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Topco Sales Announces 'Teen Mom' Farrah Abraham Toy Line
Topco Sales announced today that it has paired with MTV “Teen Mom’ reality star Farrah Abraham to create a line of toys endorsed and molded by the newbie porn performer.
MySecretLuxury.com Reaches 1-Year Mark With Luxury Toy Brands
The upscale e-commerce site, MySecretLuxury.com, is celebrating its one-year anniversary.
Sex Toy Tech: Form Follows Function in Adult Pleasure Product Market
There’s a reason that the adult novelty market has slowly been rebranded as pleasure products, and that the transition has paralleled the growth of social media and a backlash against fly-by-night technology. As shame decreases (thanks, Facebook), consumers are more free to discuss things that used to be dirty little secrets, and are demanding quality and practicality—elegant tools rather than easily breakable bachelorette party gag gifts.
Vice.com Blog Explores Sex Toy Design
An article published this week on Vice’s Motherboard blog focuses on the struggles of creating pleasure products for an audience with vast tastes and an even greater reluctance to discuss them.
Male Sex Toy Sales Are on the Rise, Toronto-Based Retailer Says
Male sex toy designs are changing and sales are rising, says Sarah Forbes-Roberts, co-owner of Canadian adult store Come As You Are, who was recently interviewed for the Globe and Mail.
Intimate Organics Introduces 'Green' Toy Cleaner
Intimate Organics has launched “Green,” a new tea tree oil foaming cleaner with natural ingredients for both toys and the body.
Supermarket Bans Sign Seeking Sex Toy Donations for Bob Filner
Petitioner Valorie Matthews has refused to remove her handwritten sign seeking donations of new (or lightly used) sex toys as part of the effort to recall Mayor Bob Filner.
Lovehoney Launches 'Design a Sex Toy Competition'
Lovehoney is giving consumers a chance to play Leonardo da Vinci for the sex toy market with its new "Design a Sex Toy" competition.
Toy Stories: Retailers Keep Consumers Engaged
Vibrators. Ben Wa Balls. Romantic games. Cuffs. Lingerie. It doesn’t matter what pleasure product you’re talking about, in this crowded, ultra competitive marketplace, the products don’t sell themselves. That’s why retail store owners and wholesalers continue to evolve with creative methods to move product from the warehouse to the shelves to the cash register.
Future in Focus: Toy, Novelty Market Growth
What trends—current and future—drive the pleasure products market? How important is penetration into mainstream retail? What business strategies can be used to capitalize on sales opportunities?
French Sex Toy Companies Get 'Green' Makeovers
Some French companies are injecting a healthy helping of eco-consciousness into their products to cultivate an ethical image ... and boost sales.
Raising Cash Is Tough Business for Sex Toy Pros, Forbes Reports
The sex toy business may sound seductive, but trying to raise capital for new and often established novelty companies can be anything but satisfying.
SexToy.com to Host Online Sex Toy Trivia Contest
“Sex Toy Dave” Levine will host an online sex toy trivia contest featuring Google Plus “celebrities” and live YouTube viewers with $1,000 in adult product prizes from SexToy.com up for grabs.
Vibease 'Smart' Toy Vibrates to Erotica
Unlike most vibrators, “the world’s first smart vibrator” Vibease doesn’t forsake your largest sexual organ — the mind.
Aerosmith’s Tom Hamilton Launches Plush Sex Toy Line
Aerosmith’s Tom Hamilton has expanded his career repertoire to include novelty mastermind with the advent of Obscenies, his line of Beanie Baby-like plush toys shaped like your favorite genitals.
French Sex Toy Makers Form Plaisir de France
A dozen French sex toy makers have formed Plaisir de France (Pleasure of France), a new co-operative effort touting erotic toys made in France.
April Flores Debuts Toes vs. Heel Foot Fetish Toy
L.A.-based artist Carlos Batts has designed a new erotic toy molded from an unlikely body part of his wife and long-time muse April Flores — her foot.
Huff Post Covers Latest Fun Factory Sex Toy Race
The Huffington Post covered last week’s Fun Factory fundraising event at the Museum of Sex in New York.
Topco Sales Announces Cyberskin Ultra Perfect Woman Toy
Topco Sales has announced the availability of its CyberSkin Virtual Sex Ultra Perfect Woman Realistic Erotic Playthings.
Gamelink Offers Help to Sex Toy Burglary Victim
Online adult retailer GameLink has offered to help the woman whose car was broken into this week in Sandy, Ore., where she lost hundreds of dollars’ worth of adult toys in her car trunk.