- Pulse and Cocktails
"Pulse and Cocktails" is a chain of
sex shop s inEngland . They claim to have the largest stores of any sex shop chain in Europe, with the main branch inRotherham having a floor area of convert|7000|sqft|m2. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2813883.stm|title=Sex superstore for town|publisher=BBC|date=2003-03-03 |accessdate=2007-10-09]History
"Pulse and Cocktails" was a mail-order service for 30 years, eventually setting up its first shop in Rotherham in 1997. [cite web|url=http://www.pulseandcocktails.co.uk/service/about-pandc.php|title=About Pulse and Cocktails|publisher=Pulse and Cocktails|accessdate=2007-10-09] It currently has 24 different branches all of which are in England. The stores are separated in two departments, "Cocktails Adult Store", which sells mostly
lingerie , and the "Pulse Sex Shop", which sells mostlysex toy s. There is a "Try before you buy" policy which allows customers to try out sex toys before they buy them, but this is strictly limited to touching with the hand. [cite web|url=http://www.pulseandcocktails.co.uk/stores/rotherham.php|title=Rotherham Branch: Pulse and Cocktails|publisher=Pulse and Cocktails|date=2007-10-09 ]"Pulse and Cocktails" attempts to market itself in two main ways. It tries to be "upmarket", by making their stores as welcoming as possible, allowing customers to shop in a more comfortable environment. "Pulse and Cocktails" also try to appeal to customers by building very large stores. The first "Pulse and Cocktails" store, in Rotherham, covers convert|7000|sqft|m2 and sells 8,000 different products. The Rotherham branch is said to be the biggest sex shop in Europe, and the second biggest in the world after the "
Hustler " store inCalifornia .cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2836639.stm|title=Sexy superstore open for business|publisher=BBC|date=2003-03-10 |accessdate=2007-10-09]The director of "Pulse and Cocktails" is currently
Graham Kidd .Branches
There are currently 24 "Pulse and Cocktails" stores, with 10 of those located in
Yorkshire . The Yorkshire cities ofLeeds andSheffield are the only two locations to have two branches. A further six stores are located in theMidlands , another six inLincolnshire andEast Anglia , two in the North East, two in the South West and one in the South East. [cite web|url=http://www.pulseandcocktails.co.uk/stores/index.php|title=Store Index: Pulse and Cocktails|publisher=Pulse and Cocktails|date=2007-10-10 ]References
External links
* [http://www.pulseandcocktails.co.uk/ Pulse and Cocktails homepage]
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