Browse direct sales, network marketing and work-from-home news from December 2009.
HEALTHY COFFEE INTERNATIONAL, INC. (OTC PINKSHEETS: HCEI) is focused on bringing health to the world's most popular and widely distributed drink, coffee. The company's proprietary formulas combine the health benefits of Ginseng, Reishi Mushroom, and other top quality ingredients with the world's finest coffee beans ...
Read full storyGreen Bridge Industries, Inc. (Pink Sheets: GRBG) announced that Wowgreen International, LLC has signed a binding letter of intent with Green Bridge Industries to acquire majority control of the Company for an undisclosed amount, which is to be paid in a combination of cash and stock over time. As part of the defini...
Read full storyZer01 Mobile, the company that promised to launch an unlimited, contract-free mobile service in July, has been sued by a former partner. Global Verge, a multilevel marketing firm that recruited people into a program to sell the mobile service, claims that Zer01 owes it US$170,500, according to the suit. Both compani...
Read full storyAfter just five years in business, Scentsy, Inc. is proving that a simple and authentic business strategy can translate into profitable growth. The company, which offers scented, wickless candles through a Party Plan system, now has more than 50,000 independent consultants throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, ...
Read full storyZer01 Mobile, the MVNE that has faced questions about its service, was sued by a former business partner, which Zer01 severed ties with during the summer. Global Verge, a multilevel marketing company that owned Buzzirk Mobile, which was supposed to distribute Zer01's unlimited mobile service, filed a lawsuit against...
Read full storyFriday, health solutions provider Mannatech, Inc. (MTEX: News ) announced that it has obtained a judgment finding Green Life, LLC and Xiong Lo guilty of infringing Mannatech patents on certain products. The favorable judgment and ban on sale of certain products of Green Life and Xiong Lo, found guilty of patent infr...
Read full storyLifevantage Corp. (OTC: LFVN) said that the company reached a settlement agreement with, among other parties, health products company Zrii LLC. Under the terms of this agreement, LifeVantage paid $400,000 to Zrii. Zrii and its founder, William Farley, as well as the company and many individuals and entities associat...
Read full storyNu Skin Enterprises, Inc. introduced the new ageLOC Future Serum to more than 10,000 sales representatives at its launch event in Japan. Japanese distributors were eager to be in the first market to fully launch one of the company's new ageLOC skin care products that targets the sources of aging by resetting youth g...
Read full storyA nutritional supplement company is helping to feed the hungry in Ohio. Saturday at the Cherry Valley Lodge in Licking County, the Mandura Corporation gave more than a thousand meals to four local organizations. "So we are going to be giving a great over 1,200 meals today and we have only been doing this for 90 days...
Read full storyJames Albert Sweeney, former CEO of the Big Co-op and related MLM deals, was arrested by Green County detectives at his home on Ripley Island Road. Sweeney was charged with being a fugitive from justice by Greene County officials. At the time of arrest, the California Department of Justice had felony charges for mul...
Read full storyAttorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced that agents from his office, working with law enforcement in Tennessee and Nevada, arrested two individuals earlier this week for stealing millions of dollars through 'phony stock sales' and an illegal pyramid scheme. The defendants — James A. Sweeney, II, 62, of Afton,...
Read full storyImagine for a moment that the original formulators of ProActiv Solution had approached you and said, "Instead of selling a billion dollars worth of product every year through TV and mall kiosks, we're going to sell that billion through you and a small group of other people. You don't have to stock it. You don't have...
Read full storyPre-Paid Legal Services Inc. (PPD: News ) said its Board authorized an additional repurchase of 1 million shares, as it has purchased virtually all of our previously announced stock repurchase authorizations totaling 15 million shares. We will make purchases at prices we consider attractive. The company has not set ...
Read full storyModernity is synonymous with vanity. The status-anxious consumer will shell out for aesthetic upgrades, and investors can capitalize on the trend. Nu Skin Enterprises(NUS Quote) is a small-cap skin-care specialist that offers international exposure and consistent growth. Its focus on anti-aging and weight-loss produ...
Read full storyYoli is a new Network Marketing company based in Salt Lake City, Utah that is attracting attention in the industry. Yoli's blast cap delivery system differentiates them from other nutritional beverage companies and they have a product that one can demonstrate. The Blast Caps are small capsules that you put on the to...
Read full storyIt's a reverse auction site that markets itself as the biggest thing in the e-commerce world since eBay and Amazon. But could the promise of limitless income streams to those who buy in to the DubLi venture be too good to be true? DubLi, which claims to have thousands of "business associates" overseas and is now rec...
Read full storyA new study by J.D. Power and Associates shows that Green Mountain Energy and Stream Energy are the favorite electricity providers among Texas businesses. The study surveyed business customers in Texas and ranked their favorite retail electricity providers. It found customers were most pleased when assigned to a spe...
Read full storyMandura has topped the MLMRankings for top performers for the last six months. Mandura, a DBA of Solstice International Partners, markets a beverage containing ingredients from the Durian fruit and the Mangosteen combined with Brazilian Acai berry and the North American Blueberry. Headquartered in Middleburg, Florid...
Read full storyMannatech, Incorporated (NASDAQ: MTEX), a global pioneer in the development of high-quality health, wellness, skin care and weight and fitness solutions based on nutritional science, announced today that President and CEO Wayne L. Badovinus has resigned from the company for personal reasons as its top executive and ...
Read full storyAustin, Texas (Vocus) December 3, 2009 -- Green Mountain Energy Company announced today that it has been recognized as the top award recipient for the J.D. Power and Associates 2009 Texas Business Retail Electric Provider Customer Satisfaction Study. Green Mountain ranked the highest in business customer satisfactio...
Read full storyMannatech Inc. has confirmed that CEO and President Wayne L. Badovinus has resigned from the company and board, citing personal reasons. Coppell-based Mannatech (Nasdaq: MTEX) develops health, wellness, skin care and weight and fitness products. Badovinus joined the company in May of 2008. Going forward, the company...
Read full storyMelaleuca has apparently filed suit in Federal court against Max International and its top sales executives and several former Melaleuca reps. According to the Idaho Business Review: Idaho health and home products company Melaleuca Inc. accuses a Utah company of raiding some of its top sales staff, infringing on com...
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