Brand Licensing Europe

“Congratulations to the finalists who presented very strong, well thought through and commercially mindful concepts,” said Ian Downes, chair of the judges and director of Start Licensing.

The session will see Gary share never before seen data to explore how families like to shop now – and how these behaviours have amplified following the pandemic.

The BLE team has partnered with ExpressTest by CignPost to facilitate all testing requirements for international attendees.

The competition is now open – and winners will receive a free stand at BLE 2022, one-on-one consultation with members of the judging panel, and free memberships to Licensing International and Products of Change.

“We have had great feedback from June’s Licensing Week Virtual, so we know that there is huge potential and appetite for industry connection during this challenging time when meeting face-to-face is difficult,” said Informa’s Anna Knight.

“Thousands of meetings were held, our seminar programme and Live Kitchen demos were extremely successful, and exhibitors proclaimed it ‘their best BLE ever’”, said brand director Anna Knight.

This year’s panel session boasts design execs from Golden Bear, Fuse London, Making Things and Modiphius Entertainment.

“Moving BLE to east London makes perfect business sense on all sides,” said BLE brand director Anna Knight.

Joining Mojo Nation’s Billy Langsworthy on the panel will be Heayes Design’s Richard Heayes, Triclops Studio’s Luc Hudson, Modiphius Entertainment’s Chris Birch and Big Ideas’ Simon Skelton.