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Lovehoney's Fifty Shades of Grey Collection

Lovehoney's Fifty Shades of Grey Collection
Lovehoney is launching its Fifty Shades of Grey Official Pleasure Collection in the U.S. on April 8. Developed in association with “Fifty Shades” author E.L. James, the line features toys and bondage items created to match those used by Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele, the young coup... More »

Q&A with Andy Alvarez, Webmaster Central

Q&A with Andy Alvarez, Webmaster Central
Webmaster Central is known for its hands-on approach with customers, CEO Andy Alvarez stresses. It’s all about to protect their interests and serve their needs, he says. However, Webmaster Central’s primary goal is to make their customers money. “If we are not adding to their bott... More »

WIA Profile: Sadie Allison

WIA Profile: Sadie Allison
Each month, industry news media organization XBIZ spotlights the career accomplishments and outstanding contributions of Women in Adult. WIA profiles offer an intimate look at the professional lives of the industry's most influential female executives. Sex and relationship expert, Dr. Sadie Allison... More »

Exec Seat: Steve Volponi - The Devil You Know

Exec Seat: Steve Volponi - The Devil You Know
Devil’s Film Director of Sales Steve Volponi has been closing deals for more than 20 years. “It’s not as easy as it used to be, but it beats tarring roofs,” he quips, an example of the shoot-from-the-hip manner that has endeared him to buyers in the industry, many of whom cal... More »

WIA Profile: Kerin De Francis

WIA Profile: Kerin De Francis
Each month, industry news media organization XBIZ spotlights the career accomplishments and outstanding contributions of Women in Adult. WIA profiles offer an intimate look at the professional lives of the industry's most influential female executives. With almost 20 years in the industry, Kerin De... More »

Exec Seat: Eddie Arenas, Naughty America

Exec Seat: Eddie Arenas, Naughty America
Meet Eddie Arenas, Naughty America’s CEO. Arenas joined the the Southern California company in 2005 after work in mainstream advertising and postproduction. Five years later, in 2010, he rose to the chief executive position. XBIZ sat down with Arenas to find out more about him and what&rsquo... More »

Exec Seat: Joe Casella, Entrenue President

Exec Seat: Joe Casella, Entrenue President
Joe Casella entered the pleasure products industry after working for adult retail chain Fascinations for more than a decade. With a penchant for the pleasure products side of retail, Casella took over Entrenue in 2006. His passion for the pleasure products industry coupled with the boutique distribu... More »

Getting Your Rocks-Off in British Style

Getting Your Rocks-Off in British Style
The reserved Brit is a stereotype that has all but been debunked by last year’s friendly, colorful and exuberant Olympic Games, and of course by a certain trilogy of monochrome themed books that have made a modest impact on the world of erotic publishing. But you would be mistaken for believin... More »

WIA Profile: Kristin Wynters

WIA Profile: Kristin Wynters
Each month, industry news media organization XBIZ spotlights the career accomplishments and outstanding contributions of Women in Adult. WIA profiles offer an intimate look at the professional lives of the industry's most influential female executives. Pink Visual has named longtime sales director ... More »

Q&A With Cliff Teston, Signature Card Services

Q&A With Cliff Teston, Signature Card Services
If you’re familiar with Signature Card Services, one of the adult industry’s leading provider of payment processing services, you’ll be acquainted with its personable staff that has solutions for every business. And maybe you’re familiar with Cliff Teston, its CEO, who launc... More »

BUSINESS ANALYSIS

Singaporean Snapshot

With more than 80 percent of its five plus million residents online, Singapore is a sophisticated and vibrant Asian city-state on the cutting edge of technology; but limited in its tolerance of “objectionable”... More »

Pleasure Products 2013: Delivering the Goods

What does 2013 hold for distributors of pleasure products? Will new market trends develop or will business continue on the previous year’s trajectory? To get an overview of market outlooks we contacted... More »

Kinky Couples: Couples-friendly Retailing

Retailers have a major opportunity to engage customers in a meaningful and long-lasting way that will keep them coming back even after the spell of Christian Grey’s steely eyes wears off. XBIZ spoke... More »
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