2023 Excellence Awards
2023 Awards Winners
Best Licensed Product Awards
Best Product: Apparel, Accessories & Footwear for Corporate Brands
Original Superstar LEGO Shoes by adidas
Best Product: Appliance, Housewares & Electronics for Entertainment Brands
Call of Duty Performance Culinary Collection by Dalstrong
Best Product: Food or Beverage for Entertainment Brands
Buddy the Elf Spaghetti Meal Kit by Hello Fresh
Best Product: Publishing, Social Expression, Back-to-School
LEGO in Focus by Chronicle Books
Best Product: Apparel, Accessories for Entertainment Brands
Sesame Street Collection by UGG
Best Product: Digital: Apps, Software, Video Games, NFTs
Kellogg’s Funko Digital Pop! NFT by Funko
The Joester Loria Group
Best Product: Health & Beauty Aids
Willy Wonka Collection by SheGlam
Best Product: Toys, Games, Novelties, Role Play (ages 0-8)
Mario Kart Ride-on Racer by JAKKS Pacific
Best Product: Appliance, Housewares & Electronics for Corporate Brands
Coca-Cola Refrigerator by Smeg
Best Product: Food or Beverage for Corporate Brands
Fanta Mentos by Mentos/Perfetti Van Melle
Best Product: Home Décor
Hasbro Board Game
Blanket by Jay Franco and Sons
Best Product: Toys, Games, Novelties, Role Play (ages 8+)
LEGO Ideas The Starry Night with MoMA by The LEGO Group
Best Brand Awards
Best Brand: Art, Design, Museum
The Van Gogh Museum
Best Brand: Digitally Native, Gaming, NFT
Minecraft by Microsoft
CAA Brand Management & Merchantwise
Best Brand: Food, Beverage, Restaurant
Coca-Cola by The Coca-Cola Company
Best Brand: Celebrity, Influencer, Fashion
Dolly Parton by Speckled Bird
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Best Brand: Entertainment Animated
Naruto by Shueisha, TV Tokyo, VIZ Media
Best Brand: Publishing, Stationery, Social Expression
Crayola
Best Brand: Toy
Squishmallows by Jazwares
Best Brand: Corporate
Kodak by Eastman Kodak
Best Brand: Entertainment Live Action
Stranger Things by Netflix
Best Brand: Sports, eSports, Collegiate
NFL Players Association
Best Retailer Awards
Best Retailer: Entertainment, Character
Bloomingdale’s for Bridgerton
Best Retailer: Corporate, Lifestyle, Fashion, Sports
Vans for Crayola
Other Awards
Best Collaboration: Fashion, Footwear & Accessories
Burberry x Minecraft
CAA Brand Management
Best Experiential or Location-Based Initiative
Harry Potter: A Forbidden Forest Experience by Ravenswood Experiences
Best Collaboration: HBA, Food, Beverage, Other
Starbucks x Emily in Paris
Best Sustainability Initiative
Goodyear Brake Calipers by FDP Brakes
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Best Licensed Promotion
Tiffany & Co. x Andy Warhol Holiday 2022
Most Impactful Service Provider
Octane5