As you may know I like to write down little snippets of conversation that seem to have some impact – these are a few I picked up at the recent Atlanta show: “It’s a new world and you just need to find your place in it.” – a well known licensing agent “We’ve got the […]
Great post for art licensors today on Seth Godin’s blog called “When was the last time you bought a tie?” Don’t read Seth? If you want to be in this (or any) biz you should, he has clarity of vision about all things business that is hard to match. Here is one quote from the […]
Just returned from several exhausting days in Atlanta where we exhibited at the Atlanta Gift Market. The License and Design section is a relatively new show within the AmericasMart, this was the third year, and it is definitely getting its legs. We have actually had good shows all three years, and we are already working […]
There has been a bit of discourse lately in some of the groups about which trade show is better than the other, and I would have to weigh in thus: any show will be good if you have something fresh and new to display, and any show will be disappointing if you look pretty much […]
I want to wish all of you a wonderful Holiday, and hope you are able to cut through the clutter and take some time to enjoy what is truly important this time of year. Yes, it can a little more difficult to appreciate the season when you work on designing for it all 12 months, […]
Warren Buffet talks about how investors, particularly fund managers, make their decisions on how to go forward while looking in the rear view mirror to see how things were. It’s the same kind of thinking that we are all guilty of – in so many areas of our lives – but it is definitely a […]
Everybody wants to land that big product line with multiple SKUs, but it becomes increasingly difficult as the decision making process for licensees grows to be ever more complex and drawn out. We find ourselves in discussions with our licensees about things like NOS, MOQ, QPB, EDD, and so on long before the decision has […]
Saturday 11 AM – the wet snow brings down the pines across the power lines. Saturday 8 PM – we finally get the generator set up to operate and can run a cord for lights, frig and radio, but no heat. It’s cold. Sunday 11AM – got the fancy twist lock plug we needed, the […]
We woke up this morning to a winter wonderland – it really was pretty. Dogs don’t wait for weather, however, so we slogged up the drive through the several inches of wet, heavy snow and marveled at how quiet and beautiful it was. Then we began to hear the crackling of branches in the woods […]
We’re very sad here today as we just lost a dear friend to breast cancer. Alyn Shannon was one of the bright lights, the incredibly talented creative force behind Paper Prince, ColorOriginals, XOXO and all of the card and paper lines that were part of Diversified Graphics. Alyn was so much more than a client […]