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Tributes have been paid en masse from across the industry to ‘one of licensing’s brightest stars and biggest hearts’, Kelvyn Gardner, who very sadly died unexpectedly yesterday morning (January 26). As the tragic news broke throughout the evening, members from across the global licensing community were moved to share condolences …
Read More »Asgard Media’s Kelvyn Gardner launches Living with Licensing podcast
Licensing industry stalwart and director of Asgard Media, Kelvyn Gardner, has today launched a new licensing industry podcast with the aim of informing and entertaining the industry and the people within in it in equal measure. Called Living with Licensing, the new podcast series kicks off today and sees Gardner, …
Read More »On the hunt: Kelvyn Gardner’s Asgard Media is on a mission to benefit the licensing industry
Kelvyn Gardner is an individual who really does know licensing. It’s by no accident of course, and only to be expected of a man who has spent over 40 years working in or around the industry, and certainly the trait of a one who has spent the last 13 as …
Read More »LIMA details its annual UK Licensing Essentials Course
The International Licensing Industry Merchandisers’ Association (LIMA) will host its annual UK Licensing Essentials Course next month, exploring licensors’ and licensees’ adaptation to the retail environment and how today’s children are interacting with licensed brands. The course will take place on May 23rd at 54 Buckingham Gate in London, and …
Read More »LIMA details its first seminar and networking day in the north of England
Known for its educational and networking output internationally and at home, this spring LIMA event in Manchester will - according to the organisation - break new ground for the industry.
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