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Articles by Ericka Rachelle Mendoza

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Industry Vet Angela Mustone Cultivates Elevated Brand, High On Love

While traveling the globe for work, pleasure products exec Angela Mustone reached a turning point. Handling international accounts for one of the largest pleasure products companies was fulfilling, but Mustone decided the best way to build a legacy was to launch her own brand.

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trends

Pleasure Product Distributors Reveal 2019’s Coming Trends

The pleasure products industry is slated to continue to thrive in the New Year. However, where there is growth there are challenges. It’s vital to any business to stay competitive and on point.

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Emojibator’s Founders See Steady Growth Ahead

Longtime friends Kris Fretz and Joe Vela entertained many business ideas when they went to college together. But it wasn’t until two years ago that the pair cofounded and launched a unique sex toy in the shape of what has become the universal emoji for sex — the eggplant emoji.

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trends

Manufacturers Discuss Wide Mainstream Appeal of Lube

Online research produces an array of theories about the first known lubricants, who invented them and what they were made from. There is some evidence that people in Ancient Greece used olive oil as a sexual lubricant (among its many other uses).

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trends

Mainstreaming of BDSM Broadens Category, Consumer Reach

It’s been just more than 30 years since Kim Basinger and Mickey Rourke lit the silver screen on fire in “9 ½ Weeks” with the film’s underlying themes of BDSM.

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opinion

Dr. Marty Klein Confronts America’s 'Porn Panic' in Latest Book

Licensed marriage and family therapist and certified sex therapist, Dr. Marty Klein has been a voice of sexual advocacy both for his clients and the American public for more than 35 years.

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trends

Adult Retailers Embrace Role as Sex Educators

The sex toy industry has always been at the forefront of the most up-to-date trends. Sexual health and wellness is on everyone’s mind and when it comes to uncharted territory, retailers are doing something they have been doing all along — listening to customers, providing quality products in stores, and sex education to customers.

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