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The U.K. Licensing Awards has unveiled the finalists for several of its key categories.
April 6, 2018
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Winners of each category will be unveiled in London, Sept. 1.
The U.K. Licensing Awards has unveiled the finalists for several of its key categories.
The annual U.K. Licensing Awards will take place at The Grosvenor House Hotel in London, Sept. 13.
The Best Licensed Property finalists are:
Best Preschool Licensed Property (ages 0-5): “Blaze and the Monster Machines,” “Fireman Sam,” The Gruffalo, “In the Night Garden,” “PAW Patrol,” “Peppa Pig,” “Teletubbies,” “Thomas & Friends” and The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
Best Children’s or Tween Licensed Property (ages 5-12): Angry Birds, “Danger Mouse,” “Minecraft,” “My Little Pony,” Pokémon, Shopkins, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” and “Thunderbirds Are Go.”
Best Teen or Adult Licensed Property: “Adventure Time,” Emoji, “Game of Thrones,” “Great British Bake Off,” Smiley and WWE.
Best Film Licensed Property: Batman v Superman, The BFG, Captain America: Civil War, Finding Dory, Frozen, Minions and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Best Music or Celebrity Licensed Property: 5S0S, The Beatles, Jamie Oliver, Justin Bieber, LonDunn (Jourdan Dunn), Matthew Williamson and One Direction.
Best Sports Licensed Property: Arsenal Football Club, Chelsea FC, England Rugby, The Football Association, Liverpool Football Club, Manchester City Football Club, NFL and Tottenham Hotspur Football Club.
The Classic Licensed Property Award: “Doctor Who,” Me to You, Moomins, Mr. Men and Little Miss, Paddington Bear, Peter Rabbit, “Power Rangers,” Roald Dahl, “Sesame Street,” “The Simpsons,” “SpongeBob SquarePants” and Winnie the Pooh.
The Product category finalists are:
Best Licensed Toy or Game: “My Little Pony” role play from HTI, “Paw Patrol” range from Spin Master, “Peppa” baby range from Rainbow Designs, Shopkins play sets from Flair, Star Wars POP! vinyl figures from Underground Toys and Star Wars remote control inflatables from Bladez.
Best Licensed Preschool Apparel Range (Ages 0-5): Finding Dory collection from Travis Designs, Guess How Much I Love You for Sainsbury’s from Paul Dennicci, DC super hero swimwear and accessories from Aykroyd & Sons, Peter Rabbit 150 Collection for Mothercare from Paul Dennicci, Star Wars babywear for Tesco from Paul Dennicci and Toy Story baby collection for George@Asda from Paul Dennicci.
Best Licensed Children’s Apparel Range: “Adventure Time” from Desigual, Alice in Wonderland from Courage & Kind, Angry Birds girls range from Fashion U.K., “My Little Pony” older girls range from Smith & Brooks, Star Wars essentials onesies from Aykroyd & Sons and Superman v Batman swimwear from Aykroyd & Sons.
Best Licensed Adult Apparel Range: “Adventure Time” boots from Dr Marten, Barbie collection from Truffle Shuffle, The Beatles Yellow Submarine scarf collection from Lily & Lionel, Star Wars footwear from Irregular Choice, Wall’s Twister heels and sequin clutch from ASOS and “Zelda” women’s range from Bioworld Europe.
Best Licensed Written, Listening or Learning Range: Bing books collection from Harper Collins, The Minions movie books from Centum Books, “Paw Patrol” range from Sambro, Star Wars book collection from Dorling Kindersley, The Very Hungry Caterpillar illustrated alphabet from Demco and Winnie the Pooh 90th anniversary books from Egmont.
Best Licensed Paper Products or Stationery Range: Disney originals greeting cards from U.K. greetings; Matthew Williamson greeting card and stationery collection from Museums & Galleries; “Paw Patrol” greeting cards and wrappings from Danilo; Star Wars premium stationery from Pyramid International; Star Wars stamp range from Royal Mail; and Wedgwood Arris stationery collection from Portico Designs.
Best Licensed Giftware: The Gruffalo gift range from Kimm & Miller; Guess How Much I Love You gift range from Rainbow Designs; Minions range from VMC Accessories; Peter Rabbit organic dinner set from Enesco; “The Simpsons” x Skinny Dip Krusty the Clown range; and Ted Baker Tour de Space and Time Collection from Wild & Wolf.
Best Licensed Home Décor, Tableware or Housewares Range: DC Comics doormats from Pyramid International; “The Great British Bake Off” range from Wow! Stuff; Peter Rabbit 150 nursery range from Suncrest; Star Wars X-Wing bed form World’s Apart; Star Wars homewares form Underground Toys; and vintage Kellogg’s Sunrise collection from Portmeirion.
Best Licensed Food or Drink Range: Batman v Superman cakes form Finsbury Food Group; Guinness potato crisps from Burts Chips; J20 frozen smoothies from Brand of Brothers; Minions banana Tic Tacs from Ferrero; Paul Hollywood ready to bake rolls from Carrs Food International; and Vimto Range form Rose Confectionary.
The Innovation Award: Science Museum virtual reality viewers from Wow! Stuff; Scrabble toybox lights from Paladone; Spiderman reverse sequin t-shirt from M&S; Star Wars Bluetooth speakers from AC Worldwide; Star Wars firefly lightsaber toothbrush from Grosvenor Consumer Products; and Star Wars Millennium Falcon insight print umbrella from BB Designs.
The Retail Award finalists are:
Best Preschool Retailer of Licensed Products (ages 0-5): Argos, Asda, Mothercare, Shop Direct, Smyths and Tesco.
Best Kid Retailer of Licensed Products (ages 6-16): Argos, Next, Primark, Sainsbury’s, Smyths and Tesco.
Best Retailer of Adult Licensed Products: Asda, Forbidden Planet, HMV, Next, Primark and Tesco.
The Radar Award: Card Factory, M&Co, Matalan, Paperchase, Poundland and Uniqlo.
The Best Licensed Marketing Communications Award finalists are:
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice with Compare the Market;
The Gruffalo Yorkshire Tree campaign with Yorkshire Tea;
Meet the Minions with Soreen;
“Peppa Pig’s” Splashathon with Tommy’s;
Roald Dahl’s Messy Adventure with Persil; and
Shaun in the City with Wallace & Gromit’s Children’s Foundation.
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