Page 62 - AVN April 2016

PLEASURE PRODUCTS
CalExotics, Jopen Take Training Up a Notch
CalExotics and its sister
company Jopen take
their training initiative
to a new level with
more courses and a
renewed sexual health
and wellness focus.
The CalExotics Institute now
offers courses on general sales
training, for both CalExotics
and Jopen products, along with product
specific resources and sexual health and
wellness content.
“We know the importance of education
within the world of sales. Our staff travels
around the globe educating our customers
on a range of topics relating to the world of
pleasure products. The CalExotics Institute
was created to be an extension of our
sales staff and is helping create CalExotics
and Jopen brand ambassadors all over,”
said Susan Colvin, founder and CEO of
CalExotics.
The CalExotics Institute is an online
educational resource for industry
professionals aimed at aiding in the selling
experience, specifically at the retail level.
All courses are free of charge and users
can sign up by filling out a simple form,
or by using their Facebook or Google+
account. To incentives users, CalExotics
Institute offers monthly
prizes. For every course a
user completes they have the
opportunity to enter into that
month’s contest. Prizes range
from $25
Starbucks gift
cards, $50
Target gift
cards, $100 in
free product and more. Multiple winners
are chosen each month.
General sales training is offered for some
of CalExotics top collections, including
Booty Call, Entice Accessories, Impress,
Jack Rabbit, Scandal and Silhouette.
The Jopen courses include Envy, Lust
and Vanity. Each course allows users to
familiarize themselves with each specific
collection, offering product knowledge
and videos.
Sexual health and wellness has always
been a focus for CalExotics and Colvin, as
evidenced by its ClubCalExotics.com B2C
website, so adding that component to the
CalExotics Institute is a natural step. Users
can gain access to a wide range of sexual
health and wellness topics along with
videos of sex educators answering today’s
top sexual health questions.
To sign up, visit Calexotics.talentlms.com.
Doc Johnson to Create Cherie DeVille
Signature Products
Doc Johnson has signed adult star Cherie DeVille for a line
of signature pleasure products. Nominated by AVN for MILF
Performer of the Year in 2016, DeVille entered the industry
almost four years ago and has steadily gained popularity.
“Having my own products available for my fans has always
been at the top of my priority list,” said DeVille. “And having my
products made by Doc Johnson is the truly amazing part. The
molding process was super fun and I’m excited for my fans to see
my finished products.”
The gorgeous blonde filled in for a friend at the last minute as
a model for a Halloween-themed photo shoot in 2011. One thing
led to another and she was soon signed by OC Modeling.
DeVille has appeared in productions for Brazzers, Digital
Playground, Wicked, Girlfriends Films, Kink, Girlsway and Tushy,
among many others. She has also worked with the website
Twistys, and will appear in her first feature film later in 2016.
DeVille worked as a physical
therapist prior to entering this field.
“It’s always great to have the
opportunity to work with talent that
is truly passionate about what they
do, especially someone like Cherie,
who has such a loyal fan base,” said
Chad Braverman, COO/CCO of Doc
Johnson. “We are looking forward to
introducing her products at ANME
in July and are excited to welcome
her to our Doc family.”
For details, email
sales@docjohnson.com.
Kim Airs and April Hoopes Join Impulse Novelties
Impulse Novelties,
and designer Ernestine
manufacturer of the
Touon expressed her
award-winning Closet
enthusiasm for the two
Collection line of toys,
latest members of the
has added two industry
sales team, who join Sara
veterans to their
Hentcy, who has been with
growing sales team.
the company almost a year.
Kim Airs brings her decades of
“With the addition of Kim and
experience and knowledge to the
April to the team, together they
three-year-old company and is
bring over three decades of adult
joined by April Hoopes, who has
product sales experience. I’ve never
nine years of adult retail experience
had a stronger team and I look
and is based near Cleveland, Ohio.
forward to growing the company
“I am excited to be part of a
extensively. I am thrilled they are
successful, family-owned company
calling Impulse Novelties and the
once again. It’s where my roots
Closet Collection home!”
are and I’m so happy to be with
Since 2013, Impulse Novelties
Impulse,” Aires shared. “I can’t wait
have been creating fashion-forward
to take the line of products to the
pleasure products focusing on
next level!”
the female and body-conscious
Hoopes added, “I am so happy to
male markets. The adult toy brand
be working on the manufacturing
is an extension of the Heatwave
side of the adult toy industry. I can
DVD line. Impulse Novelties is
apply my knowledge I have gained
based in Chatsworth, Calif., and
through my years of retail and share
can be reached by emailing
that with the stores I visit and the
sales@theclosetcollectiontoys.
accounts I handle.”
com or on the website
Impulse Novelties founder
TheClosetCollectionToys.com.
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PopDildo Pops Up in Aiden Starr Movie
PopDildo—the second product from Berman Innovations,
makers of The Semenette—will be a main prop in scenes
from Evil Angel director Aiden Starr’s upcoming release
Lesbian Anal Sex Slaves 2.
“It has been such a pleasure working with Aiden and
seeing PopDildo showcased in a feature movie, with such an
incredible cast,” said CEO Stephanie Berman. “Aiden brings
something so unique and sexy to everything she does, so it
was a dream come true to have her highlight our product in
her film. I’m excited for people to see various ways PopDildo
can be used!”
The impressive cast list for the movie features Daisy Ducati, Ziggy Star, Casey
Calvert, Sovereign Syre, Kimberly Kane, Yhivi, Skin Diamond and the director
herself. The movie has a scheduled release date of April 6 through Evil Angel
Video.
“Lesbian Anal Sex Slaves 2 is the second volume of my most popular series
at Evil Angel,” said Starr. “It features a hand-picked cast of genuine lady-lovers
in Dom/sub-themed scenes centering around anal gratification. PopDildo is a
centerpiece of the movie; the functional, high-quality design was perfect for
penetration, as well as gender play, with a squirt at the end!”
The inventor of the ejaculating dildo teamed up with German pleasure
products manufacturer Fun Factory on the second iteration of its product,
PopDildo. Originally designed as a tool for making at-home insemination more
intimate, PopDildo has found a fan base in people excited by its potential for
play.
The Semenette and PopDildo, both novelty intimacy products, allow
partners to mimic traditional intercourse through its proprietary inner tubing
and pump system. Both are made of premium silicone. For more information,
visit PopDildo.com.