As the market for live experiences based on licensed properties and brands becomes more crowded, it is ever more difficult to stand out and to “surprise and delight” the fans. These recent examples have done just that by building on and adding slightly new twists to widely accepted experiential configurations: KFC Wine Bar. Pop-up wine […]
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Full of Beans
BBC Studios’ deal with Bush’s for Bluey Baked Beans, announced last week, brings attention to a product that is not often top of mind in the world of licensed merchandise. But agreements in this category are not unheard of. In fact, several partnerships involving baked beans, mainly featuring character properties and food brands, have bubbled […]
Mobile AR Gaming Levels Up
Niantic’s Pokémon Go, the first hit augmented-reality mobile game, came out in July 2016. More than three years later, the game was still generating $1.4 billion in annual revenue, as of December 2019, according to SuperData. In fact, the title single-handedly drove 81% of the $1.7 billion in total revenues for all AR mobile games […]