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4th July - The Morning Screenings...
Magic Light Pictures - Jazwares - Spin Master - The Point1888
Warner Bros. Discovery - SEGA - Fundamentally Children - Lammy the Lamb
Amanda's Action Club - Little Rebels - Let's Go See...
4th July - The Afternoon Panels...
Boots - ASDA George - Character.com - Buyers Eye - Kids Know Best - Products of Change - Spin Master - MGAE - Jazwares - Redan Publishing - Difuzed - Licensing Magazine - Total Licensing - FashionUK - Finsbury Food - Erve - Lightbulb Licensing - event - BrandsIN - Karen Addison - Retail Monster - Sunny Side Up Consulting





































Thank you to Brands Retail for organising a great conference. I had the pleasure to not only present key brand updates to current and potential partners but join a fabulous panel of industry experts Joel Silverman (kids know best), Tina-Louise Foster (Spin Master), Samantha Bourne (Jazwares) to discuss the toy business. The gala dinner was a lovely way to celebrate an end to a productive day!
Sarah Fletcher
VP Licensing

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4th July - Summer 23
Opening Speech and Updates


A brand new venue with a room full of smiling audience members is always a good way to start an opening speech. I had managed to get some early feedback as the audience arrived and the general consensus was that they instantly loved the Millennium Point in Birmingham.
This was the first conference that I had brought in more panels - building on the conferences retail buyers panel which is always a highlight of Brands Retail. Our panels consisted of a snapshot of our industry covering the licensees, Meet the owners, Women in Licensing and the Toy industry. I want to thank Kids Know Best, Fabacus, Products of Change and Powerstation Studios for supporting these. Also to the Good Play Guide for sponsoring the NEW IP's section as well which will be a session that will be in every conference going forward. We also had the first Summer gala dinner as well to look forward to which would end the Summer 23 conference perfectly.
Ryan Beaird - CEO Brands Retail UK
4th July - Summer 23
Magic Light Pictures

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Alex
Sanson

Aidan
Taylor-Gooby
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Jazwares

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Zahara
Gul
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The Point 1888. - Spin Master


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Bethan
Garton
4th July - Summer 23
Warner Bros. Discovery

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Matthew
Hitchcock

Gemma
Flemming
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SEGA
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Jason
Rice
4th July - Summer 23
The Good Play Guide introducing:
Lammy - Let's Go See - Amanda's Action Club




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Dr Amanda
Gummer
Good Play Guide
4th July - Summer 23
The Licensees Panel
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Cristina Angelucci
Licensing Magazine
Moderator

Jeremy Oriss
Difuzed

Tom Rossi
Erve

Julie Jones
Redan

Daryl Newlands
Finsbury Food
4th July - Summer 23
Meet the Owners Panel
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Michael Gottlieb
Sunnyside Up
Moderator

Gurdev Mattu
Fashion UK

Mike Coles
Blues Group

Rick Lowe
Brands In

Jeremy Goldsmith
Event Merch
4th July - Summer 23
Mattel

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Jon
Spalding
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MGA Entertainment

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Sarah
Fletcher

Kiran
Bajwa
4th July - Summer 23
Women in Licensing - sponsored by Powerstation & POC
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Dr Amanda Gummer
Good Play Guide
Moderator

Susan Bolsolver
Lightbulb Licensing

Becky Ash
Total Licensing

Liesa Dornan
Retail Monster

Karen Addison
4th July - Summer 23
The Toy Business - sponsored by Kids Know Best

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Tim Murray
TnP Magazine
Moderator

Samantha Bourne
Jazwares

Sarah Fletcher
MGA

Joel Silverman
Kids Know Best
4th July - Summer 23

The Retail Buyers Panel - sponsored by fabacus
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Julia Redman
Buyers Eye
Moderator

John Carolan
Boot

Scott Macrae
ASDA

Karen Hewitt
Character.com
4th July - Summer 23

The Retail Keynote
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Ruth Golightly
Blues Clothing
Moderator

Fiona Lambert
Former ASDA, Jaeger, River Island, Dunelm, Next
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Privacy Policy
Toys n Playthings
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