Global Condom Sales Flop As Pandemic Bites, As Cheaters Flock To Online Affairs Sites

Global Condom Sales Flop As Pandemic Bites, As Cheaters Flock To Online Affairs Sites

We had been warned of a global shortage, however, new data from condom maker Durex has shown demand for prophylactics has fallen off a cliff given the planet’s current state of lockdown.

But it’s apparently not all bad news for those associated with those in the intimacy industry with news out of the US that extra-marital affairs site Ashley Madison is booming as married people revert to cyber affairs to stave off the boredom off lockdown.

According to data out of the US, some 30 per cent of female users and 14 per cent of male Ashley Madison members admitted to having virtual sex with partners outside of their primary relationship during lockdown.

When it came to condom usage, Durex revealed that the countries hardest hit by coronavirus – namely the UK and Italy – had seen a sharp drop in sales.

However, it noted that sales in China had begun to pick up as restrictions had been lifted.

A company spokesperson noted: “Intimate occasions are going down, and that is a manifestation of anxiety. What you see is this virus is having a toll on the number of intimate occasions.”

However, the lockdown has apparently seen off a global condom shortage, as the world’s biggest supplier, Malaysia, shut down factories amid CV-19.

Malaysian-based Karex is the world’s biggest condom maker, supplying 20 per cent of the global market. It has reported it has made 200 million less frangers over the months of March and April.

Karex CEO chief God Miah Kiat commenting: “It will take time to jump-start factories and we will struggle to keep up with demand at half capacity.

“We are going to see a global shortage of condoms everywhere, which is going to be scary. My concern is that for a lot of humanitarian programmes deep down in Africa, the shortage will not just be two weeks or a month. That shortage can run into months,” he said.

 

 




Please login with linkedin to comment

coronavirus durex

Latest News

Indy Enigma Delivers Signage For NSW’S First Purpose-built Surf Park
  • Campaigns

Indy Enigma Delivers Signage For NSW’S First Purpose-built Surf Park

Enigma, one of Australia’s largest full-service independent agencies, today unveiled a bespoke placemaking campaign for URBNSURF – Sydney’s new, world-leading, purpose-built surf park. The creative team behind Enigma’s Property & Place division has developed a unique set of wayfinding and environmental graphics and signage for URBNSURF Sydney, ahead of its opening at Sydney Olympic Park […]

JCDecaux Secures All Major Bus Advertising Contracts Across Sydney 
  • Advertising

JCDecaux Secures All Major Bus Advertising Contracts Across Sydney 

JCDecaux has been awarded the Transport for NSW (TfNSW) bus advertising contract for all buses in the Sydney Metropolitan regions. Lead image: Ben White, general manager. Winning the competitive tender process marks a significant expansion of JCDecaux’s current bus advertising contracts across Sydney. It extends JCDecaux’s Transit reach across the whole of Sydney Metropolitan regions […]

CommBank Launches The Brighter Side TV On 10 And 10 Play
  • Marketing
  • Media

CommBank Launches The Brighter Side TV On 10 And 10 Play

CommBank has today unveiled The Brighter Side, a new television series to be broadcast on 10 and 10 Play to inform and empower Australians with practical tips and bright ideas to help them take control of their financial future. The Brighter Side showcases a diverse range of stories to inspire Australians to make their money […]

IMAA Announces Next Female Leaders Of Tomorrow Programme
  • Media

IMAA Announces Next Female Leaders Of Tomorrow Programme

The IMAA is celebrating the success of its inaugural Female Leaders of Tomorrow programme for providing a real-world solution to address the gender pay gap at senior levels* with events in Sydney and Melbourne. It has also announced its new 2024-25 programme. The 2023-24 programme’s 16 mentees and mentors, along with mentee leaders, IMAA directors […]

QMS Boosts NSW Billboard Network With Australian Turf Club Agreement
  • Advertising

QMS Boosts NSW Billboard Network With Australian Turf Club Agreement

Leading digital outdoor company QMS today announced a further expansion of its NSW network, signing a new agreement with the Australian Turf Club to manage key assets at Sydney’s iconic Rosehill Gardens Racecourse. The agreement, which was secured as part of a competitive tender process, takes effect on 3 June 2024 and covers six locations […]

VMO Signs Deal With Stockland Shopping Centres.
  • Advertising

VMO Signs Deal With Stockland Shopping Centres.

VMO has secured an exclusive agreement with Stockland to manage the operations of 22 large format digital screens, strategically positioned throughout nine Stockland town centres across Australia. These centres include Stockland Piccadilly in Sydney’s CBD, Stockland Merrylands, and Wetherill Park in Western Sydney, Stockland Green Hills in the Hunter region, Stockland Shellharbour on the south […]

Day Management Appoints Paramount’s Tim Wall As Head Of Talent And Publicity
  • Media

Day Management Appoints Paramount’s Tim Wall As Head Of Talent And Publicity

Day Management has appointed Tim Wall in a newly-created role of head of talent and publicity. Wall will be responsible for managing and overseeing Day’s broad and impressive portfolio of talent, including Day’s most-recent coup, the highly sought-after breakout star of Married At First Sight Australia, Lucinda Light. Wall was previously senior publicist at Paramount […]

Enjoy A Hahn Solo… And May The Fourth Be With You
  • Campaigns

Enjoy A Hahn Solo… And May The Fourth Be With You

This May the fourth Hahn will celebrate alongside Star Wars fans rewarding their passion via a giant Hahn travelling solo through the sky. It’s the one day of the year when all sci-fi fans rejoice and giggle to themselves and Hahn in partnership with Thinkerbell, UM and Affinity is celebrating with an out of this […]