Many consumer products marketers and IP owners were back with April Fool’s Day pranks in 2021, after a break last year due to the pandemic still being in its early weeks. Some examples of the trickery on April 1 last week were tied to current events, as when Wildbrain’s Teletubbies announced their own NFT, the […]
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Holiday Dress Code
The popularity of “ugly Christmas sweaters” as a pop-culture trend began to emerge almost a decade ago, and licenses across a wide variety of property types—from Bob Ross and Betty White to Bob’s Burgers and the Buffalo Bills—have had a strong presence over the past five years or so. Not surprisingly in such a crowded […]
Subscription Crates for Kids
The entertainment/character-driven portion of the subscription box industry to date has been dominated by so-called “geek-and-gamer” properties—videogames, sci-fi, fantasy, horror, comic books, anime, adult-focused animation, and the like—with end users skewing toward male teens and adults. A number of kawaii-themed boxes also exist and tend to appeal to women. While there is some spillover attraction […]
Cosplay: The Next Celebrity-Licensing Frontier?
Last month, celebrity cosplayer Yaya Han announced that she had partnered with Wyla Fabrics’ new Cosplay Fabrics division to create a line of 77 textile SKUs designed specifically for cosplay. The line, which will be distributed exclusively through Jo-Ann Fabrics starting next spring, includes stretch knits, Spandex, metallic and textured fabrics, and other goods tailored […]