opinion
While the adult entertainment industry in general has been suffering through a down market for several years, the pleasure product sector has been thriving, from established power brands to new up-and-comers. In particular, adult specialty and novelty items have boomed as an industry sub-sector, and provided consumers with a bevy of products that thrill and entertain on levels that go beyond sexual gratification, sometimes stimulating the consumer’s funny bone as much as their libido.