
Keegan works closely with his team to provide ongoing support, operational guidance, and programs for the franchise operators to maximize their sales and profits at the store level.īefore joining AEFC, Mr. Keegan is responsible for all aspects of AEFC from recruiting and signing franchise operators to the day-to-day operations of the business. During his tenure, AEFC has grown from 21 stores to celebrating the 100th store opening in February of 2022. Keegan has led the Adam Eve Franchise Corporation (AEFC) since 2009, currently serving as the Vice President. Erotica: The Siege of Adam and Eve, Prometheus Books, 2001, ISBN 978-1573928816.Mr.

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In 2009, the company donated funds to the Free Speech Coalition. In 2004, it started franchising its stores in the U.S.

Company overview Īlong with Adam & Eve's brand of erotic toys, the firm carries a variety of items for men, women, and couples. Its social marketing strategies have included advertising, creating location-specific brands, working with local social networks and militaries, and targeting high-risk groups. While its biggest programs draw funding from government agencies and foundations, its private funding allows it to greater freedom. Much of its revenue comes from its sales of low-cost contraceptives, but Adam & Eve also donates more than 25% of its profits. In the late 1970s, Harvey focused more on running Adam & Eve, but in 1989, he also launched DKT International (DKT), an organization that promotes family planning and HIV/ AIDS prevention in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. " Philanthropy Population Services International They began to see a profit, stating, "The mail-order condom market was just sitting there waiting for somebody," recalls Harvey. Though selling condoms via the mail violated the Comstock Act (not overturned in its entirety until 1972), they knew the law was rarely enforced. With a Ford Foundation fellowship, they 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?") and advertising condoms in the mail and 300 of the largest U.S. While still graduate students at the University of North Carolina's School of Public Health, they conceived the firm to fund a non-profit organization to use the profits to finance family-planning programs in developing countries.

It soon became a mail-order catalog selling contraceptives through non-medical channels. It started as a small storefront in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, selling condoms and lubricants. The firm was founded in 1970 by physician Tim Black and Phil Harvey. The company funds non-profit social marketing organizations that address issues such as population growth, disease control, and sex education in developing countries. Its parent company, PHE Inc., is the largest private employer in Hillsborough, North Carolina, where its headquarters are situated. In 2004, it was the largest e-commerce distributor of condoms, sex toys, and erotica in the United States. Sex toys, personal lubricants, condoms, Lingerie, vibratorsĪdam & Eve is an American conglomerate company that sells adult products through e-commerce.
