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Miss America Brands, the official licensing arm of the Miss America Organization, debuted the Little Miss America line of girls' apparel at the recent Magic market. The moderately priced line is initially focused on the baby/toddler and tween categories, with traditionally styled yet fashionable mix-and-match graphic tees, tops and bottoms.

Paul Frank Industries has teamed up with technical apparel company 686 on a youth snow collection that will debut for Fall 2010. The high-performance snow gear will be playful yet functional and inspired by Paul Frank's signature characters—Julius, Skurvy and more. 

The collection includes boys' and girls' insulated quilted jackets, printed jackets, pants, performance fleece hoodies and thermals, graphic tees, beanies, mittens and gloves. The line will retail through Paul Frank Retail Stores as well as specialty boutiques worldwide.

Saban Capital Group of Los Angeles announced it will acquire California-based Paul Frank Industries, the lifestyle brand whose signature Julius the monkey appears on clothing, accessories and more for both kids and adults. The companies did not disclose the purchase price, although the New York Post reported it to be around $50 million. Saban will take over the rights to Julius as well as 150 characters developed by the company over its 15-year history.

After growing its brand and incubator shops for five years, New York-based children's label Hippototamus is offering its apparel for newborns through age 6 to outside retailers. According to president Tiffani Talbot, buyers across the country had been asking the company to make its product lines available for wholesale, and Hippototamus decided the time was right to extend the distribution of its brand in North America.