Making Licences Work: Beyond the Unique Point of Difference

This wide ranging article on licensing - defined as a promotional use of an established creative property such as a film, TV or cartoon character - highlights the potential advantages and pitfalls in mounting this type of promotion.

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Making Licences Work: Beyond the Unique Point of Difference

Charles Croft, The Marketing Store Consumer Products

Licensing definedLicensing is the promotional use of an established creative property usually a film, TV or cartoon character, but also a charity or an association, like the NBA or NFL in the US, for example to add value, and provide promotional focus and standout for a branded product or service. Use of the property is licensed by...

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