Browse direct sales, network marketing and work-from-home news from January 2008.
Even as Mannatech Inc. battles a Texas attorney general lawsuit charging it with fraud, management says it is aggressively growing the company and promoting its nutritional supplements worldwide. The Coppell-based firm's new chief executive, Terry Persinger, is the former executive vice president and chief operating...
Read full storyBusiness performance at Tupperware Brands Corp (TUP.N: Quote, Profile, Research), best known for its food storage containers sold at in-home parties, is on track and its CEO said on Wednesday he was optimistic about the year ahead. Despite growing concerns about the threat of recession in the United States, CEO Rick...
Read full storyUtah-based supplement company XanGo was recognized by Utah Business magazine as one of Utah's "Best Companies to Work For." The company was also named 2007 Business of the Year by the Provo-Orem Chamber of Commerce. Cawley Partners, a real estate investment company, has acquired Edgewater North and South, two five-s...
Read full storyBritish officials are expected to rule within the next few weeks -- perhaps within days -- on a case that could result in Amway's expulsion from the United Kingdom. The U.K. government sued Amway and several large distributor groups there last year, accusing the Ada company of misrepresenting its direct-selling busi...
Read full storyPARK CITY, UT--(Marketwire - January 28, 2008) - Shaklee Corporation, the nation's number one natural nutrition company, premiered its first appearance at the Sundance Film Festival as a sponsor of The Green Lodge at King Rd. The Green Lodge served as a premier destination for celebrities and tastemakers at Sundance...
Read full storyAMS Health Sciences, an Oklahoma City-based marketer of diet and health aids, is seeking bankruptcy protection while it challenges a nearly $1 million jury award that the company concedes it cannot pay. A jury last month ordered AMS to pay $985,000 to the former owner of Heartland Cup, a Pontotoc County Styrofoam cu...
Read full storyPro Travel Network Grows International Presence FRESNO, CA–(MARKET WIRE)–Nov 20, 2007 — Pro Travel Network, Inc. (OTC BB:PTVL.OB - News) announced today that they have successfully launched their second operational office in Canada. Pro Travel Network just received licensing approval for its new office in the Provin...
Read full storyMannatech Issues Correction Regarding Shareholder Lawsuit Monday, Mannatech, Inc. (MTEX), a developer of nutritional supplements, topical and skin care products and weight-management products, issued a correction regarding a statement made in an article published on January 24, 2008. The Coppell, Texas-based company...
Read full storyChicBoutique At Home, Unique Clothing, Handbags & Accessories ChicBoutique is a different kind of direct sales company. No boring presentation and no worries about being recruited. We are all about connecting girlfriends in a relaxing and fun in-home setting. It's the ultimate retail therapy! It's an ideal business ...
Read full storyXanGo Receives Humanitarian Award from Virgo Publishing Lehi, UT (PRWEB) January 26, 2008 -- Global nutritionals leader XanGo, LLC, received Virgo Publishing's inaugural "Focus on the Future" Humanitarian Award for its support of XanGo Goodness. Since the company's founding in 2002, XanGo has contributed to global h...
Read full storyCreative Memories received positive commentary in the Shelbyville News: 'In recent years, scrapbooking has exploded into a billion dollar industry. Creative Memories, a home-based retailer of scrapbooking supplies that was founded in 1987 posted sales of $425 million in 2004 and has continued to grow rapidly. Entire...
Read full storyNBSC to hold hearing into alleged pyramid scheme Wealth Pools International hearing scheduled for Mar. 26 The New Brunswick Securities Commission has issued a notice of hearing against a company and four individuals that it alleges operated a pyramid scheme. Staff of the commission allege that beginning in early 200...
Read full storyAYSO and Herbalife Announce Breakthrough Sponsor Agreement The American Youth Soccer Organization and Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF), a global nutrition and direct selling company, announced a first-ever four-year agreement that makes Herbalife the Official Nutrition Advisor and Official Health and Wellness Provider of t...
Read full storyAccording to the Houston Business Journal, the upcoming Mary Kay conference will pump $8.5 million dollars into the city's economy, based on company projections. May Kay is hosting is annual leadership convention in Houston from January 23 to 30th at the George R. Brown Convention Center. Mary Kay plans to make a $2...
Read full storyExecutive Announcements CoreVitál® International, LLC announces the hiring of Seth Saunders as Vice President of Sales and Marketing and John Roberts as Vice President of Communications and Design. Saunders comes to CoreVitál after spending the last 9 years in the higher education industry serving as both Director a...
Read full storyNEW pH ALKALIZING PRODUCT AND 100% ORGANIC EARTH GREENS TO LAUNCH SEPTEMBER 4, 2007 American Fork, UT, August 31, 2007—CoreVitál International, LLC—a premiere health company dedicated to helping people achieve exceptional health by providing products that cleanse and alkalize the body's internal environment and supp...
Read full storyWomen's eNews and Mary Kay Inc. are combining resources to help combat domestic violence. Mary Kay has issued a grant that will fund journalists reporting for Women's eNews to provide in-depth coverage of the complex, often underreported, subject of violence against women. The two have joined together in the hope th...
Read full storyUSANA Health Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: USNA) announced today that it has become a Founding Reporter of The Climate Registry. The Climate Registry is a non-profit organization established to measure and publicly report greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in a common, accurate and transparent manner consistent across industr...
Read full storyNu Skin Enterprises, Inc. announced today that it received approximately 202,000 shares in connection with the final settlement of its November 2007 agreement to purchase $25 million of its common stock from the investment firm J.P. Morgan Securities using an accelerated share repurchase program. Including this fina...
Read full storyJames Ridinger (JR) president and CEO of Market America is pleased to announce today that Rick Williams has assumed his position as president of Market Australia in Sydney. Williams has been with Market America for 11 years and previously was Vice President of Corporate Services and Administration. "Rick's dedicatio...
Read full storyDistributors worldwide and top executives of global nutritionals leader XanGo, LLC forged another path in direct sales by hosting the industry's first-ever global online broadcast event. XanGo's "Online INVASION" on XanGo.TV, a 30-minute magazine-style program of major announcements and distributor motivation, attra...
Read full storyUsana Health Sciences Inc., a Salt Lake City-based multi-level marketing company targeted last year in a Securities and Exchange Commission probe, said it won't face further action because the U.S. watchdog agency found nothing incriminating. Usana received notification from the SEC than its informal inquiry is comp...
Read full storyCould New Lollipops Help You Lick Away Pounds? ...There are many ways to lose weight, but can you really lick away the unwanted pounds and keep them off for good? One woman said she did with an unusual kind of lollipop called Power Pops. With 28 calories, no fat, amino acids, vitamins and just four carbs, the Power ...
Read full storyHispanic women change the face of Mary Kay LOS ANGELES — Altagracia Valdez is dreaming of a perfect pink Cadillac. All she has to do to win it, according to her boss at Mary Kay Inc., is expand her list of "conocidos." Those familiar connections, she says, can adorn Valdez's 60-year-old hands with diamond rings, pum...
Read full storyJames (JR) Ridinger, president and CEO of Market America, Inc., an innovative product brokerage and Internet marketing company that specializes in One-to-One Marketing, recently announced the launch of the company's Spanish Web Portal. The launch of the portal kicked off Market America's official expansion into the ...
Read full storyJan 14, 2008 has named David Brown as president and chief executive officer of the company, effective January 14. He was most recently the managing director and co-founder of Nutrition Business Advisors, a consulting firm. Nutrition Business Advisors was founded in 2003 to provide strategic consulting services, capi...
Read full storyThe Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports together with Nu Skin Enterprises, a global company dealing with life-enhancing products, will begin the first phase of their collaborative project this coming Monday. The first phase of the project entails the scanning of Brunei Darussalam's National Athletes using the Pham...
Read full storyEvery year, thousands of investors flock to Berkshire's annual meeting to hear the "Oracle of Omaha" hold forth on the prospects for investing success in the coming year. But on this early September day in 2002, Buffet wanted to hear what Doris Christopher had to say. Just a week earlier, the $36 billion dollar man ...
Read full storyGo green with household cleaners Unless you are using products scented with natural oils, your favorite 'clean smell' is likely the result of a chemical concoction. Try natural cleaning agents such as baking soda and white vinegar. Or look for brands with non-toxic ingredients like Shaklee's Get Clean or Mrs. Meyers...
Read full storyRecognized as a world leader in suspension gel technology for nutritional supplements, Utah-based Agel Enterprises announced CEO and Founder Glen Jensen joined the CEO Council for the World Federation of Direct Selling Associations. Jensen accepted the invitation to join the CEO council and will join the ranks of CE...
Read full storyPre-Paid Legal Services Inc. (PPD | charts | news | PowerRating) reported that the fourth quarter new sales associates enrolled increased 2% to 36,029 from 35,311 in the prior year quarter. New memberships produced for the quarter rose 7% to 150,100 from 139,638 in the last year quarter. For fiscal 2007, new sales a...
Read full storySALT LAKE CITY, Jan 03, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- USANA Health Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ:USNA) announced today that a Utah State court has dismissed the shareholder derivative action Larson vs. Wentz brought against USANA and several of its directors and executives in September 2007. The Plaintiff agreed to dismiss the ca...
Read full storyReliv International Inc. signed some of its top management team to one-year contracts automatically renewable for successive one-year terms, the company said in a regulatory filing Friday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Reliv entered into the employee agreements with R. Scott Montgomery, executive vice ...
Read full storyTahitian Noni International Expands HIRO(TM) Beverage Line with New HIRO(TM) Thermo Tahitian Noni International today launched HIRO(TM) Thermo, the newest addition to its popular HIRO(TM) ready-to-drink noni-based beverage line. Combined with the natural heath and proven benefits of noni, HIRO Thermo harnesses the d...
Read full storyUsana Health Sciences Lawsuit Dismissed Utah State Court Dismisses Shareholder Lawsuit Against Usana Health Sciences Usana Health Sciences Inc., which makes nutritional, personal care and weight management products, said Thursday a Utah state court dismissed a shareholder lawsuit related to claims the company was op...
Read full storyReliv International Inc. has launched its Slimplicity weight loss product in the European Union, the company said Monday. The product was introduced at Reliv's United Kingdom national conference over the weekend, and will be launched in the Netherlands, Austria and Germany this week, according to a release. Reliv ha...
Read full storyMannatech to Open Centralized-Management Office in Switzerland New office to assist in maximizing growth initiatives outside of North America Mannatech, Incorporated (Nasdaq: MTEX), a leading developer and provider of dietary supplements and skin care solutions, announced today it will open a management office in Sw...
Read full storyUsana Health Sciences shares soared Friday after the nutritional and skin care products company said the Securities and Exchange Commission had closed its inquiry into the company's marketing model. Shares jumped $13.91, or 39.1 percent, to $49.48 Friday. In addition to closing its inquiry, Usana said the SEC didn't...
Read full storyUtah's Nu Skin Enterprises has converted $20 million of existing U.S. dollar denominated debt bearing a coupon rate of 6.14 percent into $20 million of yen denominated debt with a coupon rate of 3.28 percent. The company says the conversion was executed using an exchange rate of 108.5 yen to the dollar. "We continue...
Read full storyABUNZA Entrepreneurs Capitalize on Revolutionary Bilingual Internet Opportunity (PRLog.Org) – Jan 08, 2008 – Over 100 million Spanish-speaking people have access to the world-wide-web everyday. Many industries are just now beginning to take notice of this rapidly growing, invasive market. Spanish speaking people hav...
Read full storyWealth Pools International has been subject to an SEC and Florida Attorney General Injunction. For related info and links to the Florida Court Receiver page for Wealth Pools International please visit the Npros Directory page for Wealth Pools International.
Read full storySEC Halts Fraudulent Global Pyramid Scheme Preying On Hispanic Community Securities and Exchange Commission v. Robert E. Lane, Wealth Pools International, Inc., and Recruit for Wealth, Inc., Defendants, and T-N-T Education Company, Inc., Richard H. Lane, Mundo Trade, Inc., Renee Becker, Julia Lane, and First Fiducia...
Read full storyThe Orlando BBB includes a history of prior ventures and attorney general actions against businesses associated with Wealth Pools International management. Government Actions On December 18, 2007, the Florida Office of the Attorney General filed a complaint against Cashback America, Inc.; United States Administrativ...
Read full storyThe United States District Court of Florida filed an order of preliminary securities injunction and other relief against Wealth Pools International and defendents Robert E. Lane ( Robert Lane ) and Julia Lane. Also named were Mundo Trade Incorporated and First Fiduciary Trust. The injunction included an order to fre...
Read full storyThe 13th Annual Critics Choice Awards Gift Bag Goes Eco-Friendly NEW YORK, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The 13th Annual Critics' Choice Awards kicks off the awards show season when the ceremony airs LIVE on VH1, Monday, January 7 at 9:00 PM. Actor and comedian D.L. Hughley will host the ceremony held at the Santa Monica C...
Read full storyHerbalife Ltd. Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2007 Earnings Release Date and Investor Call Herbalife Ltd. will release its fourth quarter and full year 2007 financial results after the close of trading on the NYSE on Tuesday, February 26, 2008. The following day, Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 8 a.m. PST (1...
Read full storyNu Skin Enterprises Inc., a Provo-based company that sells health products, said Tuesday that it has received Chinese government approval to begin direct-sales activities in a larger portion of China. The company has had permission to sell its products in China since July 2006 but has been restricted to areas of Sha...
Read full storyUtah company gets OK to sell products in Beijing, Shanghai Chinese authorities have opened the capital of Beijing to Nu Skin Enterprises' direct-selling business model, starting out the New Year on a positive note for the company that is forecasting its best year ever in 2008. Provo-based Nu Skin said Tuesday it als...
Read full storyDALLAS, TX--(Marketwire - November 5, 2007) - Natural Health Trends Corp. (NASDAQ: BHIP), an international direct selling company (the "Company"), today announced that a former executive officer and director of the company, Terry LaCore, has formed a new direct selling business that he named bHIP Global, Inc. involv...
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