Licenses in search of home textiles

Andy Warhol: This license, owned by New York-based The Beanstalk Group, already has bedding, bath, beach towels, decorative pillows, kitchen textiles and table linens collections. Now the company is looking for partners to make fabrics.

Andy Warhol Baby: The Beanstalk Group, based in New York, is looking to create Andy Warhol infant collections in bedding, bath, rugs, kitchen textiles, table linens, window treatments and other categories.

Astro Boy: Culver City, CA-based Sony Pictures is reviving this 50-year-old property from Japan with a new animated series launching first quarter of 2004. It hopes to launch at retail in fall 2004 new products, including bedding, bath products, slumber bags, beach towels, throws, rugs and window treatments.

Fisher-Price: Celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2005, this East Aurora, NY-based division of Mattel Inc. is gearing up for commemorative and nostalgic products and wants partners to produce bedding, bath products and gifts for the adult market. It marks the first time Fisher-Price enters the adult market.

Graco: This baby brand, owned by New York-based The Beanstalk Group, is looking to expand into new soft lines — crib bedding, area rugs and diaper bags.

Harley-Davidson: This property, owned by New York-based The Beanstalk Group, is rough but ready to expand into all home textiles categories of soft goods.

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Mattel Inc. wants to find partners to produce table linens, throws, rugs, slumber bags, novelty pillows and bath products for this young boys' property.

Hot Wheels: Mattel Inc. is looking for partners to produce table linens, throws, rugs, slumber bags, novelty pillows and bath products for this boys' property.

Jeep: New York-based property owner Joester Loria Group is looking for partners to produce bedding, blankets, throws, rugs, window treatments and wall décor using rugged fabrications for indoor and outdoor use.

Jumpstart: For this children's interactive software brand, Universal City, CA-based Universal Studios is looking for partners to make home goods for nurseries and toddler and juvenile markets, including bedding, bath products, beach towels, blankets, throws, window treatments and rugs.

Knight of the Zodiac: After being a hit in Japan and later Latin America over the past 17 years, this property — owned by Burbank, CA-based DIC Entertainment Inc. — will launch an animated series in the U.S. in August. DIC is looking for partners to produce coordinated bedding, rugs and window treatments, bath products and beach towels for a boy's program.

Little People: This brand of East Aurora, NY-based Fisher-Price, a div. of Mattel Inc., wants licensing partners for toddler bedding, window treatments and rugs.

Little Tykes: For this young children's property, owner The Beanstalk Group, based in New York, wants to further expand into new categories — beach towels, area rugs and fabrics.

Matchbox: This Mattel Inc. brand for 2- to 5-year-old boys is looking to expand its product offerings into new categories, including table linens, throws, rugs, slumber bags, novelty pillows and bath products.

Mollie Katzen: Property owners Joester Loria Group, based in New York, want to expand this cooking guru's name into products beyond but related to her cookbook, such as kitchen textiles and table linens.

My Scene: This Mattel Inc. property for trend-savvy tweener girls is looking to add bedding, room storage, desk accessories, bath products, beach towels, rugs, window treatments and back-to-school items to its line of goods.

Nickelodeon: This company, based in New York, is looking for partners "in niche areas we aren't already in," Sherice Guillory, vp, home, gift and packaged goods, said, such as window treatments and table linens. Potential partners would be asked to create these goods for all of Nickelodeon's properties, including The Fairly Odd Parents, SpongeBob SquarePants, Rugrats, Blue's Clues, Jimmy Neutron, Little Bill and others.

Organic Gardening: A Rodell publication, this property, owned by New York-based Joester Loria Group, is looking to develop bedding, bath products, kitchen textiles and table linens using natural fibers in earth-tones and organic designs.

Sitting Ducks: Universal City, CA-based Universal Studios is looking to create home goods for this 3-D animated cable television series property — bedding, bath products, beach towels, blankets, throws, window treatments and rugs.

Strawberry Shortcake: Burbank, CA-based DIC Entertainment Inc. is hoping to expand this property with the addition of fabrics by the yard and notions.

Stride Rite: This long-known children's brand, a property owned by New York-based The Beanstalk Group, is looking to add the new product categories of crib bedding, area rugs and diaper bags to its offerings.

Susie Coelho Style: This HGTV program host's name is becoming a household brand through property owner The Beanstalk Group, based in New York. All home décor product categories are being pursued — sofa covers, cushions, rugs, wall coverings, table linens, kitchen textiles, picnic products, window treatments, gardening apparel, bedding, rugs and decorative throws and pillows.

Thunderbirds: Universal Studios wants to create a full-blown home décor program with future textile partners for this upcoming film, which is based on the 1960s British series and will be releasing in theaters in summer 2004. Product categories include bedding, bath products, beach towels, blankets, throws, window treatments and rugs.

Tonka: Hasbro, based in Pawtucket, RI, is looking for partners to create area rugs and window treatments for this brand.

Transformers: Bedding and bath products are the categories that Pawtucket, RI-based parent company Hasbro is looking to expand into for this brand.

Where the Wild Things Are: This 40-year-old children's book is a property owned by Universal Studios, which wants to partner with textiles suppliers to create a collection of home goods, including bedding, bath products, beach towels, blankets, throws, window treatments and rugs.

YM (Your Magazine): New York-based Joester Loria Group, owner of this property, hopes to expand this brand into bedding and bath products as its next step after existing product categories eyewear and back-to-school goods.