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AVN has announced the event dates for the 2008 Adult Entertainment Expo to be held at the Sands Exhibition Center. The respected venue will feature networking and presentation events for the adult entertainment industry's directors, performers, distributors, and retailers from January 8th to 11th and is a great opportunity for fans to see the industry first hand.

An online adult novelty etailer named 'Sinless Touch' has established a charter for a non-profit program to collect spare change left over from online purchases and donate them to organizations that promote literacy and fight poverty.

In today’s ever changing world, sex toy manufacturers and retailers are realizing they have a new challenge to tackle… marketing to Generation X and Y. Gone are the days of boring generic, porn star plastered packaging that are only directed towards men. The Gen X-ers and Y-ers expect something that is exciting, original and informative.

The porn industry has turned out in droves for this year's StorErotica event at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas that started yesterday and runs through the 27th. The event, which brings together the porn and sex toy industries, features new product releases and a host of industry events that focus on discussing issues pertaining to the adult retail market.

A coffee shop chain in Washington has introduced the idea of topless baristas to an overwhelmingly positive customer response. However, concerned local citizens near the newly opened Belfair branch have successfully stepped up pressure on the joint to amend its "pasties Tuesdays and Fridays" in order to conform to zoning codes.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals denied a petition by Travis County D.A. Ronnie Earle to retry the recent 'Reliable Consultants' case in which a three judge panel ruled it unconstitutional to outlaw retailers from having the right to sell novelties for the use of sexual stimulation.

A man in the UK who was caught in a four month sting operation selling counterfeit porn DVDs out of the back of his car was sentenced with just 200 hours of community service. In America, the RIAA would have nailed his ass to the wall with hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines, even with three kids.

While oil prices and stock market movements are considered "leading indicators" because they forecast the direction of our economy, and many vices are considered recession-proof, the current state of the porn industry merely indicates economic trends that have already occurred.

The owners of 'Libertine' in Las Vegas, contend that their store is simply a misunderstood lifestyle center where patrons come to enjoy a safe haven for expressing their sexual passions. The police, on the other hand, seem to think its an illegal sex club where customers are encouraged to engage in dangerous sex acts.

Parents in the UK have become outraged that a national Dollar store (a 'Pound Store') in the UK has been selling 1-hour long DVDs for about $2. They argue that the retail outlet should not sell the explicit material in a store where children and families regularly come to spend their pocket money.