NEW YORK—Blush Novelties Founder and CEO Verna Meng is a recipient of this year’s IWEC Foundation Award.
The International Women’s Entrepreneurial Challenge Foundation (IWEC) is a New York-based not-for-profit organization, whose mission is to connect and develop a global network of successful women businessowners.
Meng, a New York native, is the first founder of a business in the pleasure products sector to receive the award.
“Receiving the IWEC award was a great honor,” Meng said. “It was exciting to meet and connect with other founders of women-owned businesses, and truly be a part of the global female entrepreneur community.”
There are currently 337 IWEC Foundation Awardees to date, since 2007; to view this year’s list of award recipients, which represents 48 women from 20 countries, visit IWECAwards.com/network/awardees/.
The IWEC’s ecosystem is comprised of chambers of commerce, women’s business organizations, and IWEC Awardees, including Meng—companies founded and run by women around the globe, whose combined annual revenue is more than $30 billion USD, and employ more than a quarter million workers worldwide.
The IWEC’s reach encompasses women who are already in the global marketplace and want to expand, as well as those ripe to get into the global marketplace. Representing some of the most influential businesswomen, from the world’s most important emerging and established regions, the organization hosts annual conferences around the world. Promoting women engaged in global businesses while expanding the reach of women entrepreneurs worldwide, this year’s conference was held in Shanghai, China.
“Blush Novelties, being a leader in global adult toys manufacturing, understands the social mission of promoting individuality, and respects the beauty in every one of our bodies, both physically and mentally,” said Meng. “IWEC is a great platform to promote this mission. Together, we get to do all this while helping likeminded businesswomen exchange information, discuss technological innovations, set company goals, and plan for our next moves.”
Blush Novelties is a company committed to ethics at every level, from manufacturing to retail. By operating its own factory, quality control is kept tight, and met to an extremely high standard. More importantly, Blush’s factories operate completely different from other overseas factories.
“We make over 95 percent of the products we sell,” said Blush Novelties COO Eric Lee. “We find it very difficult to trust another factory to care about our customers and the end user as much as we do. Our thought process is not about cutting corners, it’s about how we can make a better product. We do this because we can and take pride in all of our creations.”
Blush’s elite, ethically-minded status in global pleasure products manufacturing has also lent Blush to offer its reputation and adherence to product quality through private labeling and OEM projects for other companies.
“Most Blush products are made with women in mind,” added Meng. “For this reason, women’s opinions are heavily weighted within the company. Women understand what women want—from owners, to managers, to designers, as well as the consultants we work with; we are a company which values and respects the experience and wisdom women bring.”
For more information, visit BlushNovelties.com; the site is a wholesale-only site. Consumers may purchase Blush Novelties’ products at retailers around the world.
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