{"id":12341,"date":"2018-04-10T16:40:45","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T14:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.licensingitalia.it\/?p=12341"},"modified":"2018-04-10T16:40:45","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T14:40:45","slug":"74-delegates-and-seven-new-retailers-confirmed-for-ble-2018-retail-mentoring-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.licensingitalia.it\/en\/74-delegates-and-seven-new-retailers-confirmed-for-ble-2018-retail-mentoring-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"74 delegates and seven new retailers confirmed for BLE 2018 Retail Mentoring Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>74 delegates confirmed &#8211; 27 ahead of 2017 <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>River Island and Ann Summers among 7 new retailers confirmed for 2018<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Natural History Museum among new licensor hosts <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Deadline for entries is Friday 13 April <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ubm.brandlicensing.eu\/retail-mentoring-programme\/\"><strong>https:\/\/ubm.brandlicensing.eu\/retail-mentoring-programme\/<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>BLE 2018, 9-11 October, Olympia London<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With 74 delegates, including 22 buyers from Tesco, and 17 retailers confirmed to take part, Brand Licensing Europe\u2019s 2018 Retail Mentoring Programme is already set to break records even though applications are not due to close until Friday 13 April.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the programme attracted 47 delegates and retailers. New retailers confirmed for 2018 are River Island, Asda, Hamleys, Ann Summers, Halfords, Absolute Cult and Beija London. The following are all returning:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/character.com\/\">character.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>John Lewis<\/li>\n<li>M&amp;Co<\/li>\n<li>Matalan<\/li>\n<li>Morrisons<\/li>\n<li>Sainsbury\u2019s<\/li>\n<li>Tesco<\/li>\n<li>The Entertainer<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/truffleshuffle.com\/\">TruffleShuffle.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Toymaster<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u201cThe Retail Mentoring Programme gave us a great platform to understand the licensing world as well as the opportunity to network and connect with licensors, suppliers and partners, said&nbsp;Yogi Parmar, operations director, Toymaster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImportantly, from this, we made relationships along with getting some great contacts to help promote our brand, Toymaster. A BIG \u2018thank you\u2019 to everyone who helped, encouraged and supported us throughout the programme.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pat Wood, managing director,&nbsp;TruffleShuffle.com<\/strong>, added: <em>\u201cLicensing has always been a hard task to train people on and a hard task to delegate, meaning it\u2019s always been performed by the senior management team, who aren\u2019t able to devote the correct level of attention to it. With the introduction of the Retail Mentoring Programme, we now have three team members who are better informed, trained and qualified in licensing than we as a senior team ever have been. We\u2019re already seeing a more empowered approach to licensing and one of our delegates, James, has already signed two new licenses that wouldn\u2019t have been possible had it not been for his participation in the programme.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>BLE\u2019s Retail Mentoring Programme provides retailers with the tools they need to get the most out of their licensing programmes. Delivered through seminars, workshops, one-to-one consultancy sessions and live events, the CPD accredited course is designed to enhance the buyer\u2019s career as well as their department\u2019s bottom line. Successful applicants will receive the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A place at the Licensing Essentials Course on 3 May, organised by LIMA<\/li>\n<li>The chance to judge the product categories at the Licensing Awards, organised by Max Publishing<\/li>\n<li>A place at the programme\u2019s closing conference<\/li>\n<li>Access to the exclusive Retail Lounge at BLE, which takes place from 9-11 October at Olympia London<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mentees will also benefit from a full day with a licensor to help them to understand licensing from the brand owner side, as well as receiving tips on how to work effectively with some of the world\u2019s best known properties and agents. New licensor hosts for this year include Natural History Museum and The Point 1888, who represents Battersea Cats &amp; Dogs Home, TATE and Leon.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThere is no limit on the number of delegates who can take part in the programme,\u201d<\/em> said <strong>BLE brand manager Jenny Purves<\/strong>, <em>\u201cso we really are encouraging as many buyers and retailers as possible to apply for a place. The programme is CPD accredited, jam packed full&nbsp;of content and valued at \u00a3499 per delegate, but we are so passionate about opening retailers\u2019 eyes to the potential of licensing, that we offer these places for free.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Applications will remain open at <a href=\"https:\/\/ubm.brandlicensing.eu\/retail-mentoring-programme\/\">https:\/\/ubm.brandlicensing.eu\/retail-mentoring-programme\/<\/a> until Friday 13<sup>th<\/sup> April.<\/p>\n<p>Brand Licensing Europe is the definitive event for the licensing industry in Europe. The 20<sup>th<\/sup> annual event will take place in London from 9-11 October 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>74 delegates confirmed &#8211; 27 ahead of 2017 River Island and Ann Summers among 7 new retailers confirmed for 2018 Natural History Museum among new licensor hosts Deadline for entries is Friday 13 April https:\/\/ubm.brandlicensing.eu\/retail-mentoring-programme\/ BLE 2018, 9-11 October, Olympia London With 74 delegates, including 22 buyers from Tesco, and 17 retailers confirmed to take [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11951,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[408],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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