LELO

LELO (LELOi AB) is a Swedish intimate lifestyle company that designs, develops and manufactures upmarket sex toys and massage products. Sold in over 50 international markets, LELO is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden with other offices in Melbourne, San Jose, and Shanghai. LELO currently sells one of the most expensive vibrators in the world, a 24-karat gold plated vibrator that costs $15,000 USD.[1]

LELOi AB
TypePrivate
IndustryConsumer Goods
FoundedStockholm, Sweden (2002)
FounderEric Kalen, Carl Magnuson, Filip Sedic
Headquarters
Key people
Milivoj Libernjak (CEO)
ProductsLuxury Goods
Number of employees
300+
Websitewww.lelo.com
The official company registration address at a apartment in Stockholm.

History

In 2002, industrial designers Eric Kalén and Carl Magnuson, and engineer Filip Sedic founded LELO. In September 2003, the three registered LELO LLC. Having employed just 10 people in its Stockholm headquarters in their founding year, LELO presently has over 600 employees with offices in Asia, Australia, Europe, and the US. It is currently a leading producer of luxury sex toys and intimate lifestyle products, selling in over 40 international markets.[2]

Operations

Design and innovation

LELO has taken an approach to the design and manufacture of sex toys, utilizing high design concepts that are non-representational of the sexual anatomy of the human body, a style that is now widely adopted across the sex toy industry. The company has been recognized for pioneering creations in the adult industry, including the first couples’ toys with motion controller functions from their SenseMotion line,[3] as well as the first sex toys to employ tactile sensing, the Smart Wands.

Product lines

Since the development and sale of the first LELO product in 2003, LELO is working on the highest standard of quality & safety. LELO has a broad range of premium pleasure products: internal massagers, male products, couples massagers, sonic massagers, prostate massagers, sex accessories. Other than its products, LELO has technology specially developed for them as Sensonic™ technology, Cruise Control™ technology, Wave Motion™ technology and sculpted tip surges in a come-hither motion.

Along with the sex toys and other sex-related accessories, LELO made a revolution in the condoms industry by launching LELO HEX Condoms[4]. In the last 70 years, there has been no major innovation in the world of condoms other than LELO HEX. LELO HEX offers sexual safety, it has a unique hexagonal cell structure, its latex structure combines thinness and strength, it's textured on the inside to reduce slippage and improve grip and lightly lubricated with a neutralized latex scent.

Product timeline

2002 LELO launches Lily[5], proving there was a collective desire for more beautiful intimate objects.

2009 Femme & Homme product line launched [6]

2012 Tiani 2[7] launched

2014 Ora 2[8] launched

2016 HEX Condoms[9] launched - 1st major condom innovation in 70 years

2018 Sona 2[10] launched, 1st to create sonic wave sensations instead of conventional vibrations

2019 F1s launched, the most innovative male toy of 2019

2020 Sila[11] launched

2021 Enigma[12] launched

Partners and distributors

On February 25, 2009 LELO partnered with Walgreens to make the LELO products available in all of their drugstore locations in the United States.[13] On April 29, 2009, the Wynn Las Vegas hotel’s lingerie boutique Black Satin announced that it picked up the LELO Luxe line of 24 karat gold-plated sex toys.[14] On May 22, 2010, the Swedish state-owned pharmacy chain Apoteket also announced that it would be carrying a limited range of LELO products.[15] A month later, LELO announced its collaboration with the trend-setting Ron Robinson boutique at the world-famous Fred Segal shopping center in Hollywood.[16] On May 13, 2011, Brookstone announced they would begin to feature the Alia, Gigi, Lily, and Siri personal massagers, and the Flickering Touch line of massage oils and candles in select retail locations, and in their online store; LELO and Brookstone launched the partnership at The Venetian, Las Vegas, where they also showcased the LELO Sussurra collection of intimate apparel.[17] LELO is also sold internationally in exclusive boutiques, such as Coco De Mer in London, Galeries Lafayette in Berlin, Kiki de Montparnasse in New York, Le Printemps in Paris and Zou Zou in Rome.[18] In 2019. LELO partnered with Current Body, Feel Unique, Lyko and from 2020. LELO products are available in Beauty Bay, Cult Beauty, El Corte Ingles Spain, Hunkemoller and Douglas Poland. Recently, customers can find LELO products in LookFantastic and Sephora Spain.

Awards

After LELO's first products were released into the world, we've lifted the pleasure industry out of the murk, made it beautiful, and introduced it to a whole new global audience. More than that, LELO designs have been guiding and influencing the sex toy industry for over the decade, because we blend pleasure with design and performance like no other. For that work, we've been rewarded. Some of those awards are:


2012. Red Dot Design Awards, for Excellence in product design for Tiani and SenseMotion™ technology.

2013. AVN Awards, for Best Product Line for Women

2014. A'Design Awards, for Product Design Award for Ora (Platinum)

2015. SHE Awards, for Best Luxury Sex Toy for Pino

2016. 23rd International Grand PRIX Relational Strategies award, for Digital PR and Social Media Relation

2016. Trophee de la Communication Award, for HEX PR campaigns

2017. PRWeek Global Awards, Healthcare category winner

2018. Native advertising, Brand of the year

2019. Golden A' Design Award, Beauty, Personal Care and Cosmetic Products

2019. IF Design Award, Product - Beauty / Care

2021. Spain Vogue Beauty Awards, Care and Wellness Gadgets for Soraya Wave


References

  • Official website
  • VOLONTE - Official LELO blog
  • - Volonte podcast (Spotify)
  • - Official LELO Instagram
  • - Official LELO Youtube
  • - Official LELO LinkedIn
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