HONG KONG – Asia Adult Expo will celebrate its 10th anniversary this year with an anniversary show Aug. 29-31 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The only business-to-business platform for pleasure products in the Asia Pacific region, AEE focuses on international...

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. – Sportsheets’ Sex in the Shower collection has a new look that reportedly has retailers buzzing. The products caused such a commotion at the ANME Expo earlier this month that the company is still working to fulfill orders, according to founder and Chief...

SAN MARCOS, Calif. – What happens when a real-life adult entertainer and self-professed geek meets an artificially intelligent “sexbot” face to face? When the sex workers involved are Harriet Sugarcookie and Harmony, an experimental RealDoll, glimpses of “the future of sex”...

LONDON – Two members of the staff at pleasure products manufacturer Rocks-Off have vowed to shave their heads as part of a special fundraiser benefiting Mcmillan Cancer Support, a charitable organization that provides financial, emotional and social support to cancer patients,...

SAN FRANCISCO and NEW YORK – Good Vibrations, founded in San Francisco 40 years ago and one of the first shops to create an environment catering to women, has sealed an agreement to acquire Babeland, a similar pleasure products retailer on the opposite coast. Financial details...

AUSTIN, Texas – Venezuelan performer Veronica Rodriguez is the newest member of the Fleshlight Girls. As with all Fleshlight Girls products, the pleasure product manufacturer created a signature texture for Rodriguez’s male masturbator. Called “caliente,” Fleshlight describes the...

By Jay Kopita BURBANK, Calif. – The ANME Founders Expo is a trade show I return to and support year after year. I have yet to find a pleasure products expo better than this one, where industry insiders casually meet and do business with so many decision-makers and creative types...

LOS ANGELES – All-new products and collections, along with fresh, repackaged favorites, greeted visitors to the CalExotics booth during the ANME Founders Expo in mid-July. The bi-annual event brings together manufacturers of intimate toys, lingerie, lubricants and novelties for...

BURBANK, Calif. – With 10 functions, a rechargeable battery and a remote control for partner play, Cloud 9 Novelties’ new Power Touch wireless bullet packs a lot of potential into a small footprint. Part of the Pro Sensual Series, the Power Touch features an ergonomically flared...

LAS VEGAS – The creator of the ride-on sex machine Sybian™ fluid-proof sheets manufacturer Sheets of San Francisco have unveiled the two companies’ first collaboration: a new fluid-proof cover for the Sybian. The cover protects the Sybian from all things wet and wild. Made from a...