each category against the criteria of the excellence of design, innovation and originality; consumer targeting and quality of manufacture and packaging. They then individually selected what they deemed were the five best entries in each category. A judging form was completed by detailing the corresponding entry numbers in order of merit. Points were then awarded accordingly; five points assigned to the entries judges felt were the best in the category down to one point for the fifth choices. The points from all the judges’ forms were then amalgamated to arrive at the winner and five other finalists in each category. The Innovation Award differs slightly from the other product category awards in that it could be for a specific product (rather than a range). For this award judges were asked to view the entries for their innovative quality – either in the product’s design, manufacture or application of a licence.

Inset: Among the judging panel this year were (left-right) Joe Hales (Primark), Pippa Woods (Tesco), Dayna Kent (Morrisons), Katie Briggs (WHSmith), Denille HalsallRooney (Matalan) and Iain Betterton (Stanfords).

Who Judged The Entries?

Above and below: Retail buyers right across the spectrum judged the awards.

The entire responsibility of judging the entries to the Product Award categories of this year’s Licensing Awards lay in the collective hands of this year’s judging panel. This year some 140 different retail buyers (from right across the retail spectrum and from different buying disciplines) formed the official judging panel for the product categories. This year’s Judging Panel included buyers from Argos, Asda, Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Blue Diamond Group, Blue Inc, Character.com, Dixons Carphone Warehouse, FatFace, Forbidden Planet, Groupon, Harrods, Intu, JoJo Maman Bébé, John Lewis, M&Co, M&S, Matalan, Moonpig, Morrisons, Paultons Park, Pep & Co, Primark, Sainsbury’s, Shop Direct, Specsavers, Stanfords, The Entertainer, The Hut, Toymaster, Truffleshuffle, Tesco, WHSmith as well as specialist independents. All retailers who are part of the BLE Retail Mentoring Programme were also invited to join the judging panel.

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Arriving At The Finalists The Property Award Categories Licensors and brand owners were invited to enter the Best Licensed Property Award categories by making online submissions to a dedicated website. The submissions demonstrated how well the property had performed over the last year against a set of criteria. A wide panel of knowledgeable licensees and retailers (from a number of different disciplines) were then invited to consider these online submissions before giving their confidential votes for what they consider have been the top licensed properties over the last year. These votes were then validated by industry experts.

Left: The 2017 Retail Validation Panel shared the collective responsibility for arriving at this year’s worthy finalists and winners of the retail award categories. Below right: Members of the Best Licensed Marketing Communications Award Judging Panel discuss the merits of this year’s entries.

The Retail Award Categories

The finalists in the retailer award categories were arrived at as a result of an exhaustive nomination/self-nomination process followed by validation by a panel comprising over 20 top industry experts (both licensees and licensors). Thousands of nomination forms were sent out to manufacturers, suppliers and importers of licensed products inviting them to state, in their opinion, which three retailers have excelled in their retail delivery of licensed merchandise to the public in the year to May 31 2017). In addition, retailers were encouraged to self-nominate, and a number did so, detailing their achievements and progress on the licensing front. The consolidated results of this nomination process as well as the self-nominations were presented to a panel of industry experts. The retail validation meeting of this panel, chaired by Anne Bradford (general manager of Blues), resulted in the finalists and outright winners of the retail categories being ratified.

The 2017 Retail Validation Panel The 2017 Validation Panel for the retail categories comprised: Mel Beer (Amscan) Susan Bolsover (Penguin Random House) Anne Bradford (Blues) chairman the panel Sagar Brahmbhatt (BB Designs) Paul Bufton (Warner Bros) Rob Corney (Bulldog Licensing) Donna Davies (Nickelodeon) Rikesh Desai (BBC Worldwide) Stephanie Freeman (TSBA) Paul Hodgson (Forever Collectibles) Tim Juckes (Saban) Tim Kilby (Character World) Terry Lamb (Corsair) Mickey Mattu (Fashion UK) Hannah Mungo (Universal) Peter Murphy (Pokémon) Daniel Prince (Danilo) Faye Rashad (Misirli) Phil Ratcliffe (MV Leisure) Graham Saltmarsh (Cartoon Network) Dave Tovey (DHX) David Wootliff (Pyramid International)

Best Licensed Marketing Communication Award Reflecting the increased activity on the promotional side, the Best Licensed Marketing Communications Award is for the best use of a character, celebrity or property to promote another product (eg via an onpack promotion, sponsorship, TV advertising or posters. It could also be the use of a character to promote a charity, or charitable event.) Entries were submitted online which were considered by members of a judging panel which comprised executives from the promotional, marketing, licensing and advertising fields.They considered entries against criteria, which included the objectives of the promotion, the creative use of the licence and the campaign execution. The entries were then discussed at a judging session to arrive at an overall winner and the other four finalists. The Judging Panel for this award was chaired by Richard Pink, director of promotions specialist Pink Key Consulting (centre) while the judging panel for this award category included (from bottom right anticlockwise) Libby Grant (Bloom), Alex Ward (Lime Communications), Clare Piggott (Larkshead Media), Martin Croft (The Institute of Promotional Marketing), Richard Pink (Pink Key Consulting), Kelvyn Gardner (LIMA). Other panelists (not pictured) were Pat Reading (consultant), David Lawrence (TCC Global).

Rising Stars In The Cosmos The LIMA UK Rising Star Award is designed to recognise excellence among junior licensing industry professionals (under the age of 30 years old). Nominations were sought from throughout the industry with the finalists decided by a panel discussion instigated by LIMA. For the second year in succession, this LIMA award will be presented as part of the Licensing Awards, with each of the six nominees receiving a free ticket to the event.

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The Extra Ingredients While the main focus of this Licensing Awards event is to find out who have won the industry’s top accolades, there are so many other elements that come together to make this awards event really special and so memorable. If it was not for the incredible commitment, wholehearted support and ideas galore – from the wacky to the incredibly impressive - of others there is simply no way The Licensing Awards 2017 would be half as enjoyable for the 1,400 of us here tonight. Feast you eyes on the smorgasbord of treats!

Creating the ‘Wow’ Below centre: Everyone will walk through the enchanting Enchantimals forest into the main Ballroom (thanks to Mattel).

Below: Everyone will receive a Bing welcome in the cloakroom area.

Making an entrance With everyone arriving ‘bright eyed and bushy tailed’ clutching their ‘hot ticket’ (gorgeously designed and produced by Hallmark), who better to greet everyone in the cloakroom area but Bing (thanks to Acamar for sponsoring) Then, it’s straight into a wonderful foyer entranceway, transformed into an Enchantimals forest wonderland (thanks to Mattel). There is bound to be plenty of hot air being spoken at both the Sponsors’ Drinks Reception as well as the main Drinks Reception, so Amscan is adding to the fun and ‘inflated alter egos’ by going to town on the balloon decoration front.

Making the headlines The Licensing Awards just would not happen without the support and endorsement of the leading companies who make up the strong roster of sponsors and associate sponsors. At the top of the tree is headline sponsor, Brand Licensing Europe, which had no hesitation in pledging its commitment again this year. As Anna Knight, brand director of Brand Licensing Europe summed up: “We’re delighted to be headline sponsor for The Licensing Awards 2017. As retail sales as a whole continue to decline, sales of licensed product are bucking this trend. As the sector matures, licensing is expanding to more sectors and more territories – and brand owners, licensors and retailers are becoming increasingly creative and innovative with the products they are creating and selling.” Importantly, the UK’s licensing industry’s trade association, LIMA once again reinforcing its full support to the awards with the bond further strengthened by the winner of LIMA’s Rising Stars award being presented as part of The Licensing Awards for the second year running.

Above: Amscan will be flying high at the Awards!

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Turning the tables With 1,400 people at the event, finding your seat might need a bit of magic, fear not, Sooty and chums are there on the illuminated table plans (thanks BWI). You will make your way down the grand staircase into the main ballroom, you can trust the table numbers (they are sponsored by licensing law specialists 24IP after all). Even your seat is wonderfully attired, thanks to Pokémon and Character World. There is bound to be a bit of wrestling Below: You can be pen poised, thanks over who takes home the impressive table centerpiece to Blue Sky Designs. (sponsored by WWE), but there are lots of other goodies for everyone. Hold your horses…not happy with your hair and forgotten your pen? Don’t whinny, don your fabulous My Little Pony headband on your placecard (thanks to Imagine8 Accessories) and be pen poised to trot on (thanks to Blue Sky Designs). Winning Moves has once again come up ‘Top Trumps’ with a limited edition Licensing Legends keepsake deck, specially produced for the event. There should be a few characters in the deck you will recognise. Check out some of the style scores!! Meanwhile, you can give yourself a ‘Miraculous’ makeover by donning your personal Cat Noir or Ladybug mask (thanks to Bulldog Licensing).

Below: There is bound to be a lot of horsing around with the placecard headbands!

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The Extra Ingredients From seated to sated The menu cards, created by Hallmark, is a feast for the eyes – and the food won’t be bad either! With the clinking of glasses likely to be a common sound at the awards, VMC was keen ‘collar’ the opportunity of branding the wine bottle collars – a PJ Masks heroic act! And adding a sweet ending to the meal, Kinnerton has been Magnum-enous in providing some delectable confectionery. Plus, looking around the room, as well as seeing lots of familiar faces, are some great artworks from Hasbro. Above: The Hallmark menu cards are a feast for the eyes. Far left: Kinnerton will be ending the meal on a sweet spot. Left: Some of the artworks that will be gracing the perimeter of the ballroom, thanks to Hasbro. Below: VMC has the wine ‘collared’.

When nature calls! You’ll definitely be Mr Happy and Little Miss Sunshine to find the toilets so delightfully decked out in Mr. Men and Little Miss livery, thanks to Corsair. The transformations of the ‘little boys rooms’ and ‘ladies powder rooms’ will be filled with lots of goodies for people to take away with them – just don’t be too Mr Greedy and leave some for others. Below: Look familiar? One of the industry’s own Mr. Men.

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Above: The toilets are transformed into Mr. Men and Little Miss emporiums, decorated with lots of Corsair goodies. Below: One lucky person on each table will receive a Star Wars Holopane (thanks to Wow Stuff).

The shiny awards trophies will not be the only prizes that feature at The Licensing Awards. It is something of a ‘win win win’ fest this year. DHX has really ‘come up to scratch’ with the mechanism for the event’s opening prize – which will see one lucky person going home £500 richer. Adding an extra dimension, A Ne ew Hom ew me For Wow! Stuff is looking to reward one special ‘captain’ on each table with one of its trailblazing Star Wars Holopanes. There is a fabulous lineup of prizes in the charity raffle, with every penny going to The Light Fund industrywide charity, not least being the star prize from Bioworld International of a £2,500 travel voucher. And the envelope holding the raffle tickets promises some extra treats just for knowing some industry Mr. Men and Little Misses! SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2 2017 THE GREAT ROOM THE GROSVENOR H HOUSE HOTEL PARK LANE, LONDO ON W1K 7TN

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The Extra Ingredients The hostess with the mostest For the first time ever, The Licensing Awards will be hosted by a female – and some woman she is too. The insightful observations and flawless delivery of Katherine Ryan make her the ideal host for The Licensing Awards 2017. The Canadian-born, UK-based stand-up star has more than proved herself on leading TV comedy shows as well as on her own sell-out tour with a superdry wit that is more than a match for the licensing community.

The night is still young After the official awards there is plenty more going on – more than ever, for longer than ever. Don’t even think about going ‘bye byes’ for ages. While leading DJ duo, Freight Train will be spinning the discs to encourage everyone to make some shapes on the dancefloor, you can flex your vocal chords in the Karaoke Room upstairs just off the balcony (thanks to Those Licensing People). You can take to the tables in the GBeye Casino area by cashing in your Five Nights at Freddy’s voucher for your chips, with prizes to be won. Plus, there are Pacman, Space Invaders and Zoltar machines to play on. And ensuring that you will have photographic evidence of what a good night was had by all, a photobooth will be there to catch the snaps (thanks to Nickelodeon). Left: There are bound to be some memorable moments in the TLP Karaoke Room just off the main balcony upstairs. Below: Cash in your Five Nights at Freddy’s voucher for chips to play in the GBeye casino or find your fortune on the machines!

Inset: Katherine Ryan hosts The Licensing Awards this year.

Above left and above: Freight Train will be manning the decks, pumping out the tunes on the dancefloor.

Where to next?

An even more bulging sack A legendary ingredient at The Licensing Awards, is the goody bag - worth coming to the event for in itself. This year’s ‘bulging sack’ will be even more bulging with goodies than ever before! The ‘sack’ itself has been wonderfully produced by Character World, containing almost 50 different goodies. Don’t lose your Goody Bag voucher and take it to the goody bag collection point (both sponsored by Exposé Travel).

In answer to yesteryears’ pleas of ‘where can we go to now?’ This year, everyone who is anyone will be heading to the After Bar Bar at Loop, a nearby nightclub, which will be ready and waiting for Licensing Awards’ attendees only from 1am (and open until 6am!). This significant addition to The Licensing Awards, co-sponsored by PowerStation Studios, will see partygoers being issued with wristbands (entitling entry) to the Loop bar with some taxis provided to whisk everyone there.

Above: PowerStation Studios is cosponsoring the After Bar Bar with The Licensing Awards. Inset: The Loop bar and club will be full of licensing folk until the early hours of September 13.

Centre right: Don’t forget your goodie bag! Right: Once again, Exposé Travel is sponsoring the all important Goody Bag voucher and collection point.

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UK Rising Star Award SPONSORED BY

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Best Preschool Retailer of Licensed Products SPONSORED BY

Open to: Any UK based retailers of any discipline selling licensed products aimed at the preschool market (children aged 0-5 years). This is for activity over the last year.

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Best Kids Retailer of Licensed Products SPONSORED BY

Open to: Any UK based retailers of any disipline selling licensed products aimed at the kids market (children aged 5 - 16 years). This is for activity over the last year.

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Best Retailer of Adult Licensed Products SPONSORED BY

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The Radar Award SPONSORED BY

Open to: This award is for any UK based retailer (bricks and mortar/or online) that have ‘come on the radar’ by upping their licensing activities in the last year.

RETAIL

category ﬁnalists

B&M

Card Factory

Character.com

Matalan

The Range

Wilko

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Best Licensed Retail Execution Award SPONSORED BY

Open to: Nominees could be retailers of any discipline with a store or a web presence in the UK. This award is for a speciﬁc promotion or licensing treatment that was executed at retail over the last year.

RETAIL

category ﬁnalists

DC Comics’ Be A Superhero This Summer at Intu

Disney Princess Dream Big at Tesco

Finding Dory Summer Campaign at Sainsbury’s

Star Wars™ The Force Awakens DVD £10

Star Wars™ interactech imperial Stormtrooper ﬁgure

3997

was £

Star Wars™ Year by Year Star Wars™ hardback book The Complete Saga: £12 9 Disc DVD £40

Star Wars™ E7 black series ﬁgure

Star Wars™ Titan series ﬁgure

was £

1297

Star Wars™ Battlefront PS4 game £10

Star Wars™ Battlefront Xbox One game £10

Star Wars™ Millennium Falcon

was £

1097

Minnie and Mickey Mouse Launch Campaign at Gap

was £

120

Boys’ Star Wars™ onesie

includes Nerf blaster

from

Star Wars™ electronic lightsaber

Men’s Rogue One t-shirt

was £

2897

Star Wars™ S1 RP spinning lightsaber

4997

was £

Boys’ Darth Vader t-shirt

from

Star sing

£ Lego Star Wars™ buildable ﬁgure

was £

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Kids’ beani

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My Little Pony Easter Activation at Primark

Nickelodeon All Stars Easter Activity at Intu

Star Wars Mission at Asda

WWE Wrestlemania at Selfridges

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Top Retailer Award SPONSORED BY

Open to: The winners of the other categories are contenders for this award. As such, ﬁnalists aren’t announced until The Licensing Awards event, but they will be among those shown below.

RETAIL

category ﬁnalists

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Best Licensed Toys or Games Range SPONSORED BY

Open to: All licensed toys and games, interactive toys, games and computer games plus trading cards aimed at children or adults. The products had to be launched into UK retail between June 1 2016 and May 31 2017.

PRODUCT

category finalists

The LEGO Batman Movie Range

My Little Pony Role Play Toys

from LEGO

from HTI

Nick Jr Ready Steady Dough Range for The Entertainer from addo Play

PAW Patrol Arts & Crafts Range

PJ Masks Toy Range from Flair

The World of Eric Carle Arts & Crafts Range from Rainbow Designs

from Sambro

GOOD LUCK

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Best Licensed Dress-Up or Partyware Range SPONSORED BY

Open to: All licensed dress-up ranges aimed at children or adults, balloons, party favours, party tableware, banners and cake decorations.The products had to be launched into UK retail between June 1 2016 and May 31 2017.

PRODUCT

category finalists

DC Girls Dress-Up for George at Asda from Rubie’s

Disney Princess Dress-Up for Sainsbury’s

Horrible Histories Dress-Up from RH Smith & Son

from Rubie’s

LEGO Batman Dress-Up

PAW Patrol Party Range

Toy Story Disney Baby Dress-Up

from Jakks Pacific

from Amscan

from Travis Designs

WISHING BEST OF LUCK TO ALL THE FINALISTS!

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Best Licensed Preschool Apparel Range SPONSORED BY

Open to: Licensed nightwear, daywear, outerwear and underwear as well as footwear (aimed at children 0-5 years). The products had to be launched into UK retail between June 1 2016 and May 31 2017.

PRODUCT

category finalists

Disney Princess Tutus for George at Asda

The Gruffalo Boys’ Collection

from Paul Dennicci

for Tu at Sainsbury’s

Peter Rabbit Collection for Mothercare

Star Wars Collection from Cooneen by Design

from Paul Dennicci

Mr. Men Collection from Tobias & The Bear

Winnie the Pooh 90th Range from Matalan

C O N G R AT U L AT I O N S T O A L L T H E N O M I N E E S

SABAN BRANDS IS PROUD TO SPONSOR THE AWARD FOR BEST LICENSED CHILDREN’S APPAREL RANGE Ti m Ju c k e s: T j ucke s@ saban b ra nds.com L u cy Sa l isbur y: lsal i sbury@ sa ba nbra nds.com | 020 37 94 9660

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Best Licensed Children’s Apparel Range SPONSORED BY

Open to: Licensed nightwear, daywear, outerwear and underwear as well as footwear (aimed at children 5 years and upwards). The products had to be launched into UK retail between June 1 2016 and May 31 2017.

PRODUCT

category finalists

AKID x Good Luck Trolls Footwear from AKID Brands

Beauty and the Beast Spring/Summer Collection

DC Comics Girls’ T-shirt Collection for George at Asda

from TVM Fashion Lab

My Little Pony Girls’ Footwear for Argos from William Lamb

My Little Pony Nightwear for George at Asda from Aykroyd & Sons

Pokémon Apparel Range for Next from Fashion UK

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Best Licensed Adult Apparel Range SPONSORED BY

Open to: Licensed nightwear, daywear, outerwear and underwear as well as footwear and fashion accessories aimed at adults. The products had to be launched into UK retail between June 1 2016 and May 31 2017.

PRODUCT

category finalists

Barbie Collection for ASOS

Lon Dunn by Jourdan Dunn Collection

Mr. Men Father’s Day Range

from Somerbond

from Missguided

from Blues

My Little Pony Collection for Primark

Pokémon Collection

Pusheen Collection for Primark

from HYPE

from Poetic Brands

from Bravado

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Best Licensed Written, Listening or Learning Range SPONSORED BY

Open to: Licensed books, comics, DVDs, audio and spoken word cassettes/CDs as well as electronic teaching products aimed at children or adults. The products had to be launched into UK retail between June 1 2016 and May 31 2017.

PRODUCT

category finalists

Doctor Who Mr. Men Books

My Little Pony Creative Colouring Books

My Little Pony Magazine

from Penguin Random House

from Hachette Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Group

from Signature Publishing

PAW Patrol Range

Peppa Pig ELA Range

from Parragon Books

from Trends

The World of Eric Carle Activity Range from Parragon Books

GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE NOMINEES!

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Best Licensed Paper Products Or Stationery Range SPONSORED BY

Open to: Licensed greeting cards, stationery, calendars, posters and prints aimed at children or adults. The products had to be launched in UK retail between June 1 2016 and May 31 2017.

PRODUCT

category finalists

Ladybird Books for Grown-Ups Greeting Cards

Marvel Notebook Collection

My Little Pony Stationery Range

from Pyramid International

from Blue Sky Studios

Sara Miller London Stationery Collection

Star Wars Greeting Cards

from Blueprint Collections

from UK Greetings

Winnie the Pooh Giftwrappings Collection for M&S

from Danilo

from Hallmark Studios

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Best Licensed Giftware Range SPONSORED BY

Open to: All licensed giftware ranges either packaged or sold simply, aimed at children or adults. The products had to be launched into UK retail between June 1 2016 and May 31 2017.

PRODUCT

category finalists

Despicable Me Backpack Collection

Harry Potter Giftware Range

Marvel Vintage Army Collection

from Posh Paws

from Half Moon Bay

from BB Designs

Nintendo Gameboy Collection

Polaroid Gift Range

The Simpsons The Undressed Collection

from Fizz Creations

from Bioworld Europe

from Skinnydip

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Best Licensed Home DĂŠcor, Tableware or Housewares Range SPONSORED BY

Open to: Licensed home dĂŠcor ranges, such as lighting, furniture, bedding, rugs, textiles, garden products, framed or canvas wall art as well as tableware and housewares ranges. The products had to be launched into UK retail between June 1 2016 and May 31 2017.

PRODUCT

category finalists

Friends Central Perk Homewares from Pyramid International

Mickey Mouse Outdoor Summer Collection

Slush Puppie Range from Fizz Creations

from Primark

Star Wars BB8 Homewares Range from Funko

Trolls Glow Bedding and Accessories Range from Character World

V&A Alice in Wonderland Collection from Creative Tops

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Best Licensed Food or Drink Range SPONSORED BY

Open to: Licensed confectionery, fresh, dried, tinned, jarred, bottled or canned food ranges, as well as alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. The products had to be launched into UK retail between June 1 2016 and May 31 2017.

PRODUCT

category finalists

Candy Crush Baking Kits

Crayola Crafty Cooks Range

from Bakedin

from Fiddes Payne

Marmite Range

Pusheen Confectionery

from Kinnerton

from Mallow Tree

The Gruffalo Ice Tusks from Brand of Brothers

Tango Popcorn from Yumsh Snacks

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The Innovation Award SPONSORED BY

Open to: This special award is for one licensed item or range of any discipline that shows outstanding innovation in design, manufacture and/or inspiring treatment/use of a licensed property. The items submitted for this award may also have been entered into other categories. All entries for this award comply with the same restrictions and conditions as the other product award categories.

PRODUCT

category finalists

Beauty and the Beast Chip Collection

Despicable DM3 Flying Minion Dave

for Primark

from Wow! Stuff

In the Night Garden Sleep Tight All Night Igglepiggle from Golden Bear

PAW Patrol UV Pup Top for Morrisons

Peppa Pig Colour Changing Raincoat

VW Retro Special Edition Fridge

from Bioworld International

from SquidKids

from Gorenje

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Best Preschool Licensed Property (age group 0-5) SPONSORED BY

Open to: Nominees could be licensed properties aimed at 0-5 year olds. All submissions had to demonstrate commercial success, marketing and communications activity, creativity and innovation and management of the licensed property over the last year.

PROPERTY

category finalists

The Gruffalo Blaze and the Monster Machines

Hey Duggee

In the Night Garden

PAW Patrol

Peppa Pig

Teletubbies

Thomas & Friends The Very Hungry Caterpillar

PJ Masks

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GOODLUCK TO ALL OF THE FINALISTS!

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Best Children’s or Tween Licensed Property (age group 5-12) SPONSORED BY

Open to: Nominees could be licensed properties aimed at the children’s or tween market (5-12 year olds). All submissions had to demonstrate commercial success, marketing and communications activity, creativity and innovation and management of the licensed property over the last year.

PROPERTY

Barbie

category finalists

LEGO

My Little Pony

Pokémon

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Shopkins

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

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Best Teen or Adult Licensed Property (age group 12 and above) SPONSORED BY

Open to: Nominees could be licensed properties aimed at the teen or adult market (aged 12 and above). All submissions had to demonstrate commercial success, marketing and communications activity, creativity and innovation and management of the licensed property over the last year.

PROPERTY

category finalists

Adventure Time

Emoji

Game of Thrones

Harry Potter

Me to You

Pusheen

The Simpsons

WWE

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Best Film Licensed Property SPONSORED BY

Open to: This award is for for licensing activity in the last year based around a film property. The film property could be aimed at any age group.

PROPERTY

category finalists

Beauty and the Beast

Despicable Me

Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2

The LEGO Batman Movie

Star Wars (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story)

Trolls

Wonder Woman

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Best Music or Celebrity Licensed Property Open to: This award is for licensing activity in the UK in the last year for a specific licensed music or celebrity/personality property aimed at any target age group. Nominees could be celebrities/personalities, either living or deceased, from all disciplines including entertainment, sport, culinary, design, art or music. The property (and licensed products) must have appeared in the UK market during the period May 31 2016 - 1 June 2017.

PROPERTY