Features

From the shock switch to Vegas for Licensing International and the collapse of a British retail institution, to the emergence of new retailers for licensed product and new trends, Licensing.biz looks at some of the biggest stories we covered in 2008...

Which licensed properties are going to be tops with consumers this year? Samantha Loveday asks some key industry voices for their views and gets some interesting results...

Licensing.biz takes a look at just some of the licensed product which will be rolling out from a number of the major toy companies this year...

He’s been in the job for less than six months, but already Neil Ross Russell, MD of the new-look BBC Worldwide Children’s & Licensing, is making his mark. Samantha Loveday caught up with him at the BBC’s Media Centre to discuss his plans...

Now that the last of the decorations and wrappings have been cleared away, the all important evaluation of the Christmas toy sales can take place and the cycle begins again with the round of toy fairs in Hong Kong, London, Nuremburg and New York.

As described in my article about safety and the toy industry, the continued flow of recalls throughout 2008 should convince anyone still requiring convincing, that the problems with toy production in China are equally problems for everyone involved with the toy industry, particularly licensors, licensees and buyers.