2012 ETO Adult Industry Awards Nominees Announced, Voting Begins

BIRMINGHAM, England — Voting has begun for the finalists of the 2012 ETO Adult Industry Awards, which were revealed in the U.K. trade publication’s May issue.

Voting for the ETO Awards is currently taking place online, by clicking the Vote Now box on the EroticTradeOnly.com homepage (registration required.)

The winners will be announced on stage during a ceremony on on the evening of the first day of the ETO Show — Sunday, June 24 — at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, situated on the NEC complex just outside Birmingham.

The nominees for the 2012 Awards are:

Best Female Product

Jessica Rabbit MK2 (Loving Joy)

Studio Mascara Wand (Screaming O)

SwanRange(BMS Factory)

Wand Essentials (Wand Essentials)

We-Vibe 3 (Standard Innovation Corp.)

Best Male Product

Fleshlight Girls (Fleshlight)

Hand Solo (Rocks-Off)

Rev1000 (Loving Joy)

Revo (Nexus)

Super Scker (Erolution)

Best Consumable

ID Glide (ID Lubricants)

Liquid Gold (Liquid Gold Aromas)

RelaxXXX Anal Spray (RelaxXXX)

Slide (Loving Joy)

Wolfberry (Wolfberry)

Best Product Packaging

Leaf (BMS Factory)

LELO (LELO)

Studio Collection (The Screaming O)

Sex & Mischief (Sportsheets)

We-Vibe 3 (Standard Innovation Corp.)

Best Product Marketing

Fetish Fantasy Series (Pipedream Products)

LELO (LELO)

Rev1000 (Loving Joy)

Studio Collection (Screaming O)

Swan (BMS Factory)

Best New Product Range

Fetish Fantasy Elite (Pipedream Products)

Leaf (BMS Factory)

Insignia (LELO)

Sex & Mischief (Sportsheets)

Studio Collection (Screaming O)

Best Film Brand

Harmony

Joybear

Marc Dorcel

Real Punting

Viv Thomas

Best Pleasure Products Brand

CaliforniaExotic Novelties

LELO

Pipedream Products

Rocks-Off

ToyJoy

Most Innovative Brand

Fetish Fantasy Series

LELO

Screaming O

Shots Toys

Swan

Best Consumable Brand

Liquid Gold

ID Lubricants

Gun Oil

System JO

Wet

Best Erotic Books Brand

Bruno Gmunder

McCoy’s Guides

Sweetmeats

Taschen

Xcite Books

Best Lingerie Brand

Baci Lingerie

Coquette

Leg Avenue

Seven ‘Til Midnight

Shirley ofHollywood

Best R18 DVD Distributor

ABS Holdings

Darker Enterprises

Erigo Distribution

Load XXX

Scala Playhouse

Best Pleasure Products Distributor

ABS Holdings

Creative Conceptions

Net 1on1

Planet Earth

Scala Playhouse

Best Overseas Distributor

Load XXX

Mister B

Orion

Scale Playhouse

Shots Media

Best Gay Interest Distributor

CZ Trade

Load XXX

Mister B

Millivres Prowler Group

Rocks-Off

Best Lingerie Distributor

ABS Holdings

Alterego Lingerie

Blue Moon Lingerie

Kevco Wholesale

VeritusUK

Best Retail Chain

Ann Summers

Harmony

Nice ’n’ Naughty

Pulse & Cocktails

Simply Pleasure

Best Individual Store

Harmony (Oxford Street)

Nice ’n’ Naughty (Brighton)

Saints & Sinners (Blackpool)

Scandals (Birkenhead)

Vibez (Maidstone)

Most Innovative Retailers

Ann Summers

Harmony

Lovehoney

Nice ’n’ Naughty

Sh!

Best Online Retailer

Bondara.co.uk

Lovehoney.co.uk

Passion8.com

SexShop365.co.uk

Sextoys.co.uk

Best Online Resource

Aita.co.uk

MelonFarmers.co.uk

Sextoysbuzz.com

Sextoytesters.co.uk

Toxyliciousxxx.blogspot.co.uk

Best Sales Team

ABS Holdings

Creative Conceptions

Erigo Distribution

Net 1on1

Planet Earth

Services to the Industry

Savvas Christodoulou

Tim Hemming

Stuart Inglis

Rob Pretorius

Viv Thomas

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