NEW YORK, May 27, 2008 - NexCen Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: NEXC) ("NexCen"), parent company of
Marble Slab Creamery and MaggieMoo's Ice Cream & Treatery, has paired the two brands for the much
anticipated co-production of Premiere Fridays summer celebration. Marble Slab and MaggieMoo's will
be rolling out the red and pink carpets respectively to present 16 new blockbuster ice cream
combinations each correlated to a current Hollywood movie premiere. The first showing will begin
Friday May 30th, and a new combination will be presented each subsequent Friday through the first week of September.
Marble Slab and MaggieMoo's guests will get a taste of Hollywood when walking the red and pink carpets
during Premiere Fridays. Store decorations will mimic the glitz and glamour of Hollywood movie sets,
and movie slates displaying, "Now Showing" and "Still Serving" will feature the current premiere and
previous week's combinations.
Coming soon to Marble Slab Creamery and MaggieMoo's Ice Cream & Treatery...
- May 30th - In honor of sassy metropolitan singles everywhere, the "Chocolate Cosmoopolitan"
starring, Chocolate Ice Cream, Chocolate Flakes or Chocolate Chips, Fresh Strawberries and
Strawberry Topping is sure to be the talk of the town.
- June 6th - Customers will delight with the deliciously animated cast of
"Cookies 'N Kung' Fu," featuring best supporting ingredient Cookie Dough.
- June 13th - "The Incredible Chunk" will explode into Marble Slab and MaggieMoo's stores everywhere.
This green delight will radiate with flavor, and feature, Cool Mint Ice Cream, Mini Marshmallows,
Oreo Cookies and Fudge Topping.
- June 20th - "Smarty Pants," with breakout flavor, Cotton Candy Ice Cream is sure to get a nod from
the Academy of Treats.
- June 27th - "The Rainbow Galax-E," starring Rainbow Sprinkles will round out the first five
combinations just in time for July's big Blockbusters.
"Marble Slab and MaggieMoo's Premiere Fridays showcase that ice cream is more than a treat, its an
experience, said Jenn Johnston, Senior Vice President of Brand Marketing for NexCen Franchise
Management. Ice cream has always been a part of the entertainment spectrum. Accordingly,
it should be paired with the ultimate entertainment outlet, Hollywood movies."
Marble Slab Creamery www.marbleslab.com
Marble Slab Creamery currently owns more than 375 locations worldwide, including the United States,
Puerto Rico, Canada, Bahrain, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates. It is dedicated to providing its
customers with the freshest ingredients available, with product offerings such as hand-rolled freshly
baked waffle cones in a variety of flavors, and numerous "mixins," including fresh fruits, fine nuts,
sweet candy, and cookies. In 2007, Marble Slab was acquired by NexCen Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: NEXC), a
public brand acquisition and management company that focuses on three verticals: retail franchising,
consumer branded products, and quick service restaurant ("QSR") franchising.
MaggieMoo's www.maggiemoos.com
MaggieMoo's is a favorite destination for craveable treats. Its award-winning ice cream is served in a
playful environment, and each MaggieMoo's Treatery location features a menu of freshly made super-premium
ice creams, mix-ins, smoothies, sorbets and custom ice cream cakes. Widely known as an innovator in the
category, MaggieMoo's created the world's first ice cream cupcake as well as the Maggie-O ice cream
sandwich featuring Oreo TM cookies. MaggieMoo's has been consistently awarded The National Ice Cream
Retailers Association's prestigious Blue Ribbon Award for taste, texture and overall appearance of
its most popular flavors.
NexCen Brands, Inc. www.nexcenbrands.com
NexCen Brands, Inc. is a vertically integrated global brand management company focused on assembling a diversified
portfolio of intellectual property-centric companies operating in the consumer branded products and franchise
industries. The Company owns, licenses, franchises and markets a growing portfolio of consumer and franchise brands
including The Athlete's Foot®, Bill Blass®,
Great American Cookies®, MaggieMoo's®, Marble Slab
Creamery®, Pretzel
Time®, Pretzelmaker®, Shoebox New York TM
and Waverly®.
The Company licenses and franchises its brands to a network of leading retailers, manufacturers and franchisees that
includes every major segment of retail distribution from the luxury market to the mass market in the U.S. and in over
50 countries around the world, and consists of approximately 1,900 franchised stores. NexCen, through its information
technology, franchisee support systems and advertising, marketing and public relations team, markets its brands to
continually drive greater consumer awareness and brand equity for each of its brands. NexCen touches nearly every
aspect of a consumer's lifestyle from the food they eat to the furnishings in their homes and the clothes and footwear
they purchase.
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