eve type private industry sex industry founded north carolina united states 1970 founder phil harvey and tim black headquarters hillsborough north carolina united states products sex toys personal lubricants pornographic films condoms parent phe inc. website http www.adameve.com footnotes references 1 adam & eve is a conglomerate company that sells sex toys vibrators condoms and lingerie as well as funding non profit social marketing organizations that address issues such as population growth disease control and sex education in developing countries . in 2006 it was described by reuters as one of the handful of studios that dominate the u.s. porn industry . 2 the company is the largest mail order distributor of condoms sex toys and erotica in the united states . 1 founder phil harvey has been called one of the most influential figures in the american sex industry today . 1 its parent company phe inc. is the largest private employer in hillsborough north carolina where its headquarters are situated . 1 contents 1 origins 2 philanthropy 2.1 population services international 2.2 dkt international 3 company overview 4 awards 5 references 6 further reading 7 external links origins edit adam & eve was founded in 1970 by physician paul mueller and phil harvey . it started as a small storefront on one of chapel hill north carolina s main streets selling condoms and lubricants . it soon became a mail order catalog selling contraceptives through non medical channels . 1 harvey having just returned from india as a part of the care pre school feeding program concluded that poor family planning was the source of many social problems . while still a graduate student at the university of north carolina s school of public health harvey and mueller conceived adam & eve to fund a non profit organization in hopes of using the profits to finance family planning programs in developing countries . 3 with a ford foundation fellowship the two men devised a plan to use social marketing in the u.s. and with university consent they began writing witty ad copy what will you get her this christmas pregnant 3 and advertising condoms in the mail . after running ads in 300 of the largest u.s. college newspapers the orders started and did not stop . though selling condoms via the mail was in violation of the comstock act not overturned judicially in its entirety until 1972 harvey and mueller knew the law was rarely enforced . success ensued and the men began to see a profit stating the mail order condom market was just sitting there waiting for somebody recalls harvey . we d sit down at the end of the week and pay our bills and i d say there seems to be some money leftover here . that s about how much we knew about business . he also gives authors a chance to write for his videos . 3 philanthropy edit population services international edit main article population services international with business generating more than enough revenue to cover costs the partners wondered if the condom business could create enough of a profit to finance overseas social marketing projects . if so they would have the ability to bypass conventional donors and function with complete autonomy . with that the men launched population services international psi and by 1975 were conducting condom marketing programs in bangladesh and kenya . though harvey left his position as the director in the late 1970s psi still sells birth control and health products in over 60 countries and is prominent in international family planning . dkt international edit main article dkt international in the late 1970s harvey focused more on running adam & eve but in 1989 he launched dkt international dkt an organization that promotes family planning and hiv aids prevention in africa asia and latin america . 1 4 much of dkt s revenue comes from its sales of low cost contraceptives but adam & eve also donates more than 25 % of its profits to dkt . 4 5 while dkt s biggest programs draw funding from government agencies and foundations its private funding allows it to be a more innovative and agile participant in its discipline . 6 dkt s social marketing strategies have included advertising creating location specific brands working with local social networks and militaries and targeting high risk groups . 6 7 8 9 10 company overview edit along with adam & eve s signature brand of erotic toys adam & eve carries a variety of items for men women and couples . in 2004 adam & eve started franchising its stores in the u.s. in 2009 the company donated funds to the free speech coalition . 11 its contract stars to date have included juli ashton mari possa austyn moore 12 13 14 15 16 17 carmen luvana 18 19 ava rose 20 sophia lynn bree olson kayden kross alexis ford and teagan presley . awards edit the following is a selection of awards adam & eve and its production company have won 2003 avn award best specialty release other genre for internal affairs 5 21 2003 avn award best continuing video series for naked hollywood 21 2004 avn award best video feature for rawhide 21 2005 avn award best specialty release spanking for nina hartley s guide to spanking 21 2006 avn award best dvd for pirates 21 2006 avn award best video feature for pirates 21 2008 avn award top selling title of the year 2007 for pirates 22 2008 xbiz award best online retailer adameve.com 23 2009 avn award best sex comedy for not bewitched xxx 24 2009 avn award best online marketing campaign individual project for roller dollz 25 2009 avn award best original song for dark city 24 2010 avn award best all girl group sex scene for deviance 26 2010 avn award best all girl three way sex scene for the 8th day 26 2010 avn award best dvd extras for the 8th day 26 2010 avn award best editing for the 8th day 26 2010 avn award best high end all sex release for deviance 26 2010 avn award best on line marketing campaign individual project for the 8th day 26 2010 avn award best original song for the crack pack 26 2010 avn award best packaging innovation for the 8th day 26 2010 avn award best sex comedy for not airplane xxx flight attendants 26 2010 avn award best special effects for the 8th day 26 2010 avn award best video feature for the 8th day 26 2010 avn award best videography for the 8th day 26 2010 avn award lifetime achievement for adam & eve 26 2010 xbiz award peoples choice feature movie of the year for the 8th day 27 2012 xbiz award retail site of the year 28 2012 xbiz award parody release of the year comedy for beverly hillbillies xxx 28 2013 xbiz award all sex release of the year for d3viance 29 2013 xbiz award best art direction for the four 29 2013 xbiz award online retailer full range 29 2014 avn award best web retail store adameve.com 30 2014 xbiz award online retailer of the year full range 31 2014 xbiz award parody release of the year for grease xxx a parody 31 2014 xbiz award best music for grease xxx a parody 31 2015 xbiz award all girl release of the year for alexis and asa 32 2015 xbiz 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