Vemma Launches Free Virtual Trainer App  

SCOTTSDALE, AZ, Dec 28, 2012 -- If there's a star to the newly launched Vemma Bod-e 2.0 app, it's TV Celebrity Transformation Specialist and bestselling author Chris Powell. The app, available as a free download for iPhone and Android, features timely text messages and daily video clips from Chris a...

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Herbalife Responds to Pyramid Scheme Allegations  

LOS ANGELES -- Herbalife Chairman and CEO Michael O. Johnson responded to questions regarding hedge fund manager William Ackman's claims about Herbalife by saying, "The allegation that Herbalife is a pyramid scheme is bogus. Make no mistake: Today's announcement isn't about Herbalife's business mode...

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ViSalus Co-Founder Donates 1 Million to Support Entrepreneurship  

TROY, Mich., Dec. 20, 2012 — Nick Sarnicola, Co-Founder and Global Ambassador of ViSalus™, has pledged $1 million to the Sarnicola Foundation to support young, aspiring entrepreneurs.

Sarnicola grew up in a blue collar, middle class family in Grand Rapids, MI, and after being exposed to entreprene...

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MonaVia Announces Two Executive Promotions  

Salt Lake City, December 20, 2012 -- MonaVie, a global leader in premium nutrition products made from the rarest ingredients in the world, announced the promotion of two of its executives, Katy Holt-Larsen to Vice President of North America and Dr. Shawn Talbott to Chief Science Officer.

Dr. Shaw...

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Nu Skin Enterprises to Increase Dividend Payments  

PROVO, Utah, Dec.18, 2012 -- Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. today announced that it plans to increase its regularly scheduled dividend payments by 50 percent for 2013. With this planned increase, the company will have increased dividends for each of the 12 consecutive years since it instituted the paymen...

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North American Power Expands Service to New Hampshire  

Sunday, 16 December 2012 -- North American Power, a New England energy company that has saved hundreds of thousands of customers money on their electric bills, is introducing their retail electricity supply service to the 400,000-plus customers of PSNH. Licensed by the New Hampshire Public Utilities...

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LifeVantage Announces Shares Repurchase Program  

SALT LAKE CITY, Dec 14, 2012 -- LifeVantage Corporation, a company dedicated to helping people achieve healthy living through a combination of a compelling business opportunity and scientifically validated products, including its patented dietary supplement Protandim(R), the Nrf2 Synergizer(R), anno...

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USANA Announces Management Team Changes  

SALT LAKE CITY -- Dec. 14, 2012 -- USANA Health Sciences, Inc., a global nutritional company, today announced the reorganization of its management team.

Doug Hekking is stepping aside as the Company's Chief Financial Officer to return to a strategic role that will support the Company's finance an...

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Destiny 2000 Executives Confess Embezzlement  

Bangladesh, December 13, 2012 -- Mohammad Rafiqul Amin, Destiny Group chairman, and Mohammad Hossain confessed to embezzling investors' funds in separate statements made today in court. According to Amin's statement, he and other company executives misappropriated Tk 3,350 crore which was collected...

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PartyLite Promotes Michael Norris  

GREENWICH, Conn., Dec. 13, 2012 -- Blyth, Inc., a direct to consumer company and leading designer and marketer of candles, accessories for the home, and health and wellness products sold through the direct selling and direct marketing channels, announced that its PartyLite division, the world's larg...

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Amway Partners with Free the Children  

ADA, Mich., Dec. 13, 2012 -- Amway, one of the world's largest direct selling companies, and Free The Children, an international charity and educational partner, announced today a new partnership that will bring Free The Children's signature youth empowerment event, We Day, into the U.S. for the fir...

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PartyLite Donates 2.1 MM To TODAY Show Holiday Gift Drive  

GREENWICH, Conn., Dec. 11, 2012 -- Blyth, Inc., a direct to consumer company and leading designer and marketer of candles, accessories for the home, and health and wellness products sold through the direct selling and direct marketing channels, announced that its PartyLite division, the world's larg...

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Tupperware Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2012 Earnings Conference Call Webcast  

ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 12, 2012 -- Tupperware Brands Corporation will release its fourth quarter and full year 2012 earnings results on Tuesday, January 29, 2013, prior to the opening of the market, followed by its earnings release conference call at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time (7:30 a.m. Central Time). To...

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Avon to Cut 1500 Jobs and Exit 2 Markets  

NEW YORK, Dec. 11, 2012 -- Avon Products, Inc. today outlined initial steps toward the company's previously communicated annual cost-savings target of $400 million by the end of 2015.

Initial steps of the cost-savings initiative will include a targeted global headcount reduction of approximatel...

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Jusuru International Accepted As Member of DSA  

Anaheim, CA, December 07, 2012 -- After completing a minimum one-year pending period during which its marketing and business plans are rigorously reviewed to ensure compliance with all provisions of the Direct Selling Association (DSA) Code of Ethics, Jusuru International, Inc. has been accepted and...

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Lifemax Appoints Jonathan Ducos as Chief Operating Officer  

ORLANDO, FL (December 6, 2012) – Lifemax, a network marketing company known for Mila, the world’s healthiest whole, raw food, announced the appointment of Jonathan Ducos to Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately. After starting with the company in 2008, Ducos most recently served as Lifemax...

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LifeVantage Corporation Announces Voluntary Recall  

SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 5, 2012 -- LifeVantage Corporation announced today that it is contacting affected independent distributors and other customers to voluntarily recall and replace bottles of its Protandim®, the Nrf2 Synergizer®, dietary supplement from the lots shown below. The Company is taking t...

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Amway Donates More Than 300K In Gifts To Toy Drive  

ADA, Mich., Dec. 6, 2012 -- Amway North America is donating more than $300,000 in products to NBC's TODAY Show Toy Drive through a direct-selling industry effort to provide holiday gifts for thousands of children nationwide. This is Amway's eighth year participating with the TODAY Show Toy Drive, br...

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Avon Announces Makeup Maven Video Contest  

Consumer Voting Opens Today for Avon Representative Beauty Videos

NEW YORK, Dec. 5, 2012 -- Voting is now open for Avon's Makeup Mavens – the first-ever makeup video contest open exclusively to Avon Representatives nationwide. More than 600 Avon Representatives submitted how-to beauty videos for t...

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Scentsy Lays Off 19 Employees  

December 1, 2012 -- Scentsy has laid off 19 employees as the result of a workforce reorganization. The employees whose positions were eliminated received severance packages and services to help them find new jobs.

Scentsy employs approximately 1,000 people. A Scentsy spokesperson said that the la...

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Talk Fusion CEO Featured in United Networker Magazine  

Tampa, FL, December 01, 2012 -- Talk Fusion, a rapidly growing global video communication solution company, today announced that Founder & CEO Bob Reina was recently featured in the first-ever English-language print edition of United Networker Magazine, a German-based publication for the Direct Sell...

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