Mikasa to Brand Home Products, More

Croscill Home & Excell/Glenoit have signed on to produce a collection of Mikasa-branded home products, as well as to expand its dinnerware collections.

The range will include placemats, tablecloths, napkins, runners, kitchen tiers, napkin rings, shower curtains, embellished towels, bath accessories and bedding ensembles with coordinating window treatments. The Mikasa collection will be available at retailers in spring 2011.

"Lifetime Brands is proud to be expanding the Mikasa brand into home furnishings with Croscill Home & Excell/Glenoit, market leaders who share our vision of high-quality products and design excellence," says Dan Siegel, executive vice president of Lifetime Brands, on behalf of Mikasa.

Synergy Licensing brokered the deal.