Browse direct sales, network marketing and work-from-home news from October 2008.
The corporate office of Boise-based antioxidant supplement producer, Jus International, is putting up a shingle in Tokyo, Japan, after outgrowing its first office and opening a brand new space. What began as a small startup company in Idaho is now an internationally recognized product. The next phase in its short hi...
Read full storyJus International's executive team is confident that the economic turmoil felt around the world will not have a negative effect on the company's growth, according to President and CEO Jeffery Boyle. Boyle's reaction to the up-and-down stock market in the past several weeks is the subject of an announcement sent to t...
Read full storyIf you happened to pass the Sports Palace in the early afternoon of October 22, you would probably have wondered about the enormous crowd gathered in front of the main entrance. Even though it's been quite a while since a sports competition or concert performance was organized in this city-center mansion, the endles...
Read full storyXanGo held a grand opening Tuesday for its new, energy-efficient headquarters in Lehi. Sen. Orrin Hatch and Rep. Jim Matheson attended the ceremony at the new structure near the Thanksgiving Point golf course. XanGo is direct marketer of juice based on the mangosteen fruit from Southeast Asia that the company touts ...
Read full storyAn estimated 35.5 million Americans - 12.6 million of them children - live in homes where their chance of getting nutritionally adequate and safe foods is uncertain due to a lack of money and other resources, according to the USDA.
Read full storyMannatech, Incorporated, a leading developer and provider of dietary supplements and skin care solutions, announces the launch of its new fat-loss product OsoLean(TM) powder. OsoLean(TM) whey protein supplement is an all-natural powder product that mixes with a variety of food and beverages so consumers can easily a...
Read full storyThe Longaberger Co. broke ground for its new Distribution Center. Construction was to begin later in the week for the new $23 million, 500,000-square-foot center on Ohio 16 between Dresden and Frazeysburg.
Read full storyMannatech, Incorporated, a leading developer and provider of dietary supplements and skin care solutions, announced today that the results of a recent randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover human study indicate that Mannatech's BounceBack(TM) capsules significantly reduce muscle soreness after overe...
Read full storyAfter 10 years in the Philippines, global beauty and wellness direct-selling company Nu Skin has 7,000 active distributors in its sales force. This is the strength behind the company's over $1 billion in sales and operations in 48 markets, including the Philippines. Melisa Tantoco-Quijano, Nu Skin's president for So...
Read full storyJust more than three weeks away from the sixth annual international convention for global nutrition leader XanGo, LLC, anticipation is building for the official U.S. and Canada launch of Glimpse™ Intuitive Skin Care. The personal care brand is poised to create the category for mangosteen topical nutrition in a simil...
Read full storyUsana Health Sciences' third-quarter profit skidded nearly 28 percent as the maker of nutritional supplements fought a shareholder bid led by former CEO Myron Wentz to take it private. Usana earned $8.1 million, or 50 cents a share, compared with net income of $11.3 million, or 68 cents per share, a year earlier. An...
Read full storyITV Distributors are reporting that the company has closed their doors to new distributors as of October 3rd. This is in the wake of the recent FTC and US Court found ITV Direct and defendant Donald Barrett liable for up to $55 million dollars for deceptive claims. In the court decision, Judge O'Toole concluded that...
Read full storyThe Beverly, Massachusetts supplment company found itself on the wrong side of judge's decision when the judge ruled that two informercials the company produced claiming their product could cure cancer were deceptive. The Federal Trade Commission and US District Court Judge George Otoole found three defendants liabl...
Read full storyPre-Paid Legal Services, Inc., reported new memberships produced and new sales associates enrolled for the 2008 third quarter. During the 3rd quarter of 2008, new sales associates enrolled decreased 13.2% compared to the third quarter of 2007. Memberships produced decreased by 6.0% while new membership fees written ...
Read full storyMany high-priced fruit drinks are trumpeting claims of health benefits from drinking recommended amounts of their bottled juice, instead of eating fruits and vegetables. Some of those drinks include exotic ingredients like the acai berry which comes from the Amazon region of Brazil. One of the popular drinks, called...
Read full storyOperation Smile and title sponsor XanGo partner to provide new smiles to children in Guadalajara, Mexico The free medical mission will take place September 25-October 3 at the Institute of Reconstructive Surgery September 22, 2008 - From September 25 to October 3 in the city of Guadalajara, Operation Smile, a worldw...
Read full storyZippi Networks, Inc., turning America's "Clutter into Cash," today announced the opening of its first "ZippiCenter" location, combining a centralized and regional location forwarehousing consignment merchandise, with a resource clearing house for itsZipster community. Zippi is seeing increases in the volume of calls...
Read full storyInformation on creating ambiance in the home, tips to motivate a child to get to a healthy weight, and making tassels for lampshades will be the featured topics on 'Creative Living' at noon Tuesday and at 2 p.m. Saturday. According to Jill Roe, consultant with PartyLite, it doesn't take a design degree or a big budg...
Read full storyPro Travel Network, Inc.(the "Company") announced today that, on Sept. 16, 2008, the Company's Board of Directors adopted and approved its Stock Option Plan. The Plan allows for up to 10,000,000 shares which may be issued to its top Training Directors in the field and also its valued employees. The Plan allows the C...
Read full storyMannatech, Incorporated, a leading developer and provider of dietary supplements and skin care solutions, recently hosted its annual Japanese and European conventions. More than 600 attendees gathered at the Japan National Convention on Sept. 20, 2008, while excitement surrounding the European Convention resulted in...
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