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Q&A: Shots America Execs Talk U.S. Expansion

Shots America today kicked off a week-long private grand opening of its new distribution center and offices located in Santa Clarita, Calif.

Q&A: CalExotics President Susan Colvin Discusses Brand Revamp

CalExotics is preparing to debut its new look alongside new collections and an e-learning platform at the upcoming ANME Show in Burbank, Calif.

Q&A: Rich Moreland Talks 'Pornography Feminism'

Rich Moreland told XBIZ he brought “a historian’s methodology” to his new book that explores one of the porn industry’s most complex and controversial topics.

Q&A: VP Adam H. Discusses Growth of Pure Play Media

Pure Play Media didn’t get to where it is today by taking a conservative approach, and the frontline distributor is not about to start now.

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Exec Seat: Q&A With ExoClick's Giles Hirst

ExoClick’s Giles Hirst is the consummate brand manager. He’s a veteran at what he does and has given ExoClick the right (pardon the pun) click to make it resonate with current and potential customers.

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Q&A: Director Greg Lansky Discusses Blacked.com, Career

Director Greg Lansky would be the first to admit he was “fucking clueless” about how to break into the porn business a decade ago.

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Q&A With CherryPimps Owner Jack Avalanche

Owner Jack Avalanche wears his sleeves rolled up managing his boutique program, CherryPimps.com. He’s the kind of entrepreneur with the hands-on approach who’s persevered and prospered by keeping it simple — “keep shooting quality content, listen to your members, and give them what they want,” he says.

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Exec Seat: Q&A With LFP's Jean-Sebastien Poirier Fournier

When Jean-Sebastien Poirier Fournier (aka Stinger) joined LFP Internet Group last year, he brought a wealth of experience, expertise and contacts to ramp up the company’s dynamic online business.

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Executive Seat: Q&A With Electric EEL National Sales Manager Zachary Goode

When Zachary Goode joined the Electric Lingerie team in 2011, he brought with him 13 years of experience in national clothing sales, international trade shows and relationship management. Previously, he was national sales manager at Sik World, a T-shirt company that he helped take from start-up to a multi-million dollar global enterprise.

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Q&A: Dame Products Founders Discuss Indiegogo Record-Setter, Eva

A passion for empowering women’s sexual experiences brought Alexandria Fine and Janet Lieberman together to launch Dame Products and create Eva — a couples’ toy that’s made history as the most highly crowd-funded adult product.

Q&A With Exile's Howard Levine, 'Dean of Distribution'

If the adult industry ever designates an official dean of sales and distribution the august title would no doubt fall to Howard Levine.

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Q&A With TrafficHaus CEO Mark Bauman

If you don’t know Mark Bauman, you know of him. Bauman’s one of the cornerstones of the online adult space who has spent time mastering the techniques and initiatives used by paysites and tube sites to generate traffic-building ad revenue.

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Q&A With Pipedream Products CEO Nick Orlandino

Nick Orlandino has blasted through the novelty business to parlay an after school gig unloading trucks into an international, industry-leading pleasure products empire. His bold, edgy and aggressive style is definitely reflected in the Pipedream brand, which is hardly an accident.

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Q&A: Lovehoney's Longhurst Talks U.K. E-tailer's Success

It may have been simply fortuitous, or brilliant strategic planning to secure the official worldwide rights for the “Fifty Shades of Grey” sex toys, but even without the powerful brand in its pocket, leading U.K. e-tailer Lovehoney is experiencing unprecedented growth in just over a year’s time.

Alex Chance, Siouxsie Q James to Appear on ‘Jason Major’s Sex Party’

Alex Chance and WhoreCast’s podcaster Siouxsie Q James will guest star for “Jason Major’s Sex Party” on Thursday, April 30.

Q&A With Harriet Sugarcookie: Porn's New Breed of Star?

The Internet has not only given rise to every kind of porn related fetish and genre producers and performers can dream up to satisfy bored consumers, but it’s also spawning a new type of atypical porn star who doesn’t fit the traditional mold.

Q&A: SexCoachU's Dr. Patti Britton on the Growing Sexual Health Industry

Living by the mantra that it’s everyone’s divine birthright to celebrate their sexual self, Dr. Patti Britton, founder of SexCoachU, a leading sex educational and professional sex coach training facility has for the past 20 years been on the forefront of sexual health and education.

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Q&A With Sportsheets Founder Tom Stewart

Tom Stewart and the team at Sportsheets may have been in the right place at the right time, but they’ve masterfully parlayed their brand into the perfect real-life complement to the “Fifty Shades of Grey” phenomenon. In this extensive two-part interview, we sit down with the man behind the bondage to discuss ... everything.

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Exec Seat: Q&A With Shirley Lara of Chaturbate

Shirley Lara is one of the most recognizable faces in the online adult space. Lara’s the chief operating officer of Chaturbate, the technology-progressive camsite operation that continually looks for new ways to find and retain customers.

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Q&A With Steven Grooby, Founder of Grooby Productions

Grooby Productions is not only a leader in the online adult space, but a pioneer as well. Since 1996, its founder, Steven Grooby, has kept the enthusiasm moving upward for the company, one that is firmly embedded as the leading purveyor in sexually explicit transgender entertainment.

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