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Get your butt back in the seat, shift gears and get ahead -- There are a lot of wicked-smart people to meet, impactful data to absorb, white spaces to seek and deals to be made. PowerStation Studios will attend, command the stage and be available to power you up at: 🌴 LA X Tracks Forums and Toy Previews - Sept 9-13 > LA Toy Previews - Monday Sept 9: The Toy Association Opening Night Party - charity event https://lnkd.in/em2yfmJD   - Tuesday, September 10: TIA Networking Party Otis College of Art and Design. Free to attend. https://lnkd.in/eT5bW33W Register Today for The Toy Association’s LA Fall Preview Networking Party > Thursday, Sept 12: check out our panel at X Tracks Forums - last tickets available at https://lnkd.in/e28W2a7f > Thursday, Sept 12: FUN networking event: night of drinks and dinner at 7:15 pm at Porta Via in Beverly Hills (424 N. Canon Drive) because we all need more Marc Mostman, I mean socializing, in our lives... > WiT - Women in Toys, Licensing & Entertainment's Wonder Women Awards night - dont wonder where your seat is, go grab it at https://lnkd.in/eJtthgVE 🇬🇧 London Brand Licensing Europe Week - Sept 21-26 > Register and book meetings at https://lnkd.in/eiBJ6EWA > Top of your To-Do-List: schedule a meeting with PowerStation Studios to get a peak of the trend report! 🗽 NY Comic Con - Oct 17-18 > Enjoy/Sponsor the Nolcha Shows and VeVe event we can NEVER afford to miss https://lnkd.in/eRy2t9U6 > Stay tuned for a Negosh.com intimate Networking opportunity in the Big Apple. 🌍 Brands Licensing Africa - Oct 24-25 Hitting the stage to support a new and strategic Licensing International event in a hot growth market. Register at https://lnkd.in/epNwkZpY Which events are you attending? comment below so we dont miss each other👇 #licensing #brandlicensing #networking #community #opportunity #trends #brands #ips #brandslicensingafrica #ble2024 #xtracks

Infographics are so important now (I am the first to admit that I have an attention span of a mosquito in a nudist beach).   Our clients constantly task us to visualize tons of data to tell a clear and impactful story. Keep Growing -- i just finished the course “Designing an Infographic” by Nigel French to keep up to date and be able to get my team and clients ahead of the game!Which other topics should we be brushing up and sharpening our pencils on?https://lnkd.in/eQSKaWU7 #informationgraphics #creative #design #licensing #pitchdecks #data #certificate #education 

Honored and excited to hit the stage and over-deliver alongside these top-gear-industry-drivers in LA next week. Come out and network or... sit this one down and just answer more emails. #licensing #brandlicensing #gaming #retail #networking

☀️Summerween?👻 Sure. Why not? For a few years now we have witnessed 🎥 the Movie Release Calendar being scrambled… 🧟♀️And then Horror started trending to become a 365 thing… So it’s not surprising the traditional retail calendar is going out the window. Many companies have begun featuring Halloween-themed merchandise in their stores earlier than ever before. And they say that demand is already through the roof. Some have sold more products now than they did in total last year. Check it: https://lnkd.in/gP8cxASe What’s next? Comment below and talk to PowerStation Studios about retail trends at the upcoming trade events👇🏾 #licensing #consumerproducts #summerween #retail #merch #brandlicensing #trends

We tried to ignore it, thinking it will “go away”, but big strides have been taken in the gaming worlds so you can bank on Gen Z, Gen Alpha and their little Beta bros to increase their spending in this space (both time & money). Join our panel to get ahead - personally and professionally - at the upcoming X Tracks Forums on Sept. 12 in the LA United Talent Agency conference space. I can’t wait to hit the stage with these brilliant people who are helping brands navigate this opportunity 👉🏽J Eatedali Jason Bischoff Howard Beech John Gaudiosi 🧠 More about the event: https://lnkd.in/e53786tn 🎟️ Secure your access here: https://lnkd.in/eXZmT8Ta #licensing #networking #retail #roblox #phygital #eccomerce #brands #gaming #genz #genalpha #genbeta

Greetings from Africa! 🐒🐘🐆🦏🦒 At the heart of Karatu Market in Tanzania, I stumbled upon an all-too-familiar sight—a counterfeited NBA jersey, part of a sea of unlicensed merchandise flooding the African markets from China. It’s a stark reminder that while the licensing world has long focused on established regions, there’s an enormous, untapped opportunity in international growth markets. Africa is not just a consumer base; it’s a burgeoning market with a rapidly growing middle class, increasing internet connectivity (with growing affinity to gaming), and a youthful population eager for global brands. The desire for authentic, licensed merchandise is there—it’s up to industry leaders to meet it. ⚽️ + With sports emerging as a halo category thanks to the Olympics and World Cup, the timing couldn’t be better. Soccer, in particular, is on the rise globally, and with local teams like Simba and Young Africa driving enthusiasm across the continent. But we must do it intelligently. Online destinations like Negosh.com offer a game-changing approach to licensing. 🌍 By leveraging the marketplace, brands can pinpoint “hot pockets” across different territories, identifying where their IPs are gaining traction through real-time data on licensee and manufacturer interest. 🎯 This not only helps combat counterfeiting but also allows for strategic, data-driven expansion. Africa is ready for the next wave of global brands. Are we ready to meet the demand? 🔑List your licensing opportunity at: https://lnkd.in/eGD6ANvx 🗝️Make sure your partners get the right creative assets to correlate with the local trends and audience via PowerStation Studios #BrandLicensing #IPProtection #licensing #retail #consumerproducts #EmergingMarkets #Africa #LicensingOpportunities #SportsLicensing #soccer #football #creative

Looking forward to see everyone in LA next week and addressing all the elephants (especially the pixelated ones:)) in the room. #licensing #brandlicensing #retail #ecommerce #gaming

Let's go check this out when everyone is in London for #BLE ! 👀 Licensing people, Who's in? 👀 Word on the street is #WarnerBros is sponsoring a bus. I lied. They arent... YET! But I choose to #believe (excuse the pun:)) https://lnkd.in/eEfT2ReW #licensing #wb #retail #fandom #merch #consumerproducts #brandlicensing #london #tedlasso #richmond #experientialmarketing #

What do we want? 🍿 Access to information: whats trending/hot 🍄 Access to opportunities: new partnerships, categories, territories 🧀 Access to platforms/technology: for saving us time/money/resource 🍟 Access to a superior network: you're network is your net-worth And went do we want it? YESTERDAY:) Gain access to Negosh.com today and check out the new Opportunity Board: https://lnkd.in/eGD6ANvx #licensing #marketplace #consumerproducts #partnerships #retail #technology #ai #opportunity #brandlicensing