About Us
We are Bloom – and we are an agency dedicated to nurturing and building specialist brands in the UK through targeted licensing and marketing.
We are the middle (wo)men between brand owners (licensors), manufacturers of product (licensees) and retailers. We work with our clients to understand their brand and help them build clever ways to further commercialise their brand by extending into new areas.
Our Culture
We believe that the combination of brands and people are what make an agency special so we take time in picking great brands and great people who together build great licensing programmes. We employ creative people who understand how to cleverly extend and commercialise brands whilst protecting them as they grow. We founded our agency off the back of this philosophy and whilst our team evolves the essence of our company stays the same. We are passionate committed and hardworking, small enough to be flexible in the way we can do business but big enough to have real clout in our industry.
Our Story
We Are Bloom was founded in 2014 by Libby Grant & John Harper who between them have 50 years of experience building Brands.
LIBBY GRANT
Libby has previously worked with and for some of the biggest names in entertainment including The Jim Henson Company, Ministry of Sound and The Walt Disney Company. She was a founder member of Fluid World that grew Hello Kitty to become the biggest girl's brand in the UK, oversaw the Mr. Men licensing programme in the UK and worked with Virgin Galactic on their licensing programme.
libby@wearebloom.co.uk
+44 (0)20 7097 8920
JOHN HARPER
John got his Brand training at Procter & Gamble on brands such as Fairy Liquid and Pampers. He has spent 30 years in the toy industry. Until the end of 2012 John headed up Hasbro Europe and built brands such as Transformers, Star Wars, My Little Pony and Monopoly.
john@wearebloom.co.uk
+44 (0)20 7097 1553
What we Do
We are strategic & creative and will help you see the potential.
We will provide you with a comprehensive strategy, clear solutions and offer you a new way of thinking and probably a few big ideas alongside this. We will find you the best partners and inspire and motivate them. We will work with you to extend your brand while making sure we create a working culture between us that is fun, dynamic and exciting.
We know the best licensees and we know retail.
With our 50 years of experience we have worked across all major categories and with all major retailers. We know what makes them tick. Talking of ticking we will create a cohesive licensing programme to ensure your brand launches at the right time, with the right partners in the right retailers, which will maximise your potential revenue. Blooming marvellous.
We will be personally involved in your brand.
Our approach is to focus on special brands and to give them special treatment. We will only work with brands if we personally love them and can be personally involved. That is our commitment to you.