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Xbiz LA 2011 Day 3 (Final Day)

The last day of the show was quite possibly the worst. Unfortunately, in terms of business, it seems as though the success of this show was very slim in that it received very little traffic, the exhibitors were few, and the participants seemed even more scarce. I could tell that, on the whole, many exhibitors were very disappointed with the show’s turn out. Some even packed up and moved their booths out early. And still, although the show was not nearly as busy or promising as it should have been for business, some exhibitors still managed to garner interest among the few participants. With great booths from El Dorado, Rene Rofe & Hustler and a very unique line of toys released from TSX Toys, the show was interesting to behold. All in all, I found this show to be very enjoyable, somewhat beneficial in terms of business, but very very slow. This show was almost dead with the amount of activity it had received. I don’t know if it was due to timing (close to V-Day), the small size of the show compared to other large shows such as AVN & Storerotica, or the general lack of actual business participants (there seemed to be a lot of press and performers). Some booth sales people were also very unhelpful and impolite, most notably at the Honey’s Place & Nasstoys booth. Perhaps morale was low due to their lack of traffic?

That being said, it was still an okay show, though I doubt many will repeat after such a terrible turnaround, and I enjoyed seeing the likes of TSX Toys, El Dorado, Rene Rofe Lingerie, & Hustler on hand with great booths and helpful staff. Will I return to this show again next year? Unlikely, but stay tuned this year for other shows I might attend in 2011.

Xbiz LA 2011 Day 2

Day 2 of the show was a little less active than day 1; For some reason, this show just was not very busy. Some laid claim that it was because of it’s proximity to Valentine’s Day that the timing of the show made it inconvenient for many business owners to neither participate nor exhibit. At any rate, samples and gift bags were handed out with the latest and greatest products in little sample sizes which was fun for the little amount of traffic that was received. The most notable gift bags were the main sponsor bags which included full length XxX DVDs, tons of sample lubricants from the likes of Wet & System Jo, Bullet Vibes from I think Cal Exotic Novelties and tons of literature from Xbiz to various other business flyers. Other sample bags included ones from Anero (bag only, no goodies as far as I could tell), El Dorado (Wet Lubes, Pipedream Coffee Mug, & Nasstoys goodies- pens, mints & hand sanitizer), Fusion Lubricants (cute Lubricant samples), and Honey’s Place (Tin of Mints, Pens, and literature). More unique samples included a PVC Rose ring which employed a tiny wireless button bullet vibe on it’s bud from Hustler Toys & cute PVC Business cards & Fauxskin Lips from TSX Toys.

Xbiz LA 2011 Day 1

Day 1 of the Xbiz LA show was possibly the busiest day of the show. Held in the Sofitel Hotel in Los Angeles, CA, this year’s Xbiz boasted such high names in the adult industry as Beamonstar, TSX Toys, Nasstoys and Rene Rofe Lingerie. Set up in two different showrooms as well as a whole floor of suites on the 10th floor where business exhibited right out of their suites, the Xbiz show was interesting and diverse in it’s exhibitors as well as it’s participants.