The industry preps for the 2008 costume market By Saskia Vogel
It’s the Saturday before Halloween. The star-covered sidewalks of Hollywood Boulevard could crack under the weight of crowds looking to put together their costumes at the last minute.”It’s the busiest day of the season for us,”...
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AVN Novelty Business: Buttoning Down and Lacing Up
AVN Novelty Business: Nice Package You’ve Got There
The intimate apparel industry has profits all boxed up
By Saskia Vogel
Looking for a way to add something new to your offerings? Consider packaged lingerie, which is in many...
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AVN Novelty Business: Kendra’s Closet Opens Up
Female-friendly intimate apparel retailer sells sexy with a sprinkle of naughty novelties
By Saskia Vogel
“Bring it on” is basically what Sherif Rayes, owner of sexy “lingerie and less” boutique...
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AVN Novelty Business: Naughty By Nature
What does it mean to be green—and how is it good for your business?
By Saskia Vogel
Green is good, they keep telling us. As the vegan reading the Whole...
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AVN Novelty Business: Two Days at AVN’s Novelty Expo
An inside look at the latest and greatest in the adult pleasure product expo of the year
By Saskia Vogel with Adrian Peterson
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. - Leading manufacturers and...
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AVN Novelty Business: If She Won’t Go to the Party, the Party Will Come to Her
Pleasure parties, the state of the business, and the women who throw them
By Saskia Vogel
Adult home parties are stepping into the limelight, and the reps may very well...
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AVN Novelty Business: LA Retailers Celebrate Taschen’s Big Penis (Book)
Coco de Mer and Alpha help launch new offering from Taschen books
By Saskia Vogel
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif.--A lithe Latino wearing only tighty-whities zipped across a secluded stretch of Melrose Avenue, balancing a silver tray of phallic niblets. This was the place. Rather, these were the places....
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AVN Novelty Business: Fine Art Glass Goes XXX
Fine Art Glass Goes XXX
Vandal Glass busts onto the market with creative toys
By: Saskia VogelSANTA CRUZ, Calif – Vandal Glass, makers of erotic glass novelties, have been crafting tattoo-inspired art objects for six months, showcasing the design talent of Josh Frager, fine artist and graduate of glass luminary Dale Chihuly’s Pilchuck School.”I’ve always wanted...
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AVN Novelty Business: Naughty Salutations, Lover!
From the wild world of the adult novelty biz, here comes another feature. This time it’s on adult greeting cards. It starts something like this:
Naughty Salutations, Lover!
Adult greeting cards make profit with sentiment and humor
By: Saskia VogelPreserve memories. Connect with loved ones. Show someone you care. These aren’t the first phrases that come to...
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AVN Novelty Business: 25 Years of Savvy, Sexy Success
Dreamgirl International still rapidly expanding
By Saskia Vogel
You can expect several things from Dreamgirl International: an annual full-color, coffee-table-sized catalog teeming with affordable sexy lingerie and adult costumes (that...
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