Good Vibrations, the pioneering San Francisco sex toy retailer that had stumbled recently due to Internet competition, is being sold to a nationwide distributor of adult products, a move that will save the store and help it expand in other cities.

Officials with GVA-TWN - a Cleveland firm that operates its own adult stores in the Midwest and has been distributing adult products since the 1960s - said Thursday that they are acquiring Good Vibrations for an undisclosed sum.

The San Francisco firm said the pending deal with GVA-TWN will allow it to restock its shelves for the holiday season. "The stores are getting restocked even as we speak," Good Vibrations board member Carol Queen said Thursday afternoon.

GVA-TWN plans to use its financial muscle to open Good Vibrations stores in other cities. "In the long term or medium term, this will allow (more...)