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Bugs Bunny, Harry
Potter, Batman,
Superman,Wonder
Woman, Scooby-Doo,
Tweety, Marvin the
Martian and a host
of their animated
friends will soon
be appearing
“live” in a store
near you, thanks
to a merchandise tie-in that will
feature these loveable characters in the Greater
China region.
Warner Bros. Consumer Products
(WBCP) has appointed
PMW Agency Ltd
,
a JV between
Hutchison Harbour Ring
(HHR) and
Global Brands Group
, as the
exclusive consumer products licensing agent
for the company in Mainland China, Hong
Kong and Macau.The agreement also
establishes HHR as an Authorised Licensed
Retailer forWBCP, with exclusive rights to
operate
Warner Bros. Studio Stores
and
Warner Bros. Studios Presents
retail
formats within the same markets.Additionally,
HHR has been awarded non-exclusive
licensing rights to manufacture and distribute
a wide range of
merchandise based on
Warner Bros. Consumer
Products brands for sale
in Authorised Licensed
Retailers outside of the US
and Canada. HHR Deputy
Chairman Dominic Lai said the agreement
would create a win-win situation for both
companies.“We believe we can helpWarner
Brothers, using Hutchison’s knowledge and
network in the China market, while HHR
acts as a service provider and agent for the
internationally renowned brands,” Mr Lai said.
SENSATIONAL: Miss Holland Sanne de Regt,
left, shares the latest health & beauty tips with
a sales assistant at Watsons Your Personal
Store. Sanne works at ASW-owned perfumery
chain ICI PARIS XL. She stopped over in Hong
Kong after taking part in the Miss World 2003
beauty pageant held in China in December.
ACE SERVICE:Venus Williams, winner of the
WatsonsWater Champions Challenge
Women’s
Singles title takes time out to do some
shopping at Fortress.
Champions Challenge
The
WatsonsWater Champions Challenge
showcased some of the most exciting tennis
seen in Asia for many years at
Victoria Park
Tennis Centre
from Jan. 8-10, 2004.
It was the fifth consecutive year
Watsons
Water
has sponsored the tournament. Roger
Federer won the Men’s Singles title and Venus
Williams theWomen’s Singles. Federer
partnered with Martina Navratilova to win
the Mixed Doubles.
In conjunction with the
Leisure and
Cultural Services Department
,Watsons
Water also organised a Tennis Clinic where 100
students received coaching from Federer, Maria
Sharapova, Max Mirnyi, MartinVerkerk and
Chanda Rubin.
Hutchison Harbour Ring
(HHR)
reported a 29.9% increase in profit
attributable to shareholders totalling
HK$128.2 million (approximately US$16.4
million), compared with
HK$98.7 million in 2002.
EBIT increased 19.9% to
HK$153.3 million.Turnover increased 20.7%
to HK$2,192.3 million and basic earnings per
share rose 14.2% to 2.01 cents compared to
1.76 cents in 2002.The final dividend was 1.7
cents, up from 1.5 cents.
For full results see:
/finance_ann.htm
Profits Rise for HHR
i.Tech Dynamic
has unveiled an astonishing device that will effectively give
mobile phones or PDAs a full-sized keyboard that takes up very little space.
TheVirtual Keyboard
, showcased at the 3GSM conference in Cannes on Feb.
23-26, works by projecting the image of a standard size keyboard onto a flat
surface.An infrared system senses the letters typed and communicates them
by wire or radio frequency to a PDA, mobile phone or laptop PC. Part of the
Hutchison Harbour Ring
group, i.Tech Dynamic has a worldwide licence for manufacturing,
marketing and sales of the product, which is based on technology developed by
VKB Inc
.
R E T A I L & M A N U F A C T U R I N G
Virtual Keyboard is aWinner
ONTHE BALL: Maria Sharapova, runner up in
theWomen’s Singles title, in action during the
WatsonsWater Champions Challenge.
TheWonderfulWorld of Warner
