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| mbuck Member 75 Posts 2/08 |  Posted - May 21 2008 : 12:11PMThey are not closing up shop all the way around, but sounds like this economy is taking it's toll. YOWZA!! Saw this on Adultfyi: Hillsborough, NC - Adam & Eve today announced a number of corporate changes are scheduled to take place in the near future. To take advantage of existing economies in North Carolina and to improve communication, creativity and collaboration, Adam & Eve Pictures is reorganizing its operations in Chatsworth, California. ³Our goal was to dramatically increase sales through the Chatsworth office. We did indeed increase sales in 2007 during an otherwise declining market, but the trends at this time in the general economy and the entertainment industry as a whole are impacting us as well.² says Bob Christian, Adam & Eve Pictures¹ General Manager. ³There have been other benefits to having a west coast presence, in addition to the increase in DVD sales and licensing revenue. We have successfully attracted talent such as Adam & Eve contract stars Bree Olson, Ava Rose and Kayden Kross. We have been closer to our productions and developed relationships such as the one which lead to Roller Dollz with partner Zero Tolerance.² continues Christian. "We will still have a presence on the west coast just a smaller footprint." "We will work to maintain the benefits of the west coast office that we have seen, while reducing our overhead. It is a business decision," says Christian. Peter Reynolds will focus on licensing worldwide movie rights, and Ryan Thomas will head up DVD unit sales. Order fulfillment will take place out of the PHE warehouse in NC. Bruce Whitney will remain in Chatsworth as Production Coordinator, while Meredith Christopher will serve as executive producer for all our lines. These changes will be effective July 1. Share this news story [Link] |
| moodyblues Member 307 Posts 1/08 | Posted - May 30 2008 : 5:42AM [Link] |
Jacco  All-Star Member "liable to deprave and corrupt" 2673 Posts 5/04 | Posted - May 30 2008 : 9:48AM (oops, I shouldn't have said that of course, slip of the tongue ^H^H^H keyboard) Jacco [Link] |
| nateglass Member I must break you 201 Posts 12/05 | Posted - May 30 2008 : 10:50AM It almost seems worse for the industry for them to go out of business, because then the new company will sit around trying to figure out how many different ways they can make comps out of those 1000s of comps they just acquired. [Link] |
| machoman RS Member Are there Slim Jims in heaven? THERE MOST CERTAINLY ARE!!!! 114 Posts 12/07 | Posted - May 30 2008 : 1:36PM [Link] |
| nateglass Member I must break you 201 Posts 12/05 | Posted - May 30 2008 : 11:31PM Leisure Time, Sunshine, Caballero, Maverick and Future Works are not. Comps where the girls on the cover aren't in the movie...those aren't good. Cheap old scenes recycled into 100 different comps is a crappy business practice, there's no way to justify that tactic. Catalog (or cheap-ish) movies are great when they are true catalog. Older titles that have been discounted to find a whole new customer. New Release comps are great when done correctly. A Best Of format, or similar is a great thing for the customer. Taking old, previously released scenes and trying to pass that off as a "new release" by slapping a new "studio" name on it...is a bullshit ripoff tactic and the customer deserves better. [Link] |
| machoman RS Member Are there Slim Jims in heaven? THERE MOST CERTAINLY ARE!!!! 114 Posts 12/07 | Posted - May 31 2008 : 4:10AM [Link] |
| nateglass Member I must break you 201 Posts 12/05 | Posted - Jun 1 2008 : 10:10AM What happens when that non-educated customer buys a Future Works DVD because it's got Ashley Blue on the cover, only to find she isn't in the movie at all? I think you lose a customer there, or his confidence in shopping at the store is hurt. Like I said...there's a place for catalog and comps. But support the studios that make quality comps that aren't intended to rip off the customer and the store. When Leisure Time puts out movies where girls listed aren't in the titles, that's because they don't give a shit what YOU or the customer thinks...they are just trying to make a cheap buck. When they put nothing but shit scenes from the 80s on a "new" comp, they are just trying to make a cheap buck at your expense. Why people continue to support a company that is so clearly a con-artist is baffling. If you tried to steal my wallet, that would be the end of my relationship with you...why does this industry act like such a pussy to save $0.50 and alienate 1000s of customers? [Link] |
| ninja1 Senior Member 2939 Posts 1/08 | Posted - Jun 1 2008 : 12:42PM [Link] |
| nateglass Member I must break you 201 Posts 12/05 | Posted - Jun 1 2008 : 10:17PM I was in one store that had probably 1/2 their inventory from Future Works...when I asked them if Future Works stuff does THAT good he said they only had a little bit from Future Works, but then proceeded to show me his "other" studios like Pandemonium, Shockwave, City Girls, Magnetisum, Titan Babes, Sapphire, Forbidden Digital, Destiny Productions, etc...ALL those are Future Works lines using the same old footage over and over again that they got from Acid Rain / Demolition. People DO fall for it, and it happens all the time. Consumers like you that can spot the b.s. titles are the exception, not the rule. [Link] |
| machoman RS Member Are there Slim Jims in heaven? THERE MOST CERTAINLY ARE!!!! 114 Posts 12/07 | Posted - Jun 9 2008 : 7:01PM [Link] |
| nateglass Member I must break you 201 Posts 12/05 | Posted - Jun 9 2008 : 8:30PM Leisure Time's UPC codes are all some variant of 739874. They have that exact same looking spine with a product ID code, and their 2257 label on the back is enormous. You look at enough of them, and you'll be able to tell right away. Same goes for Caballero...UPCs start with 805 or 005 with a Coldwater Canyon Custodian of Records address most the time. [Link] |
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