Oct 11, 2010 0
Our new Facebook page
Our new Facebook page is the best way to keep in touch with us, and all it takes is a couple clicks to become a fan, so why not click over now?
Feb 5, 2010 0
There’s No Time Like Snow Time
Well, that’s just about it for the week. Here in the New York area and stretching far in any direction, there’s a lot of snow scheduled to come down. That means sleds, parkas, and toys… many of which are licensed. But mostly it means a lot of fun.
From the Drip Drops and all of us at TLB, have a happy and safe weekend.
Jan 14, 2010 0
We’re Back!
Oomph! It’s been a long time since we posted around here, but we promise that we’ll be more thorough more often. We just got through finishing up the inaugural edition of The Halloween Insider, a new mini-mag that will knock your socks off. At least, that’s what we hope! Now we’re working on our Toy Fair issue, and pounding away to make sure the best info is in your hands in less than a month. It’s another quick turnaround, but we’re ready enough for it that posting here every day shouldn’t be a problem. 2010 is the year of us bringing our magazine presence online, and then some. Check back here every day!
Nov 30, 2009 0
Welcome to Cyber Monday! And welcome to our blog!
Good morning, readers!
Today marks the first day we’ll be updating The Licensing Blog, our new, up-to-the minute take on the licensing world. Here we’ll try to get you the information that’s too urgent for our print issues and needs a little more context than we can give it on Twitter or Facebook. Whenever something happens in the licensing industry, come here to put it in context. Or just stop by to see what we’re working on. Either way, we’re glad to have you reading.
The big news today for e-tailers is that it’s Cyber Monday. The bad news is that it’s getting harder and harder to make any sense of Black Friday figures. While there was a small increase over last year’s figures (.5%), there are a few variables. On the positive side, that number might have been punished by rain in the Northeast, says Consumerist. (Which could bode well today). On the negative side, it’s possible that in order to keep sales high, large retailers were willing to take a loss, says Hot Air. And it’s likely that such an increase did not pace inflation, meaning there was actually a small loss. But if this really is the low point of the recession—or, at least, the lone Black Friday to fall within the crater caused by the subprime bust, etc.—these numbers shouldn’t be seen as a long-term problem. We were expecting this.