In the Product, Retail and Marketing Communication Awards category, the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" 'Shell-ebration' Cake by Finsbury Foods, pictured below, has been nominated for the "Best Licensed Food or Drink Range" award in the Product, Retail and Marketing Communication Awards.
Additionally, "Peppa Pig" Weebles by Character Options has been nominated for the "Best Licensed Toys or Games Range" award, "Peppa Pig" Tutu Pyjamas for George@Asda from Cooneen By Design has been nominated in the "Best Licensed Pre-school Apparel Range (0-5 years)" category, the "Peppa Pig" Electronic Learning range from KD UK (InspirationWorks) has been nominated for the "Best Written, Listening or Learning Range" award, DTP Europe's "Peppa Pig" Vitamin Gummies have been nominated for the "The Innovation Award", and Tommy's "Peppa Pig Splashathon" has been nominated in the "Best Licensed Marketing Communication Campaign Award" category.
Plus, Tu@Sainsbury's "Guess How Much I Love You Collection" by Paul Dennicci, based on the bestselling "Guess How Much I Love You" picture book by Sam McBratney which has inspired a popular animated series that airs on Nick Jr. UK, has been nominated for the "Best Licensed Pre-school Apparel Range (0-5 years)" award, and the "Peter Rabbit" Gift Range by Rainbow Designs, inspired by Nickelodeon USA and CBeebies' popular animated preschool series of the same name, has been nominated for the "Best Licensed Giftware Range" award.
In the Best Licensed Property categories in The Licensing Awards 2014, Nickelodeon's hit CG-animated series "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" has been nominated for "Best Film or TV Licensed Property".
Nick Jr. UK's popular animated preschool series "Peppa Pig" and "Thomas & Friends" have both been nominated for "Best Pre-school Licensed Property".
Nickelodeon megahit "SpongeBob SquarePants" and Nick Jnr. UK's "Thomas & Friends" have both been nominated for "The Classic Licensed Property Award".
The winners of all the Best Licensed Property award categories will be revealed, alongside the winners of the Product, Retail and Marketing Communication Awards, at The 2014 Licensing Awards, which will be held on Tuesday 26th September 2014 in The Great Room at London's Grosvenor House Hotel.
Tickets for the Awards are available to buy now by calling Createvents on 0118 334 0085 or emailing clare@createvents.co.uk.
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The Licensing Awards 2014 finalists revealedAlso from Licensing.biz:
Finalists for Product, Retail and Marketing Communication Awards unveiled.
Finalists for The Licensing Awards 2014 have now been revealed for the Product, Retail and Marketing Communication Awards.
The finalists for the Property Awards categories will be announced by the end of July. The winners will be revealed at The Licensing Awards event on Tuesday September 16th – in The Great Room at London’s prestigious Grosvenor House Hotel.
The Product Awards Finalists
Approaching 5,000 licensed products were entered into the Product Awards this year. The Judging Panel comprised of almost 100 top retail buyers, including those from Toys R Us, Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury’s, Next, The Entertainer, Waterstones, Lakeland, Asda, Mothercare, Joy, BHS, Paperchase, Paulton’s Park, Blue Inc, MiniClub and River Island.
Best Licensed Toys or Games Range
Despicable Me Remote Control Inflatable from Bladez Toys
Disney Princess My First Toddler Dolls from Jakks Pacific
Doc McStuffins Role Play Range from Flair
Fisher Price ‘Classics’ Range from Basic Fun
The Gruffalo Wooden Toys from Bajo
Peppa Pig Weebles from Character Options
Best Licensed Dress-Up or Partyware Range
Despicable Me Dress-Up from Rubies
Disney Frozen Dress-Up from Rubies
Fisher Price Partyware from Amscan
Marvel Dress-Up For George@Asda from Christys’
Tetris Dress-up from Morphcostumes
Wall’s Partyware from Talking Tables
Best Licensed Pre-school Apparel Range (0-5 years)
Finding Nemo Swim Range from Matalan
Guess How Much I Love You Collection for Tu@Sainsbury’s from Paul Dennicci
Paddington Babywear from Baby Gap
The Royal Ballet Collection for M&S from Watermelon
Marvel Spiderman Preschool Range From Fabric Flavours
Peppa Pig Tutu Pyjamas for George@Asda from Cooneen By Design
Best Licensed Children or Adult Apparel Range
Beano Footwear Range from Dr Martens
The Gruffalo Eyewear from Specsavers
Lego The Movie Range from TV Mania
Monster High Essentials for Tesco from Aykroyds/TDP/Roy Lowe
Peanuts Ladies Wear for ASOS from Knitmania
Where’s Wally? Flip Flops from Haivaianas
Best Written, Listening or Learning Range
FIFA World Cup Stickers And Sticker Book from Panini
Game Of Thrones ‘A Pop-Up Guide To Westeros’ from Inside Editions
Great British Bake Off Books from Random House
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Arts & Crafts Range from Copywrite Designs
Minecraft Book Range from Egmont
Peppa Pig Electronic Learning range from KD UK (InspirationWorks)
Best Licensed Paper Products or Stationery Range
Despicable Me Cards & Calendar Range from Danilo
Doc McStuffins Stationery Art & Craft Range from Sambro
Frozen Birthday Cards from Moonpig
Marvel Stationery Range from Pyramid
Orla Kiely Stationery from Blueprint Stationery
Pickle Parade Stationery Range from Carte Blanche Greetings
Best Licensed Giftware Range
Coca Cola Gift Range from Brand Packaging
Despicable Me Backpacks from Posh Paws
Gromit Unleashed Gifts Range from Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal
Guinness Gift Range from Beams
Happy Jackson Gift Range from Wild & Wolf
Peter Rabbit Gift Range from Rainbow Designs
Best Licensed Home Décor, Tableware or Housewares Range
Great British Bake Off Kitchenware Range from Ethos
Marvel Art Deco Canvas Range from Pyramid
Mr. Men & Little Miss Cooking Sets from Creative Tops
Pantone Universe Range from Whitbread Wilkinson
Star Wars Kitchenware from Lakeland
VW Lunchbags from Monster Factory
Best Licensed Food or Drink Range
Heinz Pastries from Peter’s Food Services
Jamie Oliver Ready To Eat Pulses from Fiddes Payne
Mr. Men and Little Miss Biscuits from Biscuiteers
The Snowman and Snowdog Range from Thorntons
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ‘Shell-ebration’ Cake from Finsbury Foods
Wahaca Range from Kimm & Miller
Best Licensed Brand Range
Animal Planet Cycle Safety Equipment from Oxford Products
Jamie Oliver Kitchenware from Merison Retail
Lego Adult Watch Collection from Clic Time
Pizza Express Range from Eddingtons
Roald Dahl Bedroom Range from Ashley Wilde
V&A, Garden Of Love Bedroom Range from Bedeck
The Innovation Award
Downton Abbey Board Game from She Who Dares
Iron Man Digital Morphsuit from Morph Costumes
Mickey Mouse Augmented Reality Duvet Set from Character World
Minnie Mouse Ears for ASOS from Icon
Peppa Pig Vitamin Gummies from DTP Europe
Star Wars Homewares from Bluwstuff
Best Licensed Marketing Communication Campaign Award
For this award category, a highly qualified panel of marketing and promotions experts judged the entries to the Best Licensed Marketing Communication 2014 Award to arrive at an impressive finalists line-up, each of which demonstrate strong partnerships forged between licensed properties and key FMCG brands.
Guinness World Records ‘Largest Shaving Lesson’ with Gillette (P&G) for Movember
Gromit Unleashed for Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Giant Wiggle for Action For Children
Peppa Pig Splashathon for Tommy’s
Shaun the Sheep’s Pompom Parade Campaign for Wool
Wallace & Gromit’s Holidays at Home are Great for Visit England
The Retailer Award Finalists
The finalists of the Retailer Award categories were decided as a result of an online nomination process involving manufacturers, suppliers and importers of licensed products, inviting them to state which retailers have excelled in their retail delivery of licensed merchandise to the public over the last year. These results were then taken into account by a validation panel of industry experts to arrive at the final line-up.
Best Pre-school Retailer of Licensed Products (age group 0-5)
Argos
Asda (including George@Asda)
The Entertainer
Sainsbury’s (including TU)
Smyths
Toys R Us (including Babies R Us)
Best Kids Retailer of Licensed Products (age group 6-16)
Argos
Asda (includes George@Asda)
Next
Primark
Smyths
Tesco
Best Retailer of Adult Licensed Products
Argos
ASDA
Forbidden Planet
HMV
John Lewis
Tesco
The Radar Award
This award is for any UK based retailer (bricks and mortar/or online) that have ‘come on the radar’ by upping their licensing activities in the last year.
ASOS
Halfords
Hobbycraft
Lakeland
M&Co (McKays)
Poundland
Top Retailer Award
All winners of the other categories are contenders for this award.
Tickets are also now on sale for The Licensing Awards event, which takes place in The Great Room in The Grosvenor House Hotel in London on Tuesday September 16th 2014. Almost 1,400 retailers, licensees, licensees and industry suppliers will attend the event, with hundreds of tickets already bought.
Contact Createvents on 01252 781178 or email clare@createvents.co.uk.
Property category finalists confirmed for The Licensing Awards 2014
"Finalists fanfare an array of properties from right across the spectrum."
The finalists in all seven of the Best Licensed Property categories in The Licensing Awards 2014 have been revealed.
The list completes the full finalist roll call for this year, joining those nominated in the Product, Retail and Marketing Communications categories, which were revealed earlier this month.
"The strong line-up of contenders in the licensed property categories are a true reflection of the dynamism of this ever evolving industry," said Ian Hyder, joint MD of Max Publishing, owner of The Licensing Awards. "The finalists fanfare an array of properties from right across the spectrum – newer entertainment properties which have really ‘hit the spot’ in the last year to true stalwart brands that have successfully wielded the power of their heritage."
"The addition of an award which recognises the gaming and new media properties further strengthens these accolades, while the new Best Film or TV property category celebrates the explosion of activity in this area."
The finalists are as follows:
Best Pre-school Licensed Property
Doc McStuffins
The Gruffalo
Peppa Pig
Sofia the First
Thomas & Friends
Tree Fu Tom
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Best Film or TV Licensed Property
Despicable Me 2
Frozen
The Great British Bake Off
Marvel’s Avengers
Mrs Brown’s Boys
The Simpsons
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Best Gaming Or New Media Licensed Property
Angry Birds
Assassin’s Creed
Call of Duty
Candy Crush
Minecraft
Moshi Monsters
Skylanders
Best Brand Licensed Property (‘brand’ means non-entertainment eg art, design, lifestyle, heritage, FMCG, transport etc)
Britvic Brands
Coca Cola
Hello Kitty
JCB
Me to You
Paul Frank
Wall’s Ice Cream
Best Music or Celebrity Licensed Property
The Beatles
Jamie Oliver
Kirstie Allsopp
One Direction
Orla Kiely
Union J
Best Sports Licensed Property
Arsenal Football Club
Chelsea FC
England Rugby
FC Barcelona
Liverpool Football Club
Manchester United Football Club
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club
The Classic Licensed Property Award (This is for properties that are over ten years old. The winning property will enter the Classic Hall of Fame and join previous winners, The Beano in 2013, Mickey Mouse in 2012 and Star Wars in 2011)
Barbie
Batman
Doctor Who
Mr.Men and Little Miss
My Little Pony
The Simpsons
Spider-Man
SpongeBob Squarepants
Thomas & Friends
The winners of all the Best Licensed Property award categories will be revealed (alongside the winners of the Product Awards and Marketing Communication Award) at The Licensing Awards on Tuesday, September 16th which will take place in The Great Room at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel.
Tickets for the Awards are available by calling Createvents on 0118 334 0085 or emailing clare@createvents.co.uk.
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