  {"id":205533,"date":"2024-10-25T09:46:19","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T19:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=205533"},"modified":"2024-10-25T10:17:32","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T20:17:32","slug":"uh-athletics-clc-brand-licensing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/10\/25\/uh-athletics-clc-brand-licensing\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr>UH<\/abbr> Athletics enters brand licensing with <abbr>CLC<\/abbr> Partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/manoa-athletics-uh-clc.jpg\" alt=\"U H athletics logo x C L C logo\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-205530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/manoa-athletics-uh-clc.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/manoa-athletics-uh-clc-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/manoa-athletics-uh-clc-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> at M&#257;noa Athletics Department and <abbr>CLC<\/abbr>, the nation\u2019s leading collegiate trademark licensing agency, have entered into an agreement for trademark licensing services that will usher in a new, strategic approach to managing and promoting the 10-campus <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> System and Rainbow Warriors brands for officially licensed merchandise.<\/p>\n<p>The new partnership will give <abbr>UH<\/abbr> access to <abbr>CLC<\/abbr>\u2019s marketing and product development expertise, and industry relationships to gain insight into consumer trends to better identify opportunities and strategies to elevate the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> brand in the marketplace.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are excited to leverage <abbr>CLC<\/abbr>&#8216;s customized approach to growing our licensing program and connecting with our passionate fans through unique products and brand storytelling,&rdquo; said Craig Angelos, director of athletics at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa.<\/p>\n<p>Officially licensed <abbr>UH<\/abbr>-branded merchandise is currently produced by 113 licensees.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are honored to be able to work collaboratively with Craig Angelos and his team at <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> to develop new merchandise and marketing initiatives that promote and respect the unique aspects of the university&#8217;s culture and heritage while maximizing opportunities for growing demand and retail distribution,&rdquo; said John Greeley, senior vice president of partnerships at <abbr>CLC<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n<p><abbr>CLC<\/abbr> is a division of Learfield, a media and technology company involved with college athletics. Learfield represents <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Athletics through some of its other media and marketing platforms.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiiathletics.com\/news\/2024\/10\/24\/general-uh-athletics-enters-new-era-of-brand-licensing-with-clc-partnership.aspx\">For more information go to HawaiiAthletics.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa Athletics Department and <abbr>CLC<\/abbr>, the nation&#8217;s leading collegiate trademark licensing agency, have entered into an agreement for trademark licensing services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[58,9,550],"class_list":["post-205533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205533"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":205538,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205533\/revisions\/205538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}