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Optavia

OPTAVIA is the principal direct-selling brand of publicly traded Medifast, Inc., a Baltimore-based nutrition company whose history dates to 1980. Medifast gradually shifted its coach-based weight-loss business from the T... Read complete profile

Rainbow Vacuum

Rainbow is the principal brand of Rexair, whose history dates to the development of the original Rexair cleaner during the 1930s. The company incorporated water filtration into its cleaning system and adopted the Rainbow... Read complete profile

VIABLE

VIABLE Co., Ltd. is headquartered in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, and is led by Chief Executive Officer Soo Beom Lee. The company markets beauty, nutritional-wellness, haircare, body-care and household produc... Read complete profile

Shrimp and Grits

Shrimp & Grits Kids was founded in 2007 by former art teacher Megan Hewitt in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Hewitt began designing children's clothing after leaving teaching to stay home with her first daughter. Her co... Read complete profile

Farmasi

Farmasi is a Turkey-based beauty and wellness company operating in more than 50 markets and reports approximately $610 million in 2025 revenue. Farmasi projects approximately $800 million in revenue for 2026. Farmasi tra... Read complete profile

Inspire U

Npros does not endorse or promote Inspire U. This information is provided as a consumer resource. Inspire U is no longer verifiably active under its original website. The Knoxville, Tennessee organization operated as an ... Read complete profile

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FTC Takes Action Against Stormy Wellington

The Federal Trade Commission has filed an action against Stormy Wellington, a prominent participant in the multilevel marketing industry, alleging that she used misleading or unsupported income claims to recruit people into MLM business opportunities. According to the FTC, Wellington promoted Total Life Changes and later Farmasi by suggesting recruits could earn substantial income, even though mos...

Court Upholds Huge Damages Verdict Against ViSalus

August 20, 2020 -- A federal judge recently upheld a $925 million judgement determined by a jury in April 2019 in a class-action lawsuit brought by a former ViSalus representative. The class-action suit argued that the nearly 2 million prerecorded "robocalls" placed by ViSalus to potential customers violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. Each violation called for a $500 penalty under the ...

Kristi Hubbard Appointed Younique President

LEHI, Utah, July 8, 2020 -- Kristi Hubbard, a direct-selling executive leader with a strong record of success, has been appointed President of Younique, effective July 13, 2020. Ms. Hubbard will assume the Chief Executive Officer role after a period of transition, during which Derek Maxfield, the company's Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, will continue to lead the business. Upon her appoint...

FTC Sends Warning Letters About False Health Claims

April 24, 2020 - The Federal Trade Commission sent letters warning 10 MLM companies to stop making claims about their products' ability to treat or prevent the coronavirus and/or claims of potential income targeting people who are unemployed as a result of the pandemic. Companies receiving warning letters for making both health and earnings-related claims were doTERRA International,Total Life Chan...

Altair Acquisitions Acquires Wildtree

FRISCO, Texas, April 27, 2020 -- Altair Acquisitions, LLC ("Altair") announced today that it has acquired all of the material assets of Wildtree, Inc., a manufacturer of organic and allergen-sensitive spices, oils, mixes, sauces, and meal replacement products. Wildtree, Inc., originally founded in 1999, has been providing flavorful, healthy, all-natural products and meal solutions to customers for...

Optavia

OPTAVIA is the principal direct-selling brand of publicly traded Medifast, Inc., a Baltimore-based nutrition company whose history dates to 1980. Medifast gradually shifted its coach-based weight-loss business from the Take Shape for Life name to ... Read complete profile

Rainbow Vacuum

Rainbow is the principal brand of Rexair, whose history dates to the development of the original Rexair cleaner during the 1930s. The company incorporated water filtration into its cleaning system and adopted the Rainbow product name in the 1950s.... Read complete profile

VIABLE

VIABLE Co., Ltd. is headquartered in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, and is led by Chief Executive Officer Soo Beom Lee. The company markets beauty, nutritional-wellness, haircare, body-care and household products under several proprietar... Read complete profile

Global Verge

Global Verge no longer appears to be active as a direct sales company.

Global Verge is no longer active. The telecommunications and consumer-services MLM collapsed after its planned Buzzirk Mobile wireless service fai... Read complete profile

Gliffik

Gliffik no longer appears to be active as a direct sales company.

Gliffik is no longer active. The personalized-products direct-selling company operated during the late 2000s and early 2010s, but its website, represen... Read complete profile

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