1.   And, like other popular shows, it has spawned licensed merchandise, and that has spawned an interesting group of collectors.

2.   Fund-raising plans include promotions in supermarkets and mass-merchandise stores, the sale of licensed merchandise and events like concerts and sports tournaments.

3.   Like other merchants, she had to turn away a Nomo fan because licensed merchandise is only starting to make its way out to stores.

4.   Major League Baseball Properties, which handles licensed merchandise for the sport, does not release actual sales figures of team souvenirs.

5.   Moving into Mexico City also would open up an entire nation as a marketplace for licensed merchandise, to say nothing of broadcast rights.

6.   New and different tends to sell more, and university athletic departments rely on sales of licensed merchandise as an important revenue stream in a time of tighter budgets.

7.   NBA teams evenly split revenue from sales of licensed merchandise.

8.   Sales of Mariners-related licensed merchandise, for example, rank sixth among major league teams, up from seventh last year.

9.   That means no in-person attendance at ball games and no buying licensed merchandise such as caps, T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.

10.   The ACOG is relying heavily on licensed merchandise sales to help pay for putting on the Games.