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Spreadshirt Partners with Discovery for Animal Planet Range

Discovery Consumer Products and Spreadshirt Partner for Animal Planet Product Range in Europe

Discovery Consumer Products, the licensing arm of Discovery Communications, and Spreadshirt, a global platform for personalised clothing and accessories, announced today a partnership to produce Animal Planet themed merchandise available on Spreadshirt’s online platform in the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.

The product will include Animal Planet branded apparel such as; t-shirts: long sleeve tops; hoodies; baby t-shirts; baby bodies as well as accessories including: baby bibs; mugs; phone cases and bags. The products, which recently launched in the UK, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, will also roll out in the Nordics in early 2016.

This new Animal Planet line includes unique designs, such as: the vintage penguin hoody; orca t-shirt; kitten baby’s bib and more. Spreadshirt and Discovery Consumer Products will continue to introduce new designs to consumers across Europe.

“Partnering with Spreadshirt allows us to launch an array of new designs to Animal Planet fans and consumers across Europe just in time for the holiday season,” said Ian Woods, Senior Director of Licensing, Discovery Consumer Products in EMEA and Latin America. “The new offering truly has something for everyone and Spreadshirt’s creative and individualized approach sets this apparel and accessory line apart from the rest.”

Animal Planet reaches 395 million viewers across 215 countries and territories, featuring global hits such as RIVER MONSTERS, TANKED, TREEHOUSE MASTERS, MY CAT FROM HELL and more.

About Discovery Communications

Discovery Communications (Nasdaq: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK) is the world’s #1 pay-TV programmer reaching nearly 3 billion cumulative subscribers in more than 220 countries and territories. For 30 years Discovery has been dedicated to satisfying curiosity and entertaining viewers with high-quality content through its global television brands, led by Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Investigation Discovery, Science and Turbo/Velocity, as well as U.S. joint venture network OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. Discovery controls Eurosport, the leading pan-regional sports entertainment destination across Europe and Asia-Pacific. Discovery also is a leading provider of educational products and services to schools, including an award-winning series of K-12 digital textbooks, through Discovery Education, and a digital leader with a diversified online portfolio, including Discovery Digital Networks. For more information, please visit www.discoverycommunications.com

About Spreadshirt

SPREAD IT WITH SPREADSHIRT: Ecommerce company, Spreadshirt, provides individuals, businesses and organisations with a platform for buying, selling and creating ideas. The global community of more than 70,000 sellers, including Newcastle Brown Ale, Rubik’s Cube, Thelwell and The Avengers is provided with more than 150 products and numerous points-of-sale. These include white label shops, Spreadshirt’s own and external marketplaces (e.g. Amazon, eBay, Rakuten), and individual fulfillment solutions via APIs and plug-ins (e.g., Shopify, Magento).

The company, founded in 2002, is active in 20 markets and 12 languages ‹and operates six production sites; Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, the USA and Brazil. All products are printed on-demand. In 2014, Spreadshirt hit global revenue of approximately £58 million and sent more than 3.3 million articles to more than 150 countries.

The Spreadshirt family also includes Yink, a provider of high volume, customised promotional products, and TeamShirts, a site specialising in group orders.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Philip Rooke .