form before the bulk of the business is acquired by Disney. New tax laws caused net income to soar by 49% to $4.5bn on revenues up 7% to $30.4bn. Pretax income, excluding the one-off gain, was actually

man character after licensee Marvel was acquired by Disney. Another key theme in Sony's all-time greats list is - or rather had been - star Will Smith, a long-time production partner with no less than

The brand also launched a promotional tie-in with Disney's Tangled movie towards the end of the year. Yet according to SymphonyIRI research, sales continued to decline, falling by a further 4% over the

including the capture of Disney's US media and the expansion of its Hasbro business from 11 countries around the world to 55. As a result of this prowess OMD had regularly featured in most trade publications'

McDonald's signed a 10-year exclusive deal with Disney to cross-promote each other's brands. However, the US also became the source of increasing tension between the company and its franchisees. Most

She previously held senior marketing roles at Walt Disney, Yahoo and Universal Studios. 18th Aug 2021: Epsilon executive chairman Bryan Kennedy has announced plans to retire at the end of the year.

But watch out for a lawsuit from Disney over that muppet-a-like on the drum kit! We hate to say too much about the three hilarious new spots from BBDO Proximity Paris for Ubisoft's new Kingdom Battle

the year when the agency lost flagship client Walt Disney, worth around $500m, to Starcom. Reflecting the poor performance, Initiative's chairman & CEO Lou Schultz resigned at the end of the year. In

Penney opened a line of Disney children's boutiques instore from 3Q 2013, selling toys and apparel. For 2016, JC Penney said that women's apparel accounted for 24% of sales, women's accessories and

and among its earliest clients was Walt Disney, which bought eight oscillators for use in production of ground-breaking animated movie Fantasia. The key breakthrough for Hewlett and Packard came with