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If you are considering licensing, we hope that you will consider SBCD for many reasons:

1. We are known as a trendsetter. Many larger giftware companies watch what we do, and who we license. Our newly licensed artists report a surge of interest in their designs shortly after our product release. Part of this is due to the way we actively promote our licensed artists. Each artist gets:
a. Artist biography and photo on our website (40,000 visits a month) linking back to their own website if desired
b. Your own pages in our catalog, 20,000 copies distributed to specialty and major retailers annually.
c. Press releases trumpeting your products given away in the media room at every major gift show, and sent to all industry trade publications.

2. Prestige. We are known for quality products Our product line is distributed to thousands of leading retailers in the United States, including:

Departments Stores: Bloomingdales, Robinsons May, Filenes, Hechters

Linens Retailers: Linens N' Things, Bed Bath Beyond

Gourmet retailers: Williams Sonoma, Sur La Table

Specialty Stores: Numerous Hallmark and small independent gift stores.

We specialize in using licensed artwork to create products, and we are a leading company in this industry. We have attracted licenses from some of the leading artists and intellectual property holders. We currently produce ceramics that are designed and licensed from 22 well known artists, and have over the years produced licensed design ceramics by Guy Buffet, Mary Engelbreit, Warren Kimble, Beatrix Potter, Curious George (Houghton Mifflin), and Winnie the Pooh from Disney, Cheri Blum, Paul Brent, Anne Ormsby, Kathleen McKenna, Marco Fabiano, and many others too numerous to mention.

We treat our artists in an ethical way that strives to:
1. Respect, enhance and promote their brand.
2. Maximize their revenue
3. Reproduces their artwork win the highest quality possible, giving all due consideration to the artists input and approval rights.
4. Provides knowledge and connections that increase their value as licensing artists


Our company is very aboveboard in their dealings and is proud of the stellar reputation we have earned, as well as the opportunities we have created for artists. We are always pleased to offer you numerous artist, agent and industry references so that you can feel 100% comfortable in working with us.

I look forward to hearing from you:

Ray Markow
Director of licensing
805 456-2527
rmarkow@sbceramic.com
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