GB eye sets new high! GB eye is once again listed in License! Global Magazine’s Leading Global Licensee’s and is the only UK poster company to have done this for four consecutive years. The annual list published by the magazine in December is a worldwide accolade based on peer nominations and considers industry intelligence as well as in-depth research. With only 34 UK companies being named in the 2011 list this is a fantastic achievement. Max Arguile, GB’s Licensing Manager said “GB is over the moon about this – 4 years in a row! It is a real testament to the great successes that GB has achieved with both distribution and licenses. Watch this space for more developments in 2012” GB continues to strive for world class service for all our partners in every area of our business, and it is this determination which keeps us at the forefront of our industry. We have much to come in 2012 and are looking forward to another very successful year. Keep up to date with all our products and services at www.gbeye.com 2012 Catalogue Supplement GB eye Ltd is pleased to announce the arrival of the 2012 Catalogue Supplement featuring top new titles over a wide range of Genres and Licences. The full 2012 Catalogue Supplement can be downloaded as a PDF from Here Bieber is Back! Justin Bieber is back on British TV this weekend when he will headline “The X-Factor” semi-final results show on Sunday night, sending millions of teen girls into a frenzy, screaming at their TVs. With Justin also appearing in his own ‘An audience with...’ on Saturday 10th December, “Bieber Fever” is back and GB has a fantastic line up of gifts and stocking fillers featuring the teen idol. We can offer posters, 3D posters, badges, stickers and tattoos to add a little sparkle to those stockings or if you want something really special we now have hand finished canvas and framed photographic available. To see our full range of Justin Bieber products please click here! One Direction Mania! One Direction returned to the X Factor stage this weekend and smashed it! Singing their second single ‘Gotta Be You’ which is released today (14th Nov) the 5 teenage heart throbs left the crowd screaming for more. One Direction mania has been growing and with their album ‘Up All Night’ due for release next week and a sell-out tour starting on 21st December, teenagers just can’t get enough of them. GB eye have a fantastic range of posters across all formats to ensure every fan gets what they want; we have gorgeous solo shots as well as a variety of group shots in stock and available now. So make sure you don’t miss out on the One Direction phenomenon and click here to see our full range. 2012 Football Catalogue GB is renowned as THE poster company for football titles, and has worked with all the big clubs for over 10 years. This year we have even more to offer with fantastic titles from some of the biggest clubs in the UK and Europe including; Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Newcastle, Leeds, Aston Villa, Tottenham Hotspur, Celtic, Rangers and Barcelona. We have been working hard to bring you the best images for the 2011/12 season in a huge range of formats across posters, 3D posters, merchandise and bagged & framed photographic prints. Images include the ever popular crests, stadium shots and team photos as well as new and favourite players. The full 2012 Football Catalogue can be downloaded as a PDF from here Batman: Arkham City Batman: Arkham City, the critically acclaimed video game has shipped more than 4.6 million copies worldwide, doubling the number of units sold of the original game in the same time period and solidifying the game’s place as a contender for one of the top selling titles of 2011. GB eye Ltd have maxi posters featuring stunning imagery from the game available now! We offer a substantial portfolio across gaming licenses which include; Call of Duty, Assassin’s Creed, Battlefield 3, Halo, God of War 3, Moshi Monsters, Nintendo, Sonic, Angry Birds, Little Big Planet and Worms. With designs across posters, 3D posters, badges, stickers and temporary tattoos and demand for gaming merchandise growing GB have everything you need to maximise on this new trend. For our full range of gaming products please click here. To see more of GB eye’s current Gaming range click here Licensing Awards 2011 Win For GB eye! GB eye are flying high – or at least floating 6 inches above the ground - after their triumph at the Licensing Awards 2011, where they won the category “Best Licensed Paper Products or Stationery Range” with their Star Wars Classic Poster and 3D Poster Range. Max Arguile, Licensing Manager said “having been shortlisted twice before it is a great feeling to win the category. I am really proud that our design and product team have received the recognition for their creative work. It is a reward for all the great and innovative design done over the year on all our licenses”. Drew Mander, lead designer on the Star Wars range commented “this is a fantastic achievement and testament to the design team. I would like to give my thanks to Lucas and TLC for their support over the years as this has been key to our success”. GB eye New Catalogue 2012 We continue to improve the customers’ experience of GB eye’s extensive portfolio, having combined all our products and licences into one catalogue to simplify and enhance the viewing of the product range Within the catalogue you will find designs from our 230 active licences, available in a variety of formats including; posters, 3D posters, prints, framed photographic prints, badges, tattoos and stickers. 2011 has been a great year; we have continued to see an increase in sales ensuring that GB eye remains the UK’s leading poster company. We have also been recognised for the third year running by licensing Global magazine as ‘one of the world’s top 125 licencees’ and yet again we have made the finals of the Licensing Awards, this year for our Star Wars range. We look forward to continued success in 2012 for GB eye and all our customers. Please contact enquiries@gbeye.com for a copy A low resolution version of the full 2012 catalogue (23MB) can be downloaded as a PDF from here A high resolution version of the 2012 catalogue (576MB) can also be downloaded as a PDF from here Another Gold Star for GB eye Ltd GB eye are very proud to announce that we have yet again received the ‘Vendor of the year Gold Star Award 2010’ from Poster Service in the US. Poster Service are a US wholesale poster distributor based in Cincinnati, Ohio and they are currently celebrating 28 years in business. What they don’t know about great customer service, poster and print products and the framing business isn’t worth knowing. GB eye is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year and an award such as this only confirms that our belief in providing the best level of customer service along with quality images for every living space is still going strong after all this time. We pride ourselves on having the same passion and knowledge for our business as Poster Service do. This is the second year we have received this award and it is fantastic to receive such continued recognition for our world class customer service and product range. In presenting GB with this award Riah Robinson, Art Buyer and Licensing Director for Posterservice said ‘every year we work with dozens of suppliers, and we are happy to select GB as a leader above the rest. Those of us at Posterservice appreciate the level of commitment GB eye makes in order to help our company be successful. Your efforts are a large part of our success not only during 2010 but also in previous years’. We are always proud to share our successes with the industry and our aim is to continue our win/win relationships with all our business partners for the next 25 years! ‘It is fantastic to get recognised by such a prestigious customer in this way and shows a clear commitment from everyone at GB to meet all our customers’ needs. It is tremendous to get any award but when it is from a customer it means so much more. Our business is based on building long term relationships with our clients and winning this award for a second year is a great privilege’. Danny Whiteley, GB eye International Sales Director. Improving our products – Framed Photographic We constantly strive to provide our customer with the highest quality products and the very best value for money. We are re-launching our framed photographic range with improved images, a printed border and extremely competitive pricing. Our contemporary look is created in-house with our own design team and manufacturing facility so you can rest assured that our quality and flexibility is second to none. We are also very proud to be able to include images from The Beatles portfolio within this range, complementing existing formats we can now offer something for every Beatles fan. With the new football season underway we are developing a comprehensive range of player, team shots and stadium images from Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester City. Disney, Star Wars and WWE are also available and with a new catalogue coming soon watch out for new designs.