California Exotic Novelties Honors Calvista

CHINO, Calif.—California Exotic Novelties, one of the largest and most respected pleasure products manufacturers, honored Calvista with an award for Distributor of the Year in Australia. The accolade was presented to Michael Bassett, CEO of Calvista, during the AdultEx 2012 Show. Susan Colvin, president and CEO of California Exotic Novelties, said, “Calvista is a vital distributing partner for us inAustralia. We salute their commitment to excellence. This award is our way of thanking Michael and his team for all the hard work they do.” Calvista carries a wide assortment of California Exotic Novelties’ collections and is a full-line stocking distributor. As the largest distributor in Australia, Calvista brings retailers and manufacturers together for AdultEx each year as a service to the industry. Additionally, they jointly offer store trainings, marketing materials, store signage, plan-o-grams and an array of sales materials for Australian retailers. “I’d like to thank CalExotics for this prestigious honor,” said Bassett. “Susan and her team really mean it when they say they are ‘your merchandising partner.’ With the help of Lupe Martinez and everyone from California Exotic Novelties, we are able to create store merchandising strategies with our retail partners that produce unprecedented results.” Calvista’s AdultEx Show was held April 13-15 inBrisbane,Australia. It was the show’s eighth year and is considered the Southern Hemisphere’s largest gathering of adult industry manufacturers and retailers.