The event opened with a special industry spoof of The Traitors, before Jakki Brown, md at Max Publishing (which owns and organises The Licensing Awards) officially welcomed everyone, saying: \u201cThere are 1,200 of us here, all to celebrate everything that is great about the licensing industry \u2013 the people, the products, the brands and the passion. We\u2019re all in the entertainment business and so this event, the largest awards event for the licensing industry in the world, just has to reflect that. It should be fun and memorable \u2013 and hopefully tonight will be that and much more.\u201d<\/p>\n
The awards were hosted by the multi-award nominated Suzi Ruffell, with the evening coming to an emotional close with Richard Hollis being honoured with this year\u2019s Honorary Achievement award.<\/p>\n
The awards were once again backed by Brand Licensing Europe as headline sponsor and also supported by industry trade body, Licensing International.<\/p>\n
The winners of The Licensing Awards 2024 are:<\/p>\n
THE UK RISING STAR AWARD<\/strong> BEST RETAILER OF PRESCHOOL LICENSED PRODUCTS (AGE GROUP 0-5)<\/strong> BEST RETAILER OF KIDS\u2019 LICENSED PRODUCTS (AGE GROUP 5-16)<\/strong> BEST RETAILER OF ADULT LICENSED PRODUCTS<\/strong> THE RADAR AWARD<\/strong> BEST OVERSEAS RETAILER<\/strong> BEST LICENSED RETAIL MARKETING INITIATIVE<\/strong> BEST LICENSED PROMOTIONS CAMPAIGN<\/strong> BEST LICENSED LIVE EVENT<\/strong> BEST LICENSED TOYS OR GAMES RANGE<\/strong> BEST LICENSED HEALTH AND BEAUTY RANGE<\/strong> BEST LICENSED PRESCHOOL APPAREL OR ACCESSORIES RANGE (0-5 YEARS)<\/strong> BEST LICENSED CHILDREN\u2019S APPAREL OR ACCESSORIES RANGE<\/strong> BEST LICENSED ADULT APPAREL OR ACCESSORIES RANGE<\/strong> BEST LICENSED DRESS-UP OR PARTYWARE RANGE<\/strong> BEST LICENSED WRITTEN, LISTENING OR LEARNING RANGE<\/strong> BEST LICENSED PAPER PRODUCTS OR STATIONERY RANGE<\/strong> BEST LICENSED GIFTWARE, HOME D\u00c9COR, TABLEWARE OR HOUSEWARES RANGE<\/strong> BEST LICENSED FOOD OR DRINK RANGE<\/strong> THE INNOVATION AWARD<\/strong> BEST SUSTAINABLE LICENSED PRODUCT<\/strong> BEST PRESCHOOL LICENSED PROPERTY (AGE GROUP 0-5)<\/strong> BEST CHILDREN\u2019S OR TWEEN LICENSED PROPERTY (AGE GROUP 5-12)<\/strong> BEST TEEN OR ADULT LICENSED PROPERTY<\/strong> BEST GAMING LICENSED PROPERTY<\/strong> BEST FILM LICENSED PROPERTY<\/strong> BEST MUSIC OR CELEBRITY LICENSED PROPERTY<\/strong> BEST SPORTS LICENSED PROPERTY <\/strong> THE CLASSIC LICENSED PROPERTY AWARD<\/strong> What Kids Love Award<\/strong> Honorary Achievement Award<\/strong> The winners of this year\u2019s Licensing Awards were crowned at a glittering ceremony, with over 1,200 industry executives filling The Great Room at the Grosvenor House Hotel for an evening of celebration. The event opened with a special industry spoof of The Traitors, before Jakki Brown, md at Max Publishing (which owns and organises The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":39104,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nCorinne Duckworth, commercial executive, Dreamtex<\/p>\n
\nSmyths Toys<\/p>\n
\nPrimark<\/p>\n
\nHMV<\/p>\n
\nCardfactory<\/p>\n
\nH&M<\/p>\n
\nBarbie The Movie Campaign with Zara<\/p>\n
\nCluedo Cooking Sauces Promotion with Premier Foods<\/p>\n
\nStranger Things: The First Shadow Theatrical Production from Sonia Friedman Productions<\/p>\n
\nTraitors The Official Board Game from Vivid Goliath<\/p>\n
\nSpongeBob SquarePants Bath and Body Collection from LUSH<\/p>\n
\nPeppa Pig x Natural History Museum Collection for F&F at Tesco from Blues Group<\/p>\n
\nSquishmallows Collection from H&M<\/p>\n
\nBarbie Movie Collection for Primark from Bioworld International<\/p>\n
\nWednesday Dress-up Range from Rubies Masquerade<\/p>\n
\nPeter Rabbit Cross Stitch Magazine from Hachette Partworks<\/p>\n
\nCrayola Kraft Range from Hunter Price International<\/p>\n
\nMiffy x Cath Kidston Collection from Cath Kidston<\/p>\n
\nElf Doughnut Collection from Krispy Kreme<\/p>\n
\nReal FX Disney Stitch Puppet from WOW! Stuff<\/p>\n
\nHappy Place by Fearne Cotton AW23 Collection with Fabacus from Nobody\u2019s Child<\/p>\n
\nBluey<\/p>\n
\nSquishmallows<\/p>\n
\nBarbie<\/p>\n
\nMinecraft<\/p>\n
\nBarbie The Movie<\/p>\n
\nThe Beatles<\/p>\n
\nManchester City Football Club<\/p>\n
\nHello Kitty<\/p>\n
\nPok\u00e9mon<\/p>\n
\nRichard Hollis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"