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Iconix Brand Group is an American brand management company that licenses brands to retailers and manufacturers primarily in the apparel, footwear, and apparel accessory industries. Its brands are available in such stores as Kohl's, Kmart, Sears, Macy's, Target and JC Penney. ==History and Operations== The company began as Candie's, Inc., whose brand it purchased in 1993. The Bongo brand was purchased in 1998. The Badgley Mischka brand was purchased in 2004. The Joe Boxer and Rampage brands were acquired on July 22, 2005 and September 15, 2005, respectively. In 2006, the company acquired the Mudd, London Fog, Mossimo, Ocean Pacific brands on April 11, August 29, November 1, and November 6, respectively. The company continued with acquisitions in 2007 with the purchase of *Cannon, Danskin and Rocawear brands. On November 15, 2007, Iconix bought the Starter brand from Nike. On October 27, 2009, Iconix paid $109 million for a 51% stake in urban fashion brand Eckō Unltd. It acquired full ownership in May 2013.〔(Iconix Acquires The Remaining 49% Interest In Ecko Unltd., and Marc Ecko Cut & Sew )〕 On June 3, 2010, Iconix and Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates jointly acquired all assets related to the ''Peanuts'' comic strip from its longtime owner, United Media, using the property to form a new company, Peanuts Worldwide, which is 80% owned by Iconix and 20% owned by Schulz Associates. Peanuts Worldwide also acquired United Media's licensing arm, which represents licensing for its other properties.〔(PR Newswire (press release): "Iconix Brand Group Closes Acquisition of Peanuts", June 3, 2010. )〕〔(Global License!: "Iconix Forms Peanuts Worldwide", June 7, 2010. )〕 In 2011, Iconix acquired electronics brand The Sharper Image.〔(Iconix acquires The Sharper Image brand )〕 On October 2012, Nike Inc. announced that it had agreed with Iconix Brand Group to sell English brand Umbro for USD $225 million.〔("Iconix Brand Buys Nike’s Umbro Soccer Unit for $225 Million" at Bloomberg.com ), 24 October 2012〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://nikeinc.com/news/nike-inc-announces-sale-of-umbro-to-iconix-brand-group )〕 The acquisition was completed on December 2012.〔("Iconix Brand Group Completes Acquisition of Umbro from Nike for $225 Million", Fashion Invest website ), 4 December 2012〕 In 2013, Iconix acquired Lee Cooper from Sun Capital Partners.〔(Sun European Partners sells Lee Cooper for $72m )〕 In 2015, Iconix bought the Strawberry Shortcake brand from American Greetings. Iconix also acquired American rights of Pony.〔(Strawberry Shortcake is new ‘it’ girl for Iconix )〕〔(Iconix Acquires North American Rights for Pony )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Iconix Brand Group」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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