Turner Licensing Expands Product Line with Michelangelo Collection

Turner Licensing, an industry leader in sports calendars, stationery, and gift products announced a new partnership with Knockout Licensing which will bring the ‘Michelangelo Collection’ to retail in the U.S., in Fall 2016. Michelangelo is highly recognizable; A number of his works have been recognized as some of the most famous in existence, including the statue of David, the Pieta and the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. The ‘Michelangelo Collection’ will feature an assortment of Michelangelo’s original drawings and sculptural sketches. The product categories will include premium quality gift and specialty items such as 12” x 12” wall calendars, stationery, journals, drinkware, note cards and holiday cards.

“Michelangelo is a Renaissance icon, and Turner Licensing is thrilled to be launching a collection featuring original artwork from a world-renowned and highly recognized artist,” says Michelle Rand, Turner Licensing’s Senior Brand Manager. “The ‘Michelangelo Collection’ offers our consumer an exclusive and aspirational product line that reflects the style, beauty, and grace of his art,” she added. “It will also enable us to build a bridge to connect with the millennial audience, while still being highly relevant to our current consumers.”

Products will be available for purchase at major retailers throughout the United States and Canada in Fall 2016.

About The LANG Companies, Inc.
Headquartered in Waukesha, Wisconsin, The LANG Companies, Inc., is an American industry leader with over 30 years of experience producing art and design driven, gift and specialty products, indoor and outdoor home décor, and sports licensed products including greeting cards, calendars, drinkware, tableware, puzzles, games, and stationery. The diversified product portfolio is marketed under three widely-recognized, company-owned brands; LANG®, Wells Street by LANG® and Turner Licensing™. Turner Licensing specializes in producing licensed sports calendars, stationery and gift products. The NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, colleges and universities, Playboy Playmates and the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders are just some of their long-term licensing partners. Turner Licensing is a portfolio company of The LANG Companies, Inc., a division of IG Design Group Americas Inc.

About Knockout Licensing
Knockout Licensing, a CopCorp partnership, is a boutique licensing agency representing world-class entertainment, digital media, fashion/trend, publishing, corporate brands, characters, and children’s properties. Knockout Licensing (www.knockoutlicensing.com) specializes in the strategic development, execution, and management of first-rate licensing programs. In addition to The Michelangelo Collection, Knockout clients include television dramas Downton Abbey, Outlander, Poldark and Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries; social media canine celebrity Boo, The World’s Cutest Dog; beloved classic family franchise Little House on the Prairie; Finnish textile design firm Finlayson; the Smithsonian Libraries’ Seed Catalog Collection, designer Tanya Whelan, Rita’s Water Ice™ and more. Knockout licenses across all product and content categories, from traditional consumer products and publishing to digital media.

For more information about this press release, please contact:

The LANG Companies, Inc.
Michelle Rand Senior Brand Manager - Turner Licensing
mrand@thelangcos.com
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Michelle Rand

Senior Brand Manager

Turner Licensing

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