In Asia, however, Sanrio's sales jumped by 17%, to $40m, helped by a wildly popular tie-up with McDonald's, an American hamburger chain.
In an early sign of lackluster sales, Houghton Mifflin put out word three weeks before Christmas that it would pay bookstores an extra $1 for each copy of David Macaulay's illustrated book "Building Big," a popular tie-in to a television special, sold before the end of June.
A stuffed Mr. Hankey became one of the most popular South Park tie-in products of the 1998 Christmas season.
One good point of the College is that when you have a virtual popular vote tie, which we have had several times in the past, it determines a winner so the governance of the nation can go forward without undue delay.
When FairVote simulated a national popular vote tie, Romney would have won the electoral vote by 271 to 267, suggesting that this system would have likely allowed Romney to win even if he had lost the popular vote by a small margin.
A popular-vote tie would lead to a gain of four seats, and a two-percentage-point win would lead to a gain of ten seats.
Thousands also weighed in on Livestrong's Facebook page, saying that they will continue to wear their yellow wristbands, one of the most popular symbols tied to a nonprofit.
One popular answer ties being a law to deductive systems.
We were thinking a lot about popular imagery tied to drug culture like blacklight velvet posters and head shops when we decided that an original illustrated character, specifically a mushroom looking worn-out from a long day at the office, would be the best fit.
"I'd say that 90 percent of the velvet bow ties that are so popular for black-tie events are pre-tied because you can't tie that fabric," Mr. Mogul said.
Popular sentiment may tie the GOP and the infamous Koch brothers to unregulated campaign financing – while Democrats rail against it – but the post-Citizens United world can't be understood within the framework of party politics.
