Source: ED Publications
By: Company Press Release
Your Industry in the News –
Should welfare recipients be spending “their” money on booze and lap dances? Should clubs allow them to use their EBT cards? That story-titled “Sweet Charity”-was the January 7 cover story of the New York Post. The Post, through a Freedom of Information request, showed welfare recipients using their EBT cards to make dozens of cash withdrawals at ATMs inside several Bronx adult clubs, bars and other adult businesses.
ED’s What’s Happening Next –
Expo ’13 Keynote Address will be delivered by a man who knows “money”- Vivid’s Steven Hirsch. In the realm of adult entertainment, few have equaled the success of Steven Hirsch. As founder and co-chairman of Vivid Entertainment Group-the most recognizable brand of adult film in America-Hirsch’s vision of erotica has systematically transformed the “dirty” movie business into the mainstream entity and pop culture powerhouse audiences relish the world over. In 2009, Forbes Magazine estimated that Vivid was generating an estimated $100 million a year in revenue.
Vendor Deal of the Week – 10% discount from Light Tape
Light Tape would like to extend a special thank you to everyone attending Expo 2012. There are endless ideas for Light Tape, a flat, flexible electroluminescent light available in multiple colors and widths ¼” to 24″. Update your bar area, or add creative lighting to the atmosphere. For more information, call (804) 355-1692.
They said What?
As posted on Facebook by industry pro and club operator Drayton Nay: “I have gone before city councils and been spat on by hundreds with signs asking for my death. I have opened a club and had hundreds of Baptist children brought in to form a human line around my club. I have had my house set on fire and been shot at. Please don’t tell me I haven’t earned the right to carry the flag I choose to carry. I have carried the industry flag and the Democratic flag for many years and at great cost.”
Cool Product of the Week: Drinique Knuckle Bottle Openers
Some of your bartenders are not to be trifled with; some of the time, that’s part of their charm. The right attitude behind the mahogany can make a difference with your customers, and the Drinique Knuckle Opener has plenty of attitude to go around.
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