Porn investment violates Ethics commitments

Boston based investment firm Patriot Financial Group is the latest Playboy shareholder in our sights. While other shareholders are dropping Playboy like hot coals, Patriot is actually bolstering its stake in the global sexploitation empire.

SHEIN's Playboy merch a time capsule of abuse of women and girls

Chinese e-commerce giant and serial corporate sexploitation offender SHEIN is selling global porn brand Playboy. SHEIN acquired an extensive range of Playboy merch following its buyout of collapsed UK fast fashion retailer Missguided – a long time Playboy collaborator.

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Docler Holding buys major stake in Playboy

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After we were alerted to youth retailer JD Sports selling merchandise by major porn brand Playboy, we encouraged supporters to contact the company.

The company responded as follows:

Two Honey Birdette porn themed ads found in breach of ad ethics

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It’s March-madness and mixed rulings at Ad Standards, with the self regulator reviewing 5 Honey Birdette porn and bondage themed ads in a month. And these are just the ones we know about.

This Easter, Falvey’s Hotel Yamanto has decided that the best way to entertain its patrons is with a Playboy themed event—glossing over the reality of sexual exploitation and packaging it as “fun.”

Take action: Tell CEO Hilton Seskin to dump Playboy merch

Supporters have contacted us after spotting porn brand Playboy merch at JD Sports. The retail outlet is popular with youth and carries a range of children’s wear too.

Investor violates own values with porn investment

Indianapolis-based Sanctuary Wealth (aka Sanctuary Advisors) is the latest investment firm in our sights propping up sexploitation. We recently spotted Sanctuary on Playboy’s shareholder list - sporting 28,000 shares in the global porn brand.

Recently, we discovered well-known and respected American family brand Walmart selling Playboy merchandise. Its e-commerce platform, walmart.com, has over 1000 listings for Playboy branded products including costumes, clothing, fragrances and jewelry.