By Erika Icon YNOT – Sex toys are one of the most lucrative product categories in the adult industry. For a long time, novelties were considered the almost-exclusive purview of women. In recent years, though, many manufacturers and retailers have discovered a thriving market in...

By Erika Icon YNOT – Pro-sports lockouts usually lead to a decline in revenues affecting more than just the leagues involved. But the latest National Hockey League lockout — the result of a breakdown in contract negotiations between the players’ union and team owners in the U.S....

YNOT – A Chicago-based retailer and e-tailer of adult toys has launched a new subscription service that promises to deliver “surprise packages” containing adult novelties directly to the buyers’ door — or to a special friend. Early to Bed’s Black Box subscription series will...

CANOGA PARK, Calif. (YNOT Wire) – Free Speech Coalition is honored to announce that leading adult novelty companies Doc Johnson and Pipedream Products have become the newest members of the adult industry trade association. “We welcome Pipedream and Doc Johnson to our membership,”...

YNOT – Fifty-four percent of couples have oral sex less often than once a week. In many cases, taste is a reason one partner or the other hesitates to engage. The good news is, a product called Masque Sexual Flavors can remove that objection. The product’s name obviously brings...

YNOT – Adult novelty distributor Honey’s Place has launched a new e-commerce platform designed to offer a feature-rich, comprehensive approach to building and operating customized online adult toy stores with minimal overhead. Build the Store is a potential solution for...

By Stewart Tongue YNOT – Eldorado Trading Company has launched an online resource center designed to help vendors of premium sex toys obtain in-depth product knowledge. The new Customer Resource Cener provides educational and sales materials from more than 40 different manufacturers.

By Erika Icon YNOT – San Francisco-based retailer Good Vibrations has deemed August “Anal Pleasure Month” and is celebrating with workshops and events all month long. The event is expected to bring pleasure to the people and increase opportunities for affiliates to earn cash.

YNOT – The “O” Awards, AVN’s annual recognition for pleasure products and adult novelties, will accept pre-nominations for 2012 honors through July 31. The “O” Awards honor outstanding achievement in the pleasure products industry, including design, innovation and marketing. To...

By M. Christian YNOT – When latex aficionados, couturiers and artists discuss fashion, one of the first names to come up always seems to be Klawdya Rothschild’s. As one of the world’s preeminent designers in the medium and founder of KLAWTEX, she is at the epicenter of latex,...