Sakura, Disney ink pact.(licensing agreement)(Brief Article)
HFN: The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network, April, 1996 by Kehoe, Ann-Margaret
NEW YORK--Sakura, a leading housewares dinnerware supplier, has signed a licensing agreement with the Walt Disney Co. for Disney's Winnie the Pooh and 101 Dalmations licenses.
Sakura has introduced a dinnerware line--and cookie jars, salt and pepper shakers, a spoon rest and trivets--featuring 101 Dalmations. The 20-piece dinnerware set will retail for $69.99; accessories, from $9.99 to $49.99.
"There has been a tremendous amount of interest at the retail level" for 101 Dalmations, said Jeffrey Grinspan, national sales manager for Sakura.
The collection is oriented to mass merchants and mid-tier, value-orientated department stores, he said.
Plans are in the works for three-dimensional accessories and a dinnerware line in the Disney Pooh...
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