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Q&A With Edward Wheeler of The Love Store
Edward Wheeler opened The Love Store in Las Vegas in 2011 with the goal of offering adult customers a luxurious and upscale retail environment. The Love Store has since expanded into three Sin City locations ranging from 7,000 to 12,5000 square feet.
Q&A With Fiona Patten: Victory for the Sex Party
With a name like “The Australian Sex Party” it stands to reason that such a political organization would grab attention, raise eyebrows and in some cases be the target of scorn and criticism by conservative do-gooders and moral zealots.
Q&A With Raja Roy-Choudhury of ChargebackHelp.com
Meet Raja Roy-Choudhury, co-founder of ChargebackHelp.com, a company that prides itself with providing integrated chargeback management to scores of companies.
Q&A: Bree Mills Talks Role as Creative Director of Gamma Entertainment
The leader of Gamma Entertainment’s creative team and production division brings years of mainstream experience in the music and e-commerce worlds to her unique position.
Q&A: Hardcore Hookup App Mixxxer's 'Mane' Man
With its motto, “no dating allowed,” web-based hookup mobile app Mixxxer lets users know up front that it’s all about finding sex partners.
Q&A: Adam Grayson Discusses Role as CFO of Evil Angel
Adam Grayson remembers being a fan of Evil Angel as a teenager whose after-school job was writing code for a web-design firm.
Exec Seat: Q&A With Bryce Wagshul of FriendFinder Networks
FriendFinder Network’s signature website, AdultFriendFinder, is one hot property. The site, where adults peruse for online and offline sexual encounters, continues after nearly 20 years to rank among the 100 most popular sites in the U.S.
Q&A: Dr. Laura Henkel Discusses '12 Inches of Sin' Kickstarter Campaign
Dr. Laura Henkel told XBIZ she has launched a Kickstarter campaign to help finance the publication of hardcover books for the four-volume set of juried, erotic art called “12 Inches of Sin: So Much Art You Can Barely Fit It All In."
Q&A: ‘Nexus Will Be Back Bigger, Better Than Ever’
Nexus is gearing up for the return of its full range to the U.S. market next year with the release of new and redesigned products.
Q&A: Keisha Grey Talks Career, First Anal Scene
The next step in the progression of Keisha Grey becomes official in March, when Hard X will release the first anal scene of her career.
Q&A With Mia Zhu, CEO of Mobius Payments
Mia Hyun, president and CEO of Mobius Payments, knows A to Z about online processing, particularly within the high-risk adult space, where the exercise to pivot and change with regulation and policymaking is constant.
Q&A: Indian Pleasure Products Market to Reach $1.6B by 2020
With his pulse on the Indian pleasure products market, Samir Saraiya launched the country’s pioneering online adult retailer ThatsPersonal.com in 2013 with the hopes of becoming a major purveyor in India’s marketplace that’s expected to grow to $1.6 billion market by 2020.
Exec Seat: Q&A With Jake Jaxson, CEO of CockyBoys
It’s easier to see in hindsight, those moments signaling important turning points in the evolution of a studio. CockyBoys has been around since 2007, but few people in the industry were as familiar with the name Jake Jaxson when he took over the company in 2010.
Q&A With iFriends' Jaime Joseph: Making the Most of Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is no longer just a Hallmark holiday. Companies like iFriends see it as prime time to connect with the masses with special events, free promotions and higher payouts for its affiliates.
Q&A: ExoClick's Benjamin Fonzé Talks Big Data
ExoClick is the first ad network to offer adult advertisers and publishers “big data” statistics and deep analysis tools.
Exec Seat: Q&A With JuicyAds’ Jimmy “Wizzo” Foreman
Through his 17 years in the online adult space, JuicyAds’ Jimmy “Wizzo” Foreman has always found ways to help companies better monetize their sites and put deals together. In fact, Wizzo’s job title at JuicyAds — global publisher strategist — sums up what he’s all about.
Q&A With JOYDIVISION’S Bianca Kuennecke
For the last 20 years German powerhaüs, JOYDIVISION has earned a reputation in the industry for being one of the foremost manufacturers of high quality pleasure products in the world.
Q&A: Paul Maginn Eyes UNLV Lecture, Talks ‘(Sub) Urban Sexscapes’
Paul Maginn told XBIZ his new book “(Sub) Urban Sexscapes: Geographies and Regulation of the Sex Industry” explores an area of research that is relatively untapped.
Panty Mania: Q&A With Rene Rofe’s Wilson Kello
With the lasting influence of “Fifty Shades of Grey” continuing to drive the sales of BDSM accessories, other pleasure products categories also are seeing a spike in sales. Rene Rofe says that among them, crotchless panties are seeing a steady rise in sales.
Q&A: How 'Teddy Love' Shifted the Sex Toy Paradigm
Who would’ve thought? Right in the midst of a pleasure products boom that continues to see stylish and technologically advanced sex toys debuting almost every week, a simple teddy bear would win the hearts of consumers?