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Are Condoms Ready for the DTC Treatment?

While legacy players such as Trojan and Durex have dominated the male sexual wellness category for decades, new brands are banking on expanding notions of masculinity, product innovation and approachable storytelling to capture the male-identifying consumer.
Male Sexual Wellness
Hello Cake is among a slew of direct-to-consumer brands hoping to reimagine sexual wellness for people who identify as men. (Hello Cake)

When CJ Ramsdell, a self-proclaimed “average guy”, went shopping for lube in the early months of the pandemic, he couldn’t identify with any of the sexual wellness brands at his local Chicago pharmacy.

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