Ann Summers Jacqueline Gold

Jacqueline Gold, Founder of Adult Retailer Ann Summers, Dead at 62

The adult industry has lost one of its most important pioneers as Jacqueline Gold, founder of Ann Summers, a British retailer of lingerie and...
from sex shops to supermarkets

New Book About The Development of the Sex Toy Market

Dale Bradford, the former editor of Erotic Trade Only magazine, is out with a new book: »How Adult Toys Became A Multi-Billion-Pound Industry«, which...
100 Adam & Eve Stores

Adam & Eve Growing: 100th Store Opened Marking Milestone

The retailer and adult entertainment giant Adam & Eve has reached a milestone in its aggressive expansion of franchise locations. The company just opened...
EDC Easytoys EQOM the Netherlands

EDC Retail Forms EQOM And Takes Over Kondomeriet and Christine le Duc

One of Europe's biggest retailers in the sex toy market just got bigger. After taking over the remains of Beate Uhse and establishing EasyToys...
Hefner & Kohn

Playboy Acquiring Sexual Wellness Company Lovers

The retail company and adult brand Lovers is taken over by the publically traded Playboy company. It seems to be the first step Playboy...
Fantasy Island Book Store Philadelphia

Sexshop in Philadelphia Gets Sales Bump From US Elections

When the Trump legal team around former mayor Rudolph Guiliani tried to book the parking lot of a hotel in Philadelphia to do a...
VENUS

Nominees For The StorErotica Awards 2020

The renowned StorErotica Awards will also be presented digitally this year due to the pandemic. Originally, the awards ceremony was already planned to take...
VENUS

Bon Appetit Recommending LELO’s SONA

The cooking magazine »Bon Appetit«, which is part of the Condé Nast group, recommends a sex toy from the VENUS exhibitor LELO on its...
VENUS

British Fetish Shop Donates Medical Supplies

The British fetish specialist MedFetUK has decided to donate its clinical supplies to a hospital to help in the fight against COVID-19. The situation...