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,...

By Camilla Lombard YNOT – Is it time for the sex-toy industry to “go green?” Some manufacturers already have, and others are introducing Earth-friendly items as quickly as they can.

YNOT – In the past four years, Toronto-based e-tailer PinkCherry Adult Toys has more than quadrupled its warehouse space in order to keep up with what the company characterizes as burgeoning demand for sexual accoutrements. And no wonder: Sales statistics indicate Canadians...

By M. Christian YNOT – San Francisco long has been considered a veritable hotbed of liberal thought and behavior. In addition to institutions of higher learning and the notorious Alcatraz, the city boasts prominent GLBT and BDSM communities.

YNOT – Novelty wholesaler Sex Toy Club has launched a new “intelligent”customer-support system incorporating a knowledgebase, live chat and call-me-back service. The company calls the system “first-in-class for the wholesale and drop-ship sex toy industry.” STC’s Knowledge Base...

YNOT – RealTouch, maker of the award-winning masturbator for men, recently unveiled its newest product: RealTouch Interactive. The new product allows users to experience long-distance sex thanks to a specially designed joystick. Using capacitive sensing technology, RealTouch...

YNOT – Los Angeles-based online novelty retailer Vibrators.com is known for its cheeky, retro graphics and humorous approach to a topic it takes very seriously: self-pleasure. This week, the site added a new section to the mix of shopping, education and erotic fiction already...

YNOT – About nine months after developers revealed the prototype of a sex toy designed to interact with the remote control used by Nintendo’s Wii game console, the product has debuted. Featured in online publications including Wired, Wired UK, Tosh.0 Blog, Perez Hilton After...