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Growth, Expansion and Renewal With Four Top Retailers
With a new year upon us — and the possibilities and challenges that come with it — it’s always instructive to hear what leading companies and key brands have up their sleeve for the initial weeks and months of the year. Is expansion and aggressive marketing in the cards for the first quarter of 2014, or are companies scaling back and seeking stability more than growth?
XBIZ, FSC Members Attend the Dirty, Sexy Policy Conference
Free Speech Coalition Board Chair Jeffrey Douglas and CEO Diane Duke will attend and speak at the Sexy, Dirty Policy Conference, held by the Carsey-Wolfe Center at UCSB, today through tomorrow.
Dev Depot: HTML5 Shiv, Backwards Compatibility
Of all the current coding technologies holding the most promise for the future, HTML5 leads the way — but despite its potential, many developers shy away from upgrading their infrastructure to HTML5 — often using the excuse of incompatibility with older browsers to cover for an unwillingness to adapt or to learn new techniques.
Pleasure Products: The Year Ahead
The new year is always a time for celebration, but California Exotic Novelties has a little extra reason to party in 2014 as it marks its 20th anniversary. What better way to get started than with a new line from a reality television veteran, a venture leaked on TMZ?
XBIZ Retreat Returns to Miami, May 12-16
Set against the ultra-luxurious tropical paradise of Miami, the invitation-only, exclusive XBIZ Retreat returns May 12-16 as the retail industry’s most celebrated and anticipated summit of high-ranking adult executives ever assembled in one, all-inclusive and incomparable event.
Core Product, or Loss Leader?
Since re-joining the ranks of the self-employed back in June, I’ve been spending a lot of time talking with adult business owners about the state of the market, and more to the point, the state of their own enterprises.
Bathmate Scores XBIZ Specialty Pleasure Product of the Year
U.K.-based Bathmate has announced its excitement over winning XBIZ Specialty Pleasure Product of the Year for its Hydromax patented penis pump, after just ten months in the USA.
Dev Depot: Ghost, Open Source Blog Publishing
Calling itself “a beautifully designed platform dedicated to one thing: Publishing,” Ghost is an Open Source application that allows users to easily create and publish a blog, with tools that make it fun to do. “It’s simple, elegant, and designed so that you can spend less time making your blog work and more time blogging.”
XBIZ Index 'Black Book' Now Available in Digital Format
XBIZ is pleased to announce the availability of XBIZ Index, the industry's "black book" business directory, in a fully interactive digital format.
XBIZ Summit Miami Moves Beachside, May Details Announced
XBIZ is pleased to announce Miami Beach’s legendary landmark Eden Roc hotel as the new venue for XBIZ Summit, providing show attendees from across the U.S., Canada and European markets with an extraordinary oceanfront setting for intimate business-networking and deal-making opportunities.
Hot Octopuss’s PULSE Product Wins 2014 XBIZ Award
U.K.-based pleasure products company Hot Octopuss announced that it has won the 2014 XBIZ Award for Couples Sex Toy of the Year for the PULSE, “guybrator.”
Mobidea Named XBIZ Mobile Affiliate Program of the Year
Mobidea.com won the Mobile Affiliate Program of the Year award at the recent XBIZ Awards ceremony held at the historic Century Plaza Hotel.
Dev Depot: Resumable, Upping Upload Reliability
The problem is a common one for Internet users trying to upload a large file, where the process is either corrupted or aborted. Depending upon connection speed and provider fair use policies, this can be an expensive, frustrating and time consuming process.
Mobile First or Mobile Compatible: Which Is Right for Your Site?
Here at XBIZ, we love to look at the latest design trends and to help our readers stay on the cutting edge; which today involves responsive web designs where essentially one template is modified at run time to suit various devices and their different capabilities — including feature support, screen sizes and other unique parameters.
XBIZ Teams With AEBN, HotMovies, Gamelink for 2014 Award-Winner Promotions
XBIZ is pleased to announce it has teamed with a trio of leading video-on-demand providers for a series of exclusive 2014 XBIZ Award-winner promotions.
Bonnie Feingold Recognized at XBIZ Executive Awards
Honey’s Place President and CEO Bonnie Feingold has been awarded with the prestigious title of XBIZ Business Development Executive of the Year.
AdultCentro Wins XBIZ Content Provider of the Year
AdultCentro kicked off 2014 by receiving the Content Provider of the Year award at the lavish XBIZ Awards held at Century Plaza Hotel in Century City, Calif.
‘Get My Belt’ Wins XBIZ BDSM Release of the Year
Ryan and Kelly Madison’s controversial film “Get My Belt” was named BDSM Release of the Year at the 2014 XBIZ Awards held Jan. 24 at the historic Century Plaza Hotel.
Dev Depot: urlQuery, Detects Potential Malware
A free online service for testing and analyzing URLs, urlQuery helps identify malicious and suspicious content on websites as a means of improving the safety and security of the Internet. It’s also a great tool for auditing your own websites.
L.A. Times' Front Page Spotlights 2014 XBIZ Awards
The Los Angeles Times published a lively recap of the 2014 XBIZ Awards on Wednesday on the front page of its daily newspaper.