Page 18 - AVN Intimate Fall 2018

FLAVORS OF SUMMER
ANME served up new toys, lotions and potions along with cocktails and s’mores
≥ BY SHERRI L. SHAULIS
Cheers! Above, to celebrate its California Dreaming line, CalExotics served up cocktails at a festive tiki bar. Below, AVN Media Network’s party at ANME featured food, drinks and free swag. For more images taken at ANME parties
see page 42. All photos by Rick Garcia.
held in Burbank during mid-July, was a festive
The summer session of the ANME Founders Show,
affair. Over the course of the three-day run Sunday,
attendees were treated to everything from a surf-
themed tiki bar to a presentation about a new merger to
s’mores and cocktails.
In the CalExotics booth, visitors were greeted with adult
beverages at a custom-built tiki bar, complete with twinkling
lights and a thatched roof. It was the perfect setting to
showcase the new California Dreaming items and marketing
materials. Retailers who placed orders for the line were eligible
to receive sunglasses, beach balls and inflatable surfboards
they could use to entice shoppers to check out the new
massagers.
“We have added the Malibu Minx, the Orange County
Cutie and the Santa Monica Starlet to the line,” said Nichole
Grossman, director of marketing for CalExotics.
Each of the dual stimulators boasts three functions in the
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