Brand Licensing Europe 2015

Pink Key Consulting had a brilliant BLE 2015 and as a result of the show we are in discussion with several potential new licensees for all our of brands.

Brand Licensing Europe 2015

Click on the links to read some of the Press article published in the run up to Brand Licensing Europe 2015

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Eureka! Signs T-Shirt Booth as First Licensee

Pink Key Consulting is delighted to announce the signing of the first licensee for Eureka! A partnership has been initiated with T-Shirt Booth to launch a range of T-shirts using the new Eureka! Style Guide that will be sold via the T-shirt booth website and designed to raise money for the National Children’s Museum.

Richard Pink, Managing Director of Pink Key Consulting says ‘We are delighted to have T-shirt booth as our first licensee, they are a really progressive company and have developed some great designs that will appeal to children in the age group we are targeting with this licensing programme’.

Michelle Emerson, Marketing and Development Director at Eureka! says “it’s a great step in the right direction, and hopefully signals the start of the growth of our licensing programme, plus making lots of children very happy of course!”

Tracey Richardson of Digital Giving, said “We’re absolutely delighted to see Eureka! joining a host of other children’s favourite characters in this digital fundraising product range. We’re confident it will prove to be a popular souvenir of a great day out at the Museum.”

Product will be available by the end of September.

Pink Key Consulting is looking for licensees who can complement the T-shirt booth licence and all enquiries should be made to richard@pinkkey.co.uk or call on 07859 362323

Licensing Awards 2015

Mad Beauty’s Vintage Kellogg’s Health and Beauty range won The Best Licensed Brand Range at the Licensing Awards 2015

Pink Key Consulting at Brand Licensing 2015

The Kellogg Vintage brand, nominated in this year’s Licensing Awards maintains strong sales and growing distribution with a range of products including housewares, apparel and gifts across all retail tiers in Europe. New products, including a food gifting range, will be appearing later this year in mass-market outlets across the UK. New licensees have been signed this year including AA Brands, CMP, Women’s Secret, Gibson Games, and Kimm & Miller for food gifting products. Alongside this, the continued collaboration with Anya Hindmarch has seen Tony the Tiger and other characters appearing on clutches and tote bags sold in high-end department stores around the world. There are still waiting lists for these highly aspirational items.

BLE 2015 sees two new launches –

Firstly is the launch of the ‘Pringles’ brand new Style Guide. Pink Key Consulting will be looking for licensees right across Europe who can take the brand into apparel, accessories, gifting and houseware items.

Secondly, Pink Key Consulting is delighted to have Egmont Publishing stunning portfolio available for licensing. The portfolio contains classic comic artwork such as Roy of the Rovers, Battle including ‘Charlie’s War’ along with artwork from a number of classic comics. We have an extensive and rich archive of classic artwork, in both colour and black and white, storylines, comic strips and front cover artwork. We are looking for licensees who are interested in developing these classic brands into apparel, gifting and sportswear.

Eureka! and The English Cream Tea Company have signed their first licensees and we are looking for additional licensees for both brands, with categories including toys for Eureka and homewares and gifting for The English Cream Tea Company.

For further details contact richard@pinkkey.co.uk or come and visit them at Brand Licensing on Stand number K35

Licensing Awards

We are delighted that Vintage Kelloggs, Jane Asher and Vintage Kellogg’s licensee Mad Beauty have all been shortlisted for the 2015 Licensing Awards.

The winners will be announced at the Dorchester Hotel on 15 September 2015.

Pink Key Total Licensing Magazine Interview

Click here for Richard’s interview with Total Licensing Magazine where he talks about ten years of Pink Key Consulting and all the Brands he represents.

Roy of the Rovers

Pink Key Consulting Ltd has been appointed by Egmont Publishing as their exclusive licensing agent.

The portfolio includes classic comic artwork including Roy of the Rovers and Battle including ‘Charlie’s War’.

Roy of the Rovers has been a favourite for over 50 years, known and loved by men and boys and admired for his style, talent and quintessential Englishness.

Battle has thrilled fans for many years with is stunning artwork and compelling storylines.

We have an extensive and rich archive of classic artwork, in both colour and black and white, of storylines, comic strips and front cover artwork.

We are looking for licensees who are interested in developing these classic brands into apparel, gifting and sportswear.

Best Licensed Marketing Communication Campaign 2014

Richard Pink is once again Chair of a panel of industry experts who will choose the award for the best use of a licence in a marketing communication award in the past year. The award will be presented at the Licensing Industry Awards Gala Ball on 15 September 2015 at The Grosvenor House Hotel, London.

For more information visit The Licensing Awards

Vintage Kellogg’s Social Media

Click here to see a selection of recent social media posts