Selecting a fashion licensing agency depends on various factors,
including your brand's niche, goals, and target market. Licensing
agencies typically specialize in different areas of fashion and offer
various services, from brand management to product development and
distribution. Here are some well-known fashion licensing agencies that
have a strong reputation in the industry:
- IMG Licensing: IMG is a global leader in sports, fashion, and
media. They offer a wide range of services, including brand
licensing, brand consulting, and fashion event management.
- Global Brands Group: Global Brands Group is a leading brand
licensing company with a portfolio of prominent fashion and
lifestyle brands. They offer licensing services, product
development, and distribution.
- Authentic Brands Group (ABG): ABG manages a diverse portfolio of
fashion and lifestyle brands, including celebrity brands like
Marilyn Monroe and sports brands like Spyder. They focus on brand
development, licensing, and marketing.
- The Brand Liaison: This licensing agency specializes in fashion
and lifestyle brands. They offer brand extension strategies,
licensing management, and product development services.
- Sequential Brands Group: Sequential Brands Group manages and
licenses a portfolio of consumer brands in various sectors,
including fashion, home, and active brands.
- CPLG (Copyright Promotions Licensing Group): CPLG is a global
licensing agency with a strong presence in the fashion and
entertainment industries. They offer brand licensing, retail
development, and merchandise distribution services.
- WME/IMG: Now known as Endeavor, this agency offers a wide range
of services, including licensing, talent representation, and event
management, making it suitable for fashion brands looking to expand
their reach.
- Beanstalk: Beanstalk is a global brand licensing agency with
expertise in various sectors, including fashion and lifestyle. They
offer brand extension strategies, licensing management, and retail
development.
- LMCA: LMCA specializes in brand licensing and intellectual
property management. They work with fashion brands to expand their
presence through licensing partnerships.
- The Licensing Company: This agency offers brand licensing
services across multiple industries, including fashion, design, and
entertainment.
- Brandgenuity: Brandgenuity focuses on licensing and brand
extension strategies, with experience in fashion, lifestyle, and
consumer goods.
- Bioworld Merchandising: Bioworld specializes in licensed apparel
and accessories. They work with a wide range of fashion and
entertainment brands to create and distribute licensed products.
- Stone America Licensing: Stone America focuses on licensing
properties in various sectors, including fashion and lifestyle
brands.
It's essential to research and evaluate each licensing agency's track
record, areas of expertise, and client portfolio to determine which one
aligns best with your brand's needs and goals. Additionally, consider
seeking referrals or consulting with industry professionals to get
insights into the agency that may be the best fit for your
fashion brand.
Beanstalk
Group: The Beanstalk Group is one of the world's leading brand licensing
agency and consultancy. Beanstalk helps its clients license their famous
trademarks, copyrights and images to enhance the value of their brands and
to create new revenue streams. More than two decades ago, Beanstalk's
founders pioneered the use of licensing as a vehicle for communicating brand
value, boosting brand awareness, and promoting the long-term viability of
a brand. They believe in the power of brands and in unlocking their full
potential. Their disciplined licensing process, which includes strategic
planning, rigorous due diligence, product development, retailer coordination,
and ongoing program management, helps to maximize the benefits and minimize
the risks of licensing.
Building
Q: is a full service licensing and marketing firm. They are experts
at delivery and guiding their clients through the licensing process. They
understand that your company may be exploring licensing as a tool to impact
your current business. Building Q can help your company enter the licensing
arena as a licensee. Address: 709 Stokes Road,
Suite 200 Medford, New Jersey 08055 Phone 609 975 6040
CMG Worldwide
/
List of Properties: Based in Indianapolis, Indiana with
a second office in Hollywood, California, CMG Worldwide secured its position
during the 1970s as the premier company for representing the families and
estates of deceased celebrities. Today, CMG Worldwide represents over 200
diverse personalities and corporate clients in the sports, entertainment,
and music fields. CMG Worldwide clients
include sports legends such as Babe Ruth, Vince Lombardi, Jackie Robinson,
Florence Griffith Joyner, Joe Louis, Lou Gehrig, Jesse Owens, and Jim Thorpe,
with the rest of the sports roster running the spectrum of retired sports
greats like Jim Palmer, Pete Rose, Whitey Ford, and Johnny Unitas to some
of today's current professional athletes including Bill Elliott. Entertainment
clients include the families of legends such as Marilyn Monroe, James Dean,
Ingrid Bergman, Bette Davis, Sophia Loren, Rock Hudson, Bettie Page and
Lana Turner. In addition, CMG represents many internationally acclaimed
musicians including Duke Ellington, Chuck Berry, Billie Holiday, Hank Williams,
Sr., Don McLean, and Buddy Holly, and prestigious corporate accounts like
I Love New York. Historical clients include the late civil rights leader
Malcolm X, Amelia Earhart, Lee Strasberg, Mark Twain, and legendary architect
Frank Lloyd Wright.
Equity Management Inc.:
(EMI): EMI offers one of the largest full-time, in-house sales force in
the industry. These professionals have the highest degree of motivation
to develop, sell, and bring to market successful, long-term licensed
businesses. EMI's product experience spans over 170 unique product
categories. This expertise is employed on your behalf to generate the
best licenses with the strongest licensees. Furthermore, their
foundational economic model is designed to motivate EMI to invest in
your licensing program for the long-term benefit of your brand and your
company. Address: 4365 Executive Drive Suite 1000 San Diego, CA 92121
Phone # 858 558 2500 Contact: Marlene Cuesta e-mail:
mcuesta@equitymanagementinc.com
Fashion Licensing of America
Inc.: Fashion Licensing of America is the exclusive licensing agent
for the estate of Ernest Hemmingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald.
HIG Licensing: they have over
40 years combined experience in this industry and they value our
relationships with their clients. They take a personal interest in every
company they represent. They make sure that all of their clients receive
the best possible service, and that the licenses they receive are the
ones which they need.
H-W Brands: By
taking advantage of HW-Brands' brand licensing services, you can rest assure
that your business may boom and be more profitable in just a short time.
They have a wide array of names to choose from so you can pick the one that
best suits the products that you offer. You need a name to have an edge
against your competitors. But not just any name. In order to be patronized
by your target, you need a brand name or better yet, fashion brands. Instead
of starting from scratch, let them assist you with brand licensing.
Iconix:
owns, licenses and markets a growing
portfolio of consumer brands including CANDIE'S (R), BONGO (R),
BADGLEY MISCHKA (R),
JOE BOXER (R) RAMPAGE (R) MUDD (R), LONDON
FOG (R), MOSSIMO (R) OCEAN PACIFIC(R), DANSKIN (R) ROCA WEAR(R), CANNON
(R), ROYAL VELVET (R), FIELDCREST (R), CHARISMA (R), STARTER (R) and
WAVERLY (R). In addition, Iconix owns an
interest in the ARTFUL DODGER (R), ED HARDY (R), ECKO (R),
MARC ECKO (R), ZOO YORK (R), MATERIAL GIRL(TM)
and PEANUTS (R) brands. The Company licenses its brands to a network of
leading retailers and manufacturers that touch every major segment of retail
distribution from the luxury market to the mass market in both the U.S.
and worldwide. Through its in-house business development, merchandising,
advertising and public relations departments Iconix manages its brands
to drive greater consumer awareness and equity.
Joan
Hansen : The Hansen organization is highly qualified, dedicated
and has an enviable record of performance. Hansen has structured and innovated
many licensing arrangements. Hansen, by its participations and position,
is current on the thinking, attitudes and actions of licensors, licensees,
retailers and consumers. Hansen is involved in the major diversified
aspects of licensing and has had dealings and contacts with the major licensors
and licensees in most of the product categories. Equally effective
are the unique, comprehensive, individualized solicitations and/or presentations
which are directed to preselected, screened potentials identified by Hansen.
Hansen's ongoing extensive participation in markets and with products equips
Hansen to monitor and evaluate licensees' qualitative and financial performances.
Hansen directs Licensors' attention to Licensees' activities and results,
and suggests actions for the benefit of the Licensors and Licensees.
The Licensing Company: TLC is a new breed of licensing company, constantly
evolving and nimble enough to provide an individualised service and personal
relationships, but large enough to create and sustain global impact.
With offices in five of the world's top consumer markets, they are
at the heart of what's happening. They observe and understand
market trends. They are brand managers and are strategic
thinkers. They design product ranges, they have legal and
financial support, they explore applications for technology, they
are market makers, they are entrepreneurs, they work
within most business sectors, their licensed products are in every
home, they work with some of the world's most recognised brands, they
are responsible for hundreds of thousands of products, with a retail value
of many millions.
LicenZing LLC is a
boutique consulting agency specializing in brand licensing, public relations
and marketing. The agency offers clients a reliable resource for strategic
brand and business development, as well as market and retail development.
This focus combined with extensive experience and expertise allows LicenZing
LLC to deliver meaningful results that will be seen in the bottom line.
LicenZing LLC offers comprehensive, reliable and high-quality services that
are an alternative to in-house resources for building brand equity through
licensing, public relations, marketing, and effective retail distribution.
LicenZing LLC offers a high level of practical experience, know-how, and
strategic alliances. We are committed to the success of our clients and
their extended programs and strive to provide the highest level of customer
service and quality consulting within the licensing and marketing industries.
70 Mitchell Blvd. Suite 105 San Rafael, CA 94903 Phone: 415.507.1596 fax:
866.858.8575
- Licensing Agents
- Public Relations (California)
- Strategic Marketing Consultants
LMCA Brand
Extension Strategists: LMCA specializes in building strategic
brand extension licensing programs. Clients are largely major US and multinational
consumer and commercial organizations, including American Dental Association,
Arm & Hammer, Black Flag, Car and Driver, Easter Seals, Eastman Kodak,
Eddie Bauer, Frigidaire, Heifer, Mack Truck, Melitta, Mensa, Metropolitan
Home, Mott's, New York Philharmonic, Playtex, Red Wing, Road & Track,
Roto-Rooter, San Diego Zoo, The 21 Club, United Airlines, Winchester and
Westinghouse. The firm is 25 years old, has engineered more than 200 license
agreements and manages more than $4 billion in licensed sales. LMCA's work
ranges from program conceptualization through full development and implementation.
The firm has exclusive rights to Mensa Process, which provides clients with
ideation services by tapping into the brain-power of the world's top IQ's,
Mensa members. LMCA has offices in New York, Atlanta, Boston, St. Louis
and Shanghai, and has international experience in more than 160 foreign
countries. LMCA, 156 West 56th St., Suite 1400, New York, NY 10019, Contact:
Alan Kravetz, Executive Vice President, Tel. (978) 475-7616 email:
akravetz@lmca.net
Marketing
On Femand LLC.:
Marketing
On Demand is a full-service Licensing agency.
They specialize on Strategic Alliances and Licensing.
Marketing On Demand will add value to your
company through its licensing strategy Once viewed as simply a nice source
of ancillary income, licensing has become crucial revenue streams for virtually
every business. The challenge is not to
find partners and negotiate deals
it is to find the right partners and pursue the best deals.
Marketing on Demand's Strategic Alliance &
Licensing Solutions offers the thorough, objective analysis that eliminates
the need for guesswork about the true economic potential of licensing opportunities.
They identify, provide analysis, negotiate
and deliver the right partner for your brand or company.
Address: 1333 Broadway, Suite 1018, New York,NY 10018 Phone: 212-244-5548
Fax:914-206-4126 E-mail: Stu@marketingondemandllc.com
Contact name Stu Seltzer, President
Perpetual Licensing
: Perpetual is a full-service brand
licensing agency that specializes in building and managing strategic programs
for well-known brands and category leading manufacturers. At Perpetual,
they build profitable relationships between Brand
Owners (Licensors) and Manufacturers (Licensees). Their
marketing programs extend desirable brands into new products, to new consumers,
at new and existing retail channels. Their innovative
ideas are based on market insights and rigorous analytic processes, and
act as catalysts for building new businesses and revenue streams. These
ideas create real, measurable, positive change for clients. Through years
of experience, a large network of industry contacts, vast market knowledge,
a proprietary and trademarked process, and their
nimble size, they are uniquely positioned to help
clients achieve their licensing objectives. Through collaborative relationships,
Perpetual and their clients unlock additional
value in brands. Perpetual Licensing Extending Desirable Brands.
Address: 12 East 86th Street Suite 634 New York, NY 10028 Phone:
212-585-2500 Fax: 212-585-2505 Email:
info@perpetuallicensing.com
Contact: David Milch
Sequential Brands Group Inc: Sequential Brands Group,
Inc. (Nasdaq:SQBG) owns, promotes, markets, and licenses a portfolio of
consumer brands in the fashion, active, and lifestyle categories. Sequential
seeks to ensure that its brands continue to thrive and grow by employing
strong brand management, design and marketing teams. Sequential has licensed
and intends to license its brands in a variety of consumer categories to
retailers, wholesalers and distributors in the United States and around
the world.

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