{"id":67209,"date":"2020-04-02T12:52:40","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T19:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/?p=67209"},"modified":"2020-04-24T11:49:16","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T18:49:16","slug":"bioworld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/bioworld\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s What You Need to Know about Bioworld"},"content":{"rendered":"

From India to Texas, Engineering to Merchandising, Slipknot to Naruto<\/em>, and everything in-between, this is the history of Bioworld.<\/h3>\n

Founded in 1999 by Raj Malik, Bioworld Merchandise<\/a> is a global designer and manufacturer of licensed products. Malik, originally from New Delhi, first came to the U.S. to earn a bachelor\u2019s degree in computer science at the University of Texas at Arlington. He realized that he didn\u2019t enjoy computer engineering and began a successful wholesale business.<\/p>\n

The first licensed Bioworld products were for heavy metal artists Slipknot and Limp Bizkit. From there, the company grew into a manufacturer of licensed merchandise from leading brands such as Naruto<\/em>, Zelda<\/em>, Disney, and more. The Texan company now has 20 different product categories, 9 offices worldwide, and 500 employees \u2013 including over 150 product design experts.<\/p>\n

More Than Just Bags<\/h2>\n

Speaking of the different product categories, Bioworld doesn’t just create bags, it designs hats, key chains, lanyards, pins, and even more apparel. If you\u2019re looking for a backpack from the latest game or a pair of socks from your favorite anime, Bioworld is sure to have it.<\/p>\n

Crunchyroll\/Bioworld Anime-zing Partnership<\/h2>\n

In February 2016, Crunchyroll, the anime streaming service, announced that it formed a long-term partnership with Bioworld merchandise to create anime products for anime conventions, special events, and national and independent retail chains. Licenses include Naruto<\/em><\/a>, One Punch Man<\/em><\/a>, Dragon Ball Z<\/em><\/a>, and My Hero Academia<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Vandor Chewbacca Cookie Jar with a Side of Pins<\/h2>\n

In August 2018, Bioworld acquired Salt Lake City-based home d\u00e9cor company, Vandor. Not only does Vandor over 60 years of experience creating high-quality licensed home goods from Star Wars<\/em>, Marvel, Disney, and more, but they also had a large wholesale business too. Bioworld saw the acquisition as a way to grow their housewares business and expand their licenses.<\/p>\n

Make sure to order all Vandor<\/a> and Bioworld merchandise<\/a> from Entertainment Earth!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From India to Texas, Engineering to Merchandising, Slipknot to Naruto, and everything in-between, this is the history of Bioworld. Founded in 1999 by Raj Malik, Bioworld Merchandise is a global designer and manufacturer of licensed products. Malik, originally from New Delhi, first came to the U.S. to earn a bachelor\u2019s degree in computer science at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":67218,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[3666,2224],"yst_prominent_words":[8816,39509,39490,30284,6478,39494,39491,39497,39495,39499,39501,6960,7373,6732,39493,6976,39498,39496,25709,39492],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67209"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67209"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67217,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67209\/revisions\/67217"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67209"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=67209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}