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Good Vibrations
Type corporation
Founded 1977
Headquarters San Francisco, CA
Berkeley, CA
Brookline, MA
Key people Theresa Sparks, CEO
Carol Queen, Staff Sexologist
Industry Retail Sex Toy Business
Products Sex Toys, Vibrators, Erotic Videos and Books, Adult Novelties
Revenue $11. A corporation is a separate legal entity usually used to conduct business The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in Northern California, in the United States. Brookline is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States, which borders on the cities of Boston and Newton. Theresa Sparks is the president of the San Francisco Police Commission the CEO of a multimillion-dollar Sex toy retailer, and a Transgender Carol Queen is an American author editor sociologist and Sexologist active in the Sex-positive feminist movement For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" In Marketing, a product is anything that can be offered to a Market that might satisfy a want or need A sex toy is an object or device that is primarily used in facilitating human sexual pleasure. In business revenue or revenues is Income that a company receives from its normal business activities usually from the sale of goods and services 9 million (2006)
Employees 60 (2007)
Website www.goodvibes.com

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History

Good Vibrations was founded in 1977 by sex therapist and educator Joani Blank a graduate of Oberlin College, University of Hawaii and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Sex therapy is the treatment of Sexual dysfunction, such as non- consummation, Premature ejaculation or Erectile dysfunction, low Libido Joani Blank (born 1937 is an Entrepreneur, editor, writer Videographer, educator and inventor in the field of sexuality. Oberlin College is a private Liberal arts college in Oberlin Ohio. The University of Hawaii, formally the University of Hawaii System and popularly known as UH, is a public co-educational college and university system that confers The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ( UNC, North Carolina, or simply Carolina) is a public, Coeducational Research Initially established with the goal of being a sex-positive and woman-centered alternative to the 'adult' bookstores of the time, Good Vibrations offered sex information and education and featured erotica and books about sexual health and pleasure. The sex-positive movement is a loosely defined term that applies to a wide variety of elements that embrace social and philosophical attitudes promoting open sexuality with few limits A notable part of the store was the display of antique vibrators, which became a tourist draw --- known as 'the antique vibrator museum. '

The business grew beyond books to encompass products such as sex toys and erotic videos. Good Vibrations began to offer seminars and workshops on sex and sexual health. Many notable persons have been employed by Good Vibrations, including sex educators Anne Semans, Cathy Winks, Violet Blue, and Susie Bright, author and sexologist Carol Queen, activist and San Francisco Police Commissioner Theresa Sparks, and founders of other sex-positive businesses. Violet Blue is an American writer Podcaster, Blogger, editor sex educator and sex columnist Susannah "Susie" Bright (also known as Susie Sexpert) (born March 25, 1958, Arlington, Virginia) is a writer speaker teacher Carol Queen is an American author editor sociologist and Sexologist active in the Sex-positive feminist movement Theresa Sparks is the president of the San Francisco Police Commission the CEO of a multimillion-dollar Sex toy retailer, and a Transgender

In 1992, Blank sold Good Vibrations to the workers (including herself) incorporating it as a worker cooperative. A worker coperative is a Cooperative owned and democratically controlled by its employees In 1994, Blank left the company to pursue other interests. In 2006, Good Vibrations opened a store in Brookline, Massachusetts, its first location outside of the San Francisco Bay Area.

In 1995, Good Vibrations declared May to be National Masturbation Month, to raise awareness of masturbation and sexual health across the country. The company is a notable sponsor of LGBT events. LGBT (also GLBT) is an initialism referring collectively to Lesbian, Gay, bisexual, and Transgender / transsexual

General manager Beth Doyle left the company in 2005 and Theresa Sparks became the new manager. The following year the Board of Directors and Sparks determined that the cooperative model no longer matched their needs. The cooperative voted to become a California corporation and did so in February of 2006[1].

In 2007, Good Vibrations began developing new Women Like Me, a public education campaign on women's issues such as body image, breast health, anxiety, and sexuality after 50. Project supporters include Lyon-Martin Health Services, UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women's Health, and National Center for Lesbian Rights.

Financial pressure and sale of company

Facing increasing competition and a desire to expand operations, the company restructured as a worker-owned general business corporation in March 2006. Good Vibrations' Internet sales, which had initially been successful and at one time accounted for two thirds of its income, began to suffer as mass-market retailers Amazon.com and Drugstore.com began to carry adult merchandise. Amazoncom Inc ( is an American electronic commerce ( E-commerce) company in Seattle Washington. drugstorecom is an internet retailer in health and beauty care products headquartered in Bellevue Washington. The company also faced competition from small independent adult entertainment websites. Sex industry is the internationalisation of commercial enterprises which supply Sex workers in various capacities [2] Facing a cash crisis, the company appealed on its website for potential investors to enable it to buy inventory for the 2007 holiday season. In September, 2007, the company was purchased by adult novelty wholesaler GVA-TWN, which also owns 50 adult retail stores in the Midwest and affiliate program PECash. Affiliate marketing is an Internet -based Marketing practice in which a business rewards one or more Affiliates for each visitor or customer brought about [2]

Before the sale, the Board of Directors included Margaret Cho, Donna Daniels, Charlie Glickman, Carol Queen, Linda Shaw, Theresa Sparks, and James Williamson. Margaret Cho born Moran Cho She has won awards for her humanitarian efforts on behalf of women Asians and the LGBT community Carol Queen is an American author editor sociologist and Sexologist active in the Sex-positive feminist movement Theresa Sparks is the president of the San Francisco Police Commission the CEO of a multimillion-dollar Sex toy retailer, and a Transgender Both companies announced that there were no immediate plans to lay off workers or change the company's management. [2]

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See also

References

  1. ^ Good Vibrations: Who We Are - A Brief History
  2. ^ a b c Ilana DeBare. The Masturbate-a-thon is a competition in which participants Masturbate in order to raise money for charity and increase the public awareness and dispel the Shame "Good news for Good Vibrations - it's being sold", San Francisco chronicle, September 28, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-09-27. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again  

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