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ThinkFun Announces “MESH Helps” Task Force

ThinkFun, the award-winning world leader in fun brain games that ignite young minds, published a comprehensive report that examines the mental health challenges facing today’s children and teens, and underscores the importance of building MESH (Mental, Emotional and Social Health) skills to build resilience and protect their mental health. The report, titled “Building Products with MESH in Mind,” encourages stakeholders in the games and toys industry – including inventors, manufacturers, and retailers – to embrace the crucial role they play in protecting the mental health of children through the development of MESH skills. The full report is available on MESHhelps.org.

Sesame Workshop and Quest Diagnostics Team Up to Address Health and Well-Being Inequities

Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street which reaches 156 million children across more than 150 countries, and Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), the world’s leading provider of diagnostic information services, has announced a new nationwide program to address health and well-being inequities among young children, particularly in low-income, rural, and marginalized communities.

Kids2 Acquires Baby Dream Machine

Kids2, Inc, a global company that designs holistic solutions to help early-stage parents and families, announced the acquisition of the assets of Baby Dream Company Inc, adding the Baby Dream Machine as its latest and newest addition to the Ingenuity brand portfolio. Sleep is a huge parenting frustration, especially for parents Bart Lipski and Natalie Rebot. In their journey to find better sleep for their daughter, they worked with the sleep trainers and industry sleep experts to develop a product – Baby Dream Machine – that would help children get a good night’s sleep while using natural and scientifically proven methods.

Licensing News

Brand Central and Global Sub-Agents Sign 17 New Licensing Deals for NFT Collective

Brand Central, the exclusive global licensing agency for Bored of Directors, and their network of leading global subagents have been rapidly closing licensing partners around the globe. Bored of Directors offers a collection of top Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) apes featuring a variety of aesthetics and personalities under one umbrella brand. With a full suite of apes, trend forward style guide, and retail partnerships lining up, Bored of Directors is going bananas.

News

Jakks Pacific Reports Third Quarter 2022 Financial Results

“We continued to see strong retail sell-thru for our product throughout the third quarter,” said Stephen Berman, CEO of JAKKS Pacific. “Our top three toy accounts in the US sustained point of sale results in the high teens in Q3 as we head into the all-important fourth quarter. By leaning into our heritage as an FOB-first company, we’ve managed to ship more of our product earlier in the year to avoid excessive supply-chain expenses and mitigate out-of-stock risks at retail. As a result, our customers are ready for the holiday season with a great range of product and promotional plans. We are on track to deliver full-year 2022 revenue growth around 20% vs. prior year for the second year in a row, which are exceptional results that the team and I are very proud of.

Penguin Announces ODEON Partnership to Celebrate The Snowman and The Snowman and the Snowdog Anniversaries

To celebrate 40 years of The Snowman and 10 years of The Snowman and the Snowdog film adaptations, Penguin Ventures (the licensing and consumer products division of Penguin Random House Children’s) has partnered with ODEON to bring the festive films to cinemas nationwide this winter. The hour-long theatrical screening will offer families the chance to experience the magic of The World of The Snowman like never before, with a double-bill of both film adaptions, at ODEON cinemas this festive season. Inspired by the late Raymond Briggs’ timeless picture book, The Snowman, these iconic characters continue to be an intrinsic part of family celebrations each Christmas.

Reeds Jewelers Kicks-off The Little Prince 80th Anniversary

Reeds Jewelers announced The Little Prince bridal and diamond fashion jewelry collections are available in-store and online at REEDS.com as of tomorrow, October 29th. The deal was brokered by Licensing Works! on behalf of its Paris-based client, Société pour la Gestion et l’Exploitation des Droits Dérivés de l’Œuvre d’Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, or as abbreviated, SOGEX, Global Licensors for the Estate of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

Manic Panic Joins Forces with SmartPrintsInk to Bring Apparel to Dye-Hard Fan

Manic Panic, the iconic hair color and beauty brand, has partnered with SmartPrintsInk, a direct-to-consumer apparel and accessory licensee, to create a fashionable and edgy line of t-shirts, hoodies, and sweatshirts, as well as accessories including tumblers, mugs and totes. “We are very proud and happy to announce this new licensing partnership with Manic Panic, a brand that seeks to connect with its loyal fans through its creative and innovative hair products. On this occasion, we joined forces to bring to life the new line of Manic Panic merch with incredible designs. Fans will surely love them!”, said Roberto Rojas, General Manager S SmartPrintsInk.

Lupita Nyong’o Announces the Release of the Super Sema Deluxe Talking Doll

Oscar-winning actress and best-selling author Lupita Nyong’o announces the first ever doll for Super Sema, the YouTube Originals series that follows the world-changing adventures of an extraordinary young African girl, Sema. Executive produced by Nyong’o, the NAACPnominated series takes place in an African-futuristic world where Sema and her brother MB use their STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, & Math) superpowers, along with creativity and determination, to save their village from an evil AI robot.