The October issue of ETO is available to read online now and in this issue we speak to a selection of UK firms in order to discover how the pleasure products sector ‘high season’ is likely to be impacted by global supply chain problems. Also in this issue, Kim Airs reports for ETO on the first IRL post-lockdown trade event, the International Lingerie Show in Las Vegas, and we wonder if retailers are going to make a killing from Halloween this year.

We also despatch Tabitha Rayne and Paul Smith to two UK retailers – Luke & Jack in Glasgow and Lovecraft in Cardiff, respectively – while Colleen Godin chats sex toys with Lulu Batista, Kirsty Jennings gets her Kix in the Spotlight, and Adam Bernstein explains how firms can support and manage any staff unfortunate enough to contract Long-Covid.

And as if that’s not enough, our talented columnists include Renee Denyer, Violet Fenn, Topher Taylor, Tim Richardson, and the industry’s only Mystery Shopper – who this month visits Taunton and Exeter.