Reliance Industries completes acquisition of IMG Reliance after buying out its 50% stake in Rs.52.08 crore cash. The new entity is rebranded as RISE Worldwide Ltd.
Branding expert Pete Canalichio, Managing Partner, Brand Alive shares his views on the evolving licensing industry in an exclusive conversation with License India.
The business relationship between a licensor and a licensee often goes kaput because of an error of judgement or stepping beyond the line of control. Here are the mistakes that must be avoided to ...
Corporate executive-turned-entrepreneur Bhavik Vora, Founder, Black White Orange discusses FMCG sector’s tilt towards licensed products.Black White Orange helps brands, celebrities, media and ret...
Promotional licensing is generally defined as a marketing agreement between a manufacturer and a licensor to use its intellectual property (IP) in promoting a product.
With increasing competition in the retail sector, it is licensing that can get both the licensor and the licensee an extra edge in scripting a successful business story while also taking care of t...
Brand licensing is an ever-evolving sphere which can yield unmatchable results with the right approach. What lies inside this sphere is much more than just marketing; it is a revenue driver that provi...
Are you currently a licensee (manufacturer), licensor (brand owner) or contemplating entering a licensing arrangement? If so, you may have been weighing the business impact and exposure inherent in th...
Established in 1976, Regal Publishers started off with publication of fiction and non-fiction titles. In 1980s, the Regal Publishers started publishing the ‘Phantom’ novels and Phantom and Mandrak...
For Gautam Dalal, licensing was a swift calling, given his experience with Reliance Broadcasting. Entirety bootstrapped, Yellow Sparks International is now a 100 per cent licensing oriented brand oper...
Manufacturing many of the worlds leading board games in India under licensing agreements from companies like Hasbro, Ravensburger, Jumbo, Rubik’s, Mega House, Camp games, USA Poly, Endless Games and...
Following the huge success of the licensing program of colorful toons Jaune & Vert in the French speaking Swiss publications, J&V Global has set Indian market on its radar.India see...
Margins have been bothering the retailers since long and in recent years, the retailers have altered their philosophy of the high streets in a bid to stay on priority list of consumers. In order to re...
Amidst the series of speculations and predictions, The US Presidential elections got unimagined results, and so did the business empire of Donald Trump – much of which is built on brand licensing....
Talk about the licensing industry around a decade ago, and one could only think of characters and TV properties conceptualised and extended into various categories. But now c...
The beginning of the presidential electoral campaign has not only evoked curiosity among the general public, but those related to the brand Trump as well. And to much dismay, the beginning of presiden...
Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks once said, “The most powerful and enduring brands are built from the heart.”Everyone would admit that brand building is a lengthy and time taking process with a ...
The growing penchant towards owning a bit of the entertainment content has for sure fuelled the brand licensing and merchandising industry in India thus making it reach the worth of more than $700 bil...
Licensing Industry Merchandisers’ Association (LIMA) – The worldwide trade organization for the licensing industry is rigorously working towards advancement of professionalism in licensing. ...
The licensing industry of India promises enormous potential and opportunities while portraying an y-o-y growth of approx 9 per cent. And what started with the advent of iconi...