License Global Magazine Reveals 2018 Top 150 Global Licensors, GW No. 137

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**Koppo**

Did not see this posted as new. May be a little niche but...

From http://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/license-global-magazine-reveals-2018-top-150-global-licensors-1021306571

SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- License Global, the premier publication and leading source of news and trends for the global consumer products and licensing industry, has released its annual Top 150 Global Licensors report, which brings together financial information from the world's most powerful brands. The Top 150 Global Licensors report, as well as the entirety of the April issue of License Global, is available on License Global's brand-new website at: https://www.licenseglobal.com/resource/top-150-global-licensors-2018

The Top 5 Global Licensors, according the 2018 Top 150 Global Licensors report, are:

The Walt Disney Company - $53B
Meredith Corporation - $23.2B
PVH Corp. - $18B
Universal Brand Development - $7.3B
Hasbro - $7.1B
The 2018 top global licensor is once again The Walt Disney Company. The company's portfolio of properties includes Star Wars, classic characters such as Mickey Mouse and Minnie, Pixar films such as Cars 3, gaming titles and more. Several new companies are also welcomed to the Top 150 list including Crayola, Alpha Group, The Astrid Lindgren Company, The Emoji Company, Golden West Food Group, Games Workshop, Hachette Filipacchi Presse, IMPS (International Merchandising, Promotions & Services), Motorola, Shanghai Skynet, Talpa Global and ZAG.

From the Report:

137 GAMES WORKSHOP
$119M (LON: GAW)
WWW.GAMES-WORKSHOP.COM
2017 saw “Warhammer 40,000” and “Warhammer: Age of Sigmar” cement their place at
the top of the tabletop wargaming market, with Games Workshop having the biggest year in
its 40 year-plus history, says the company. Group sales were up 34 percent and profits up 127
percent over 2016. Games Workshop ended 2017 as the No. 1 gaining stock on the London Stock
Exchange (up 269 percent for the year), says the company. This success continued into its
licensing business which also had a record year across its key brands.
Fantasy football title “Blood Bowl” also saw success in tabletop and digital formats, and the
“Talisman” brand saw a strong re-launch as a board game with support from multiple digital
adaptations as well. Key licenses included the PC strategy games “Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of
War III” and “Total War: Warhammer II,” the latter winning multiple accolades including PC
Gamer’s Strategy Game of the Year. It was also the No. 2 best reviewed licensed video game of the
year, says Games Workshop. “Freeblade” on Android and iOS continued to be successful, earning a
feature in Apple’s annual keynote for a second year running.
Games Workshop is one of the most prolific licensors in the interactive space, with dozens
of titles bearing its various brands available across PC, console and mobile worldwide. “Blood
Bowl II,” “Space Hulk: Deathwing” and “Vermintide” are just a few of the additional stand-outs.
Games by its licensees consistently appeared on Steam’s top 10 best-sellers, with a number of them
spending time at No. 1. The Skulls for the Skull Throne Steam event was a novel promotion in
which its various PC game licensees banded together to offer skull-themed content and discounts,
causing Games Workshop licensed games to dominate the PC best-sellers list for a week. 2017

**Yodhrin**

But I thought WHF was a dead setting with no appeal that's so restrictive it blunts all possible creativity? *eyebrow*