Sports Licensing and Tailgate Show moves to Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay Convention Center
to showcase the best in team and school merchandise.
Join us Jan. 16-18, 2020, for the only show dedicated to sports and collegiate licensed merchandise.
This year only, we’re moving to Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, where, in addition to a fresh new show experience, attendees and exhibitors can enjoy the convenience and networking opportunities that come with Mandalay Bay’s many restaurants and nightlife options.
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The BHMA Secure Home™ Label simplifies the process for purchasing builders’ hardware.
By Ralph Vasami
Door hardware is an essential component to any home: it requires careful thought and consideration whether it is front door hardware that will be exposed to winter’s frost and biting winds, or a bathroom door lock consistently used in a family home.
The simplest way to choose superior door hardware is to look for the label.
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BBC Studios continues its path of growth and reputation for quality
by bringing the success of Bluey to the United States.
By Staci Davidson, Knighthouse Media
Bluey, a cartoon Blue Heeler puppy, Doctor Who, Jean Valjean of Les Misérables and the contestants in Dancing With the Stars do not usually inhabit the same universes, but they all share a home at BBC Studios, known around the world for producing bold, creative and beloved content. With the introduction of Bluey to markets outside of Australia this fall, BBC Studios aims to continue its hallmark of high-quality content that audiences have come to expect.
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Changing the way sourcing and procurement works is what LogicSource is all about. Owned and operated by an experienced group of global business veterans, the company’s sourcing and procurement model is execution-based and fully transparent, so clients don’t spend money for service before seeing results.
The company has put together a suite of proven, pre-built assets to execute rapidly deployable, customized solutions that deliver immediate savings and sustainable value. These assets include its supplier ecosystem, sourcing and procurement operations centers, onsite execution teams, and OneMarket “source-to-pay” technology. LogicSource has shared service centers in Texas and Connecticut as well as people and systems on client sites around the U.S. and Canada. It works with suppliers around the globe, and its technology is utilized on an international level.
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LNL Systems listens to customers to develop retail communications systems that help stores and customers.
By Mark Lawton
Listening to customers is key at LNL Systems of Natick, Mass. “We really have to understand the retailers and the customers and the challenges they face,” owner Mark Barnes says. “A lot of product ideas and enhancements [come] from customers themselves.”
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Childhood learning franchise Mad Science Group Inc. engages its clients and franchisees’ artistic sides
with the new Crayola® IMAGINE ARTS ACADEMY™ concept.
By Jim Harris
After more than three decades of helping children discover the wonders of science, Montreal-based Mad Science Group Inc. – the educational franchise where kids learn about science in a hands-on fashion – has teamed up with Crayola®, the leader in art-infused education for 115 years, to launch Crayola® IMAGINE ARTS ACADEMY™, a children’s art enrichment franchise. Every program, product and service offered in Crayola® IMAGINE ARTS ACADEMY™ centers on the concept that art aids learning and reinforces key 21st century skills: creativity, critical thinking, collaboration and communication.
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Zuru expands its empire with the launch of new and imaginative products
designed to disrupt the market.
By Kat Zeman, Knighthouse Media
It’s one of the fastest-growing toy companies in the world with a reputation for disrupting the market with its innovations. Zuru – famous for its global brands such as Bunch O Balloons, X-Shot and Robo Alive – is preparing to unleash chaos once again.
The award-winning company that designs, manufactures and markets innovative toys and consumer products is launching another new toy. Although specifics are being kept under wraps until the product’s official unveiling Feb. 16 at the Toy Fair in New York, the toy utilizes technology aligned with the company’s successful Bunch O Balloons brand.
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Billboard is growing its consumer electronics line and tapping into new markets.
BY Kat Zeman, Knighthouse Media
Billboard needs no introduction. At the forefront of the music industry, this American entertainment media brand has millions of fans that turn to it for music news and its well-respected database of charts defines success in music.
But what some of its fans may not know is that Billboard is expanding its horizons. In 2016, the brand launched a consumer electronics line, which experienced a triple growth in sales its first year and has been growing in double digits since.
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