BROOMFIELD, Colo. – Wanda Garland, widow of Eldorado Trading Company founder Larry Garland, has stepped into her late husband’s role as the company’s chief executive officer. Garland, who became Eldorado’s first employee in 1975, has played an integral role in the company’s...

LOS ANGELES – Most people don’t spend a lot of time thinking about batteries. They fit the product or they don’t; they work or they don’t. Other than that, folks just don’t ruminate on their portable power supplies — or they didn’t until Samsung’s phone-meltdown debacle last...

LOS ANGELES – A group of 12 artists demonstrate their decidedly offbeat creativity in an online exhibition with only one rule: Each piece must feature a specific sex toy. Eight of the nine pieces on display so far are sculpture; one is performance art. The work of three...

HIGHTSTOWN, N.J. – CalExotics’ new Krōma collection gives the bullet vibrator a trendy new look while maintaining its classic convenience. With a high-shine metallic coating and angled diamond-shaped tip, the discreet toy is the perfect size for a purse or pocket. Operated by one...

HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. – Relaxation. Euphoria. Tingling. These are the words used to describe the result of an Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response, or ASMR, trigger. The newly acknowledged phenomenon can evoke responses some call a “brain orgasm.” ASMR stimuli include auditory,...

CHATSWORTH, Calif. – Veteran marketing and sales professional Jesus Ruiz has joined the sales staff at pleasure products manufacturer NS Novelties. “I have always admired NS Novelties’ creativity, innovation and choice of materials,” Ruiz said. “I’m extremely excited and look...

LOS ANGELES – Alicia Sinclair, formerly vice president of worldwide sales and business development for Jimmyjane, has started a second pleasure-products company. Le Wand debuted its first creation, also named Le Wand, in January. Sinclair also is the founder and owner of b-Vibe,...

LOS ANGELES – A brand-new product from a brand-new company promises to “warm sex toys and take sexual pleasure to heightened levels,” according to a statement announcing the product’s launch. Styled like a fashionable clutch bag, Warm is made of vegan leather. It measures 13...

MONTCLAIR, N.J. – Teddy Love Toys has debuted a new stuffed erotic pal just in time for Valentine’s Day: Teddy Love Kink-It BDSM Bear. He’s cute and cuddly in an edgy sort of way … and he has a vibrating nose and tongue. The original Teddy Love Signature Bear is a furry softy...

LOS ANGELES – Pleasure-products brands CalExotics and its luxury division, JOPEN, showcased their hottest new products at the recent Adult Novelty Manufacturers Expo (ANME). The semi-annual event connects a smorgasbord of manufacturers with distributor and retail buyers. “ANME is...