Sanrio has entered into a new collaboration with the Pusheen brand to launch a limited edition collection of Hello Kitty x Pusheen consumer products, spanning apparel, accessories, collectables, stationery, housewares, health and beauty products, and plush. The collection unites Hello Kitty and Pusheen for the first time in the consumer …
Read More »Silvergate Media lines up partners in Spin Master, Hot Topic and Forbidden Planet as Hilda returns to Netflix
Silvergate Media has detailed a tranche of new partners for its popular animated series, Hilda, that includes not only a direct to retail partnership with the pop culture specialist, Forbidden Planet, but the series’ first board game courtesy of Spin Master and an extension of its successful plush line with …
Read More »WildBrain CPLG signs raft of UK and European partners for Line Friends’ Brown & Friends
WildBrain CPLG has secured a raft of new European deals on behalf of the Line Friends brand’s Brown & Friends, an off-shoot IP that features the brand’s signature characters Brown, Choco, Cony, Sally, and others. Blueprint Collections has signed up with the IP for a stationery range, Gund will develop …
Read More »BLE 2019: The Hilda’s alive – Silvergate Media on the rise of a new pop culture icon
Whether it’s because of my affinity with Scandinavian crime fiction, or my new found appreciation of the Japanese artform of manga and anime, I find myself inexplicably drawn towards Silvergate Media’s newest animated series. Of course, it should go without saying that the Netflix children’s animation that launched in September …
Read More »GUND teams with Line Friends for new plush character range
The popular plush toy creator, GUND, has turned to one of the fastest growing character brands on the world stage for its latest licensed range, with a collection of Line Friends plush available now. Line Friends features a series of memorable characters, originally created for use as stickers for leading …
Read More »Spin Master’s GUND named first licensing partner for Netflix’s Hilda
GUND will develop a line of plush, accessories and giftwares. The range will hit shelves in the US in early 2020, before rolling out to additional markets.
Read More »Spin Master acquires Enesco’s Gund
Gund is one the world's leading plush toy manufacturers, well-known for its toys based on internet sensation Pusheen.
Read More »Huggy Buddha plush on the way from Gund
Full line spans sound toys, backpack clips, and activity blankets, as well as stationery products and hard goods.
Read More »Gund makes home textiles move
Soft toy firm partners with Heritage Home Fashions for new line.
Read More »Silvergate seals new deals for Classic Peter Rabbit
Gund will produce new plush items, while Emma Bridgewater has developed ceramic tableware.
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