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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retail |
| Founder | Chris Simms |
| Headquarters | Saffron Walden, Essex, United Kingdom |
| Products | Lingerie, sex toys, sex aids and bondage gear |
| Website | bondara |
Bondara is one of the UK's largest adult retailers, specialising in the sale of sex toys, lingerie, bondage and erotic gifts.
The E-commerce website was launched in 2006 by ex-investment banker Chris Simms, with just a £60,000 investment. [1] Bondara now has an annual turnover of over £10 million with more than 1.5 million orders shipped every year from its 20,000 sq ft warehouse in Saffron Walden, Essex. [2] [3]
It stocks a wide range of international brands, such as Durex and Fleshlight, as well as its own designs.
Bondara sub-brands include Glacier glass sex toys, Bondara Babes realistic Sex Dolls, Bondara Essentials sex aids and Bondara Flirt lingerie, amongst others.
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