HomeColumns

Columns

BY THE BUGG REPORT

Licensing’s Land Grab – Why Scale Is Suddenly Everything

If you’ve spent any real time in the licensing business, you learn to read between the headlines. You also learn that consolidation never announces...

The New Age of Digital (Your Digital Readiness is Financial Currency)

It was only a matter of time: technology is now one of the most important—yet overlooked—factors influencing access to business funding. It’s not just that...

According to Downsey — Edition 27 (The Licensed Christmas: A Look at Seasonal Opportunities)

Christmas comes but once a year. Whilst this is of course true I am sure that many in licensing and retail professionals are very...

Wide Eyes News From The Tube (Meet the Next Generation of Australian Kids’ TV)

Wide Eyes News from the Tube is written by a leading industry expert and is focused on providing a quick snapshot of the best...

The New Age of Digital is the Age of Risk

Just as past gold rushes lured prospectors with dreams of fortune, today’s businesses are racing toward technology in search of digital gold. The rewards of...

The French Toy Market — The ‘Kidult’ Phenomenon

The French Toy market has so far this year delivered very positive results (+10%) in 7 months. This is something never seen in 25...

According to Downsey — Edition 26 (A New Season for Licensing: From Awards to Trade Shows)

Like many business sectors, licensing runs on a calendar and has a certain rhythm to it. After a couple of months of summer rest...

Digital Transformation In Supply Chains — From Efficiency to Resilience

For decades, supply chains were engineered for predictability—forecasting demand, forward planning and assuming the links between sourcing, production, and delivery would hold. Today, faced with...

Wide Eyes News from the Tube (Wide Eyes View from The Australian Children’s Content Summit)

The Australian Children’s Content Summit (ACCS) is over for another year and these were some of Wide Eye’s observations: Summit Attendance and Key Partners This was...

Fred Gaffney: Pioneer of Australian Licensing Turns 80

COLUMNStories from GG’s Toy BoxBy Grahame GrassbyStory 18 — Fred Gaffney: Pioneer of Australian Licensing Turns 80 Fred Gaffney, recognized by being both the first...

According to Downsey — Edition 25 (Half Year Report: Key Trends Shaping UK Licensing)

When I cast my mind back to my school days (which was some time ago), I remember we used to get Half Year Reports...

AI Cannot Be Smarter Than You

While the battle for customer loyalty has well and truly entered the digital age, many organisations are still managing like it’s 1985. The rise of...

EMAIL NEWSLETTER

ADVERTISEMENT

LATEST MAGAZINE

LATEST POSTS