The Company	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
The Company	The Company General Iconix Brand Group is a brand management company and owner of a diversified portfolio of approximately 30 global consumer brands across the Company’s operating segments: women’s, men’s, home and international. The Company’s business strategy is to maximize the value of its brands primarily through strategic licenses and joint venture partnerships around the world, as well as to grow the portfolio of brands through strategic acquisitions. At December 31, 2020, the Company’s brand portfolio includes Candie’s ^®, Bongo ^®, Joe Boxer ^®, Rampage ^®, Mudd ^® , London Fog ^®, Mossimo ^®, Ocean Pacific/OP ^®, Danskin /Danskin Now ^®, Rocawear ^®, Cannon ^® , Royal Velvet ^® , Fieldcrest ^®, Charisma ^®, Starter ^®, Waverly ^®, Ecko Unltd ^® /Mark Ecko Cut & Sew ^®, Zoo York ^®, Umbro ^®,Lee Cooper ^®, and Artful Dodger ^®; and interests in Material Girl ^®, Ed Hardy ^®, Truth or Dare ^®, Modern Amusement ^®, Buffalo ^®, Hydraulic ^®, and PONY ^®. The Company principally looks to monetize the IP related to its brands throughout the world and in all relevant categories primarily by licensing directly with leading retailers, through consortia of wholesale licensees, through joint ventures in specific territories and through other activity such as corporate sponsorships and content as well as the sale of IP for specific categories or territories. Products bearing the Company’s brands are sold across a variety of distribution channels from the mass tier (e.g. Wal-Mart) to better department stores (e.g., Macy’s). The licensees are generally responsible for designing, manufacturing and distributing the licensed products. The Company supports its brands with advertising and promotional campaigns designed to increase brand awareness. Additionally, the Company provides its licensees with coordinated trend direction to enhance product appeal and help build and maintain brand integrity. Licensees are selected based upon the Company’s belief that such licensees will be able to produce and sell quality products in the categories of their specific expertise and that they are capable of exceeding minimum sales targets and royalties that the Company generally requires for each brand. This licensing strategy is designed to permit the Company to operate its licensing business, leverage its core competencies of marketing and brand management with minimal working capital. The majority of the Company’s licensing agreements include minimum guaranteed royalty revenue, which provides the Company with greater visibility into future cash flows. A key initiative in the Company’s global brand expansion plans has been the formation of international joint ventures. The strategy in forming international joint ventures is to partner with best-in-class, local partners to bring the Company’s brands to market more quickly and efficiently, generating greater short- and long-term value from its IP, than the Company believes is possible if it were to build-out wholly-owned operations ourselves across a multitude of regional or local offices. Since September 2008, the Company has established the following international joint ventures: Iconix China, Iconix Latin America, Iconix Europe, Iconix India, Iconix Canada, Iconix Australia, Iconix Southeast Asia, Iconix Israel, Iconix Middle East, Umbro China, Danskin China, Starter China and Lee Cooper China. Note that the Company now maintains a 100% ownership interest in, Iconix Latin America and Iconix Canada. In 2020, the Company sold all of its equity interests in Starter China and Umbro China, and has entered into an agreement to sell all of its interests in Lee Cooper China which was completed on March 23, 2021. Refer to Note 4 for further details. The Company’s primary goal of maximizing the value of its IP also includes, in certain instances, the sale to third parties of a brand’s trademark in specific territories or categories. As such, the Company evaluates potential offers to acquire some or all of a brand’s IP by comparing whether the offer is more valuable than the Company’s estimate of the current and potential revenue streams to be earned via the Company’s traditional licensing model. Further, as part of the Company’s evaluation process it also considers whether or not the buyer’s future development of the brand may help to expand the brand’s overall recognition and global revenue potential.

The Company

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

General

Iconix Brand Group is a brand management company and owner of a diversified portfolio of approximately 30 global consumer brands across the Company’s operating segments: women’s, men’s, home and international. The Company’s business strategy is to maximize the value of its brands primarily through strategic licenses and joint venture partnerships around the world, as well as to grow the portfolio of brands through strategic acquisitions.

At December 31, 2020, the Company’s brand portfolio includes Candie’s ^®, Bongo ^®, Joe Boxer ^®, Rampage ^®, Mudd ^® , London Fog ^®, Mossimo ^®, Ocean Pacific/OP ^®, Danskin /Danskin Now ^®, Rocawear ^®, Cannon ^® , Royal Velvet ^® , Fieldcrest ^®, Charisma ^®, Starter ^®, Waverly ^®, Ecko Unltd ^® /Mark Ecko Cut & Sew ^®, Zoo York ^®, Umbro ^®,Lee Cooper ^®, and Artful Dodger ^®; and interests in Material Girl ^®, Ed Hardy ^®, Truth or Dare ^®, Modern Amusement ^®, Buffalo ^®, Hydraulic ^®, and PONY ^®.

The Company principally looks to monetize the IP related to its brands throughout the world and in all relevant categories primarily by licensing directly with leading retailers, through consortia of wholesale licensees, through joint ventures in specific territories and through other activity such as corporate sponsorships and content as well as the sale of IP for specific categories or territories. Products bearing the Company’s brands are sold across a variety of distribution channels from the mass tier (e.g. Wal-Mart) to better department stores (e.g., Macy’s). The licensees are generally responsible for designing, manufacturing and distributing the licensed products. The Company supports its brands with advertising and promotional campaigns designed to increase brand awareness. Additionally, the Company provides its licensees with coordinated trend direction to enhance product appeal and help build and maintain brand integrity.

Licensees are selected based upon the Company’s belief that such licensees will be able to produce and sell quality products in the categories of their specific expertise and that they are capable of exceeding minimum sales targets and royalties that the Company generally requires for each brand. This licensing strategy is designed to permit the Company to operate its licensing business, leverage its core competencies of marketing and brand management with minimal working capital. The majority of the Company’s licensing agreements include minimum guaranteed royalty revenue, which provides the Company with greater visibility into future cash flows.

A key initiative in the Company’s global brand expansion plans has been the formation of international joint ventures. The strategy in forming international joint ventures is to partner with best-in-class, local partners to bring the Company’s brands to market more quickly and efficiently, generating greater short- and long-term value from its IP, than the Company believes is possible if it were to build-out wholly-owned operations ourselves across a multitude of regional or local offices. Since September 2008, the Company has established the following international joint ventures: Iconix China, Iconix Latin America, Iconix Europe, Iconix India, Iconix Canada, Iconix Australia, Iconix Southeast Asia, Iconix Israel, Iconix Middle East, Umbro China, Danskin China, Starter China and Lee Cooper China. Note that the Company now maintains a 100% ownership interest in, Iconix Latin America and Iconix Canada. In 2020, the Company sold all of its equity interests in Starter China and Umbro China, and has entered into an agreement to sell all of its interests in Lee Cooper China which was completed on March 23, 2021. Refer to Note 4 for further details.

The Company’s primary goal of maximizing the value of its IP also includes, in certain instances, the sale to third parties of a brand’s trademark in specific territories or categories. As such, the Company evaluates potential offers to acquire some or all of a brand’s IP by comparing whether the offer is more valuable than the Company’s estimate of the current and potential revenue streams to be earned via the Company’s traditional licensing model. Further, as part of the Company’s evaluation process it also considers whether or not the buyer’s future development of the brand may help to expand the brand’s overall recognition and global revenue potential.