Archive for September, 2010

Thomas The Tank Engine- The Next Chapter Tuesday, September 21st 2010

Sunshine Acquisition Limited, a company formed by Funds advised by Apax Partners to acquire Hit Entertainment, completed the acquisition of Hit for £489.4 million in May 2005. In order to recoup some of the investment and cope with the financing Thomas has been spun off for sale. How much is he worth? The Mr Men [...]

Toy Story 3- Huge Success -Financial marker Wednesday, September 8th 2010

Disney Pixar’s Toy Story 3 has surpassed Titanic at the UK’s box office making it the UK’s second highest grossing film of all time behind James Cameron’s Avatar.
According to the BBC, Toy Story 3 has now taken £70,131,106 overtaking Mamma Mia! and Titanic which brought in £69.2m and £69.02m respectively.
It still has quite a way [...]

Job of the Month

Senior Licensing Executive
Location: Central London
Salary: Circa £32k+depending on experience
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A great opportunity for a licensing champion at one of the worlds leading institutions. Seeking a UK Licensing expert with good licensee and retail connections across broad categories. You will need to be a team player and be looking for your next career move.

Hot Topics

A tough Retail Climate
For the last few years we have experienced a very tough retail climate with consumers being cautious with their spending and retailers being cautious with their listings and stock levels. This is a challenging time but we should all remain positive and start talking the market up and focus on the positives which will surely benefit us all.

Executive Moves

Charlotte Hargreaves

joins DRG (Digital Rights Group) as SVP of Marketing and Business Development
Nicola Herrmann

joins Zodiak Rights as Head of Brand Marketing

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