UNITED KINGDOM — On Sunday evening, the winners of the 2020 ETO Awards, sponsored by Satisfyer, were announced in an online broadcast.
ETO’s Lee Schofield, Jacinta Williams and Kirsty Jennings hosted the presentation, which can be viewed on XBIZ TV.
“It was a great shame the whole industry could not get together to recognize and celebrate all the winners’ fantastic achievements,” said ETO editor Dale Bradford. “And we were particularly looking forward to presenting the individual trophies.”
In addition to the perennial Best Sales Team and Best Shop Manager awards, additional trophies for individuals this year included Best Sexual Health Ambassador (winner — Alix Fox), Best Brand Ambassador (winner — Kate Egan of Lovehoney), and Best Industry Ambassador (winner — Jane Bowles of Creative Conceptions.
“On behalf of everyone at ETO, I would like to congratulate not just all of this year’s winners but also all the nominated finalists," Bradford said. "We all operate in a crowded marketplace so just to make the shortlist is quite an accomplishment, especially as it is the readers of ETO who choose the finalists."
"Special congratulations must go to Doxy however, which found itself in arguably the most prestigious category — Grand Prix Award for Excellence — with some of the biggest names in the global industry, and yet it still won," he continued. "That’s a hell of an achievement and a ringing endorsement for the Doxy team, the company itself and its products.”
The 2020 winners are:
Best New Female Product
Her Ultimate Pleasure (Pipedream)
Best New Male Product
Man Squeeze (Doc Johnson)
Best New Couples Product
Melt by We-Vibe
Best New Product Range
King Cock Clear (Pipedream Products)
Best Consumable
ID Glide
Best Fetish Products Brand
ElectraStim
Best Pleasure Products Brand
Satisfyer
Best Luxury Brand
Womanizer
Most Innovative Brand
We-Vibe
Best Sexual Health Brand
Durex
Best Consumable Brand
ID Lubricants
Best Lingerie Brand
Leg Avenue
Best Pleasure Products Distributor
Creative Conceptions
Best International Distributor
Shots
Best Lingerie Distributor
Leg Avenue
Best Retail Chain
Clonezone
Best Individual Store
Harmony (Oxford Street, London)
Best Online Retailer
Lovehoney
Best Sexual Health Ambassador
Alix Fox (journalist, broadcaster, and sex educator)
Best Brand Ambassador
Kate Egan (Lovehoney)
Best Industry Ambassador
Jane Bowles (Creative Conceptions)
Best Store Manager
Sue Judge (Saints & Sinners, Blackpool)
Best Sales Team
Lovehoney
Excellence in Sustainability
Blush Novelties
Excellence in Packaging & Branding
Fun Factory
Grand Prix Award for Excellence
Doxy