Page 28 - AVN Intimate Spring 2019

Meeting and Greeting From top, Wet Lubricants showed a wide range of personal moisturizers at ANE; Shipper’s Advocate returned once again to the
show; and presenting sponsor Satisfyer and Satisfyer Men occupied a spacious booth at ANE.
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Ass Thumpers is a new series of silicone
anal probes with a petite shape and thrusting
capability. These anal pleasure devices feature
10 vibration settings, plus a textured handle
for comfort, ease and convenience for thrusting
massage during couples play and unisex self-
pleasure.
Other returning exhibitors included
Shipper’s Advocate, back to offer information
on its shipping services. Steel toy creator
Greg DeLong and his crew showed off
njoy’s beloved wands and plugs, and Wet
International had a big booth showcasing just
some of its multifarious lubricant formulas,
including the delightfully decadent Warming
Desserts flavored lubes, which company
founder Michael Trigg called out as his current
favorites. Trigg was in attendance during the
show and was inducted into the AVN Hall of
Fame at the 2019 AVN Awards Show.
There were also some major pleasure
product brands that could be found at the AVN
Adult Entertainment Expo, exposing their new
products directly to consumers. Few adult
brands are better known than Adam & Eve,
which had a presence on the fan side, selling
toys directly to AVN Expo attendees in the
Artist Hall exhibit space. The Cousins Group
was in the same hall, with a crowd of adult
stars who were molded for its line of Pornstar
Strokers. And mega-manufacturer Pipedream
Products showed its line of Ultimate Fantasy
Dolls in Muse Hall, alongside big exhibitors
such as Jules Jordan Video and Gamma
Entertainment.
And exhibiting in The Joint along with
several other pleasure product companies
was Sportsheets. Company rep John Turi
explained the strategy for exhibiting in front
of fans rather than the trade show. “This
year Sportsheets is focused on consumer
engagement. We are not selling anything at our
booth. Instead, we will be giving away tons
of T-shirts, buttons, pins, toys and bondage
gear. We have a redesigned website and are
introducing great new products for 2019 that
we want people to know about.”
Pleasure Principles
A much newer company that is fast
becoming a globally known brand, Satisfyer
not only exhibited but also sponsored both
ANE and the VIBE Program. The German-
based sexual wellness company took over a
large exhibit space at the show, with plenty of
meeting space for sales reps and video screens
that showed videos expressing the company’s
focused mission of making orgasms available
to people across genders and from all economic
backgrounds.
“We originally made waves in the market
with our flagship product the Satisfyer Pro
2 unleashing whole body orgasmic jolts of
pleasure with our unique ‘non-touch’ clitoral
vibration technology,” said Megwyn White,
director of education for Satisfyer.