Browse direct sales, network marketing and work-from-home news from June 2007.
Two officials at Salt Lake City-based Usana Health Sciences Inc. promised to stop representing themselves as certified public accountants, ending an investigation by Utah authorities into the vitamin maker, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Gilbert A. Fuller, the company's chief financial officer, and Jerry ...
Read full storyA direct sales company, Amway, reviewed the results of the second year of operation in the Russian market. The sales volume of 2006 made up $200 mln, that almost doubled the last year's results. Presently the company cooperates with over 500,000 independent entrepreneurs in different regions of Russia. 'Our forecast...
Read full storyDigital music store provider BurnLounge announced on Thursday that it has come to a cooperative agreement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which several weeks ago branded the company's business model a pyramid scheme. Since the FTC filed its complaint, BurnLounge announced that it would abandon the "network ...
Read full storyHerbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) has hired Agung Karso Sardjono as general manger of its Indonesia operations, responsible for expanding the company's operations and working closely with its distributor leadership. He will report to Vice President, Southeast Asia Edi Hienrich. Sardjono has 17 years of direct selling experi...
Read full storyOrganic or all natural products have caught the attention of many who are health conscious, and the growing use of dietary supplements to better improve one's health has created a competitive industry. Although medical conditions and other ailments are still widely managed with prescription drugs, all-natural produc...
Read full storyBurnLounge CEO Alex Arnold has resigned from the multilevel music store company after the FTC branded the company a pyramid scheme and is seeking ot shut down. BurnLounge co-founders Ryan Dadd and Stephen Murray along with the company's board unanimously approved the appointed of Alex Arnold's succesor, Grand. D. Jo...
Read full storyNu Skin employees put together 10,000 education packets for needy children in Utah and Malawi during a service project at the corporate headquarters in Provo Wednesday. On Monday Nu Skin received the 2007 American Business Award in the category of best corporate social responsibility program for its Nourish the Chil...
Read full storyOrganic or all natural products have caught the attention of many who are health conscious, and the growing use of dietary supplements to better improve one's health has created a competitive industry. Although medical conditions and other ailments are still widely managed with prescription drugs, all-natural produc...
Read full storyMannatech, Incorporated announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.09 per common share, payable on Friday, July 20, 2007, to shareholders of record at the close of business on Friday, June 29, 2007. The dividend reflects a commitment to rewarding shareholders and encouraging long-...
Read full storyNew research suggests compounds in Mango.xan mangosteen juice supplement bind to certain adrenergic receptor cells linked to energy and fat metabolism. Pure Fruit Technologies will present the research results at the upcoming American Chemical Society's 62nd Annual Northwest Regional Meeting, scheduled for held June...
Read full storyQuixtar is on its way out. Amway is on its way back. Direct-sales giant Alticor Inc. confirmed today that it will scrap its 7-year-old Quixtar Inc. label during the next one-and-a-half to two years and focus on rebuilding its Amway brand in North America. The Alticor name itself will be relegated to the back burner....
Read full storySYDNEY, Australia, June 13, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Reliv International, Inc. (Nasdaq:RELV), a maker of proprietary nutritional supplements, has appointed Bob Owen, an expert in complementary health care and nutrition, to its Scientific Advisory Board. Owen, 67, is managing director of Mindwake Enterprises Pty. Ltd...
Read full storyGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Quixtar is on its way out. Amway is on its way back. Direct-sales giant Alticor Inc. confirmed Wednesday it will phase out its 7-year-old Quixtar Inc. label during the next 1 1/2 to two years and rebuild its Amway Corp. name in North America. There also will be less use of the name Alticor, whi...
Read full storySPRINGVILLE, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A United States Federal Judge has issued an injunction against Neways' former owner, Thomas Mower Sr.; his two sons, Thomas Mower Jr. and Darick Mower; and their new companies, Sisel International, LLC and SupraNaturals, LLC. Following a hearing on May 25, 2007, United States Dist...
Read full storySPRINGVILLE — An injunction has been issued against the former owner of Neways International, who is accused of using inside information to help his family launch two competing multilevel marketing companies. The May 25 injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Bruce S. Jenkins prohibits Thomas Mower Sr., Neways' for...
Read full storyGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — While Amway remains a household name after more than 40 years, Quixtar still doesn't resonate with the public nearly seven years after its creation. So direct-sales giant Alticor Inc. will phase out its Quixtar Inc. label during the next 1 1/2 to two years and rebuild its Amway Corp. brand...
Read full storyTupperware Brands' Chairman and CEO, Rick Goings, will be presenting at the Morgan Stanley Small Cap Executive Conference in New York City on June 12, 2007 at 8:00 a.m. EDT. This presentation is being webcast and can be accessed at http://www.tupperwarebrands.com/. Tupperware Brands Corporation is a global direct se...
Read full storyPassion Parties received positive mention in the Stockton Record. Click below for the complete article. ...It's the home of Lili Devaney, a 29-year-old mother of two who usually spends the weekend with her family. On this day, however, the house has become the staging area for a say-anything sex-toy party, where goo...
Read full storyFor the fourth consecutive year, Internet Retailer has ranked Quixtar as the top online retailer in the Health & Beauty (H&B) category, placing 22nd overall based on web-generated sales. Grand Rapids, Mich. (PRWEB) June 6, 2007 -- For the fourth consecutive year, Internet Retailer has ranked Quixtar as the top onlin...
Read full storyGREENSBORO, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--(Grassroots Newswire)– A court ruled in favor of Market America in a lawsuit brought against the company by a former consultant. Superior Court Judge John O. Craig, III, granted partial summary judgment on April 24, 2007 in favor of Market America on Steve Sawyer's claim under the ...
Read full storyTV Ventures is Launched The Newest Home Business Opportunity Date: Sunday, June 20, 2007 Medicine Lodge, ID – America's Supermompreneur praises ITV Ventures Home Business Opportunity. ITV Ventures will be the first ever to combine the Home Business Industry with a Multi-Million Dollar Infomercial Company, promoting ...
Read full storyFormer USC football star Rob DeBoer confirmed Friday he has been sued by the Federal Trade Commission for his involvement with an online music retailer that is accused of being a pyramid scheme. DeBoer said he is a retailer for Burnlounge, selling digital music on the Internet and the opportunity to purchase Burnlou...
Read full storyUSANA Health Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: USNA) has signed a letter of intent to sell certain assets and inventory associated with the third-party contract manufacturing business at its Draper, Utah, facility. The terms of this transaction were not disclosed, however it is anticipated that the sale of this business will ...
Read full storyUsana Health Sciences Inc., a multi-level marketing company based in Salt Lake City, said it has signed a letter of intent to sell assets and inventory associated with its third-party manufacturing business at its facility in Draper. Bloomberg News reports the terms of the transaction were not disclosed, however the...
Read full storyProbably not Shaklee, a direct seller of natural nutrition and personal care products and environmentally friendly household cleaners. But Shaklee was a green business pioneer before any of those companies were started. If you are under 30, you may not have heard of Shaklee. A one-time Fortune 500 company that is no...
Read full storyShaklee's Basic H product gets mention in this article titled: Basic H The Safest MultiTasking Cleaner Youll Ever Find Click the link for more info.
Read full storyNearly half of all Americans take multivitamin/multimineral supplements on a daily basis and 30 percent take other nutritional supplements. 'Our members, Quixtar Independent Business Owners (IBOs), are proud to offer NUTRILITE nutritional supplements,' says Joe Markiewicz of the Independent Business Owners Associati...
Read full storyEach of us has been on a boat where the previous stewardess was a product shopper; always searching for the perfect cleaner that would do the job better. Then when the product does not work, it does not get thrown away but stuffed in the back of the cabinet, taking up prime real estate. I came aboard M/Y Milk and Ho...
Read full storyReliv International, Inc. earned a spot on BusinessWeek's "Hot Growth" list of 100 companies to watch, the fourth consecutive year Reliv has made the list. Reliv ranked No. 47 this year, up a spot from No. 48 on the 2006 list. Only two other personal products companies made the list this year. Companies with annual ...
Read full storyMarket America has been signed to the client roster of Medium Blue Search Engine Marketing, a firm based in Atlanta. Market America is an online retailer of a wide range of goods, from nutritional supplements to pet care products, and also provides opportunities for individuals to participate in its 'UnFranchise® Bu...
Read full storyA senior vice president of nutritional supplement company Herbalife Ltd. exercised options for and then sold 22,500 shares of stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Tuesday. In a Form 4 filed with the SEC, Sergio Medina Gomez, senior vice president for Mexico and Central America, reported he...
Read full storyFor 38 years retired teacher Pam Stevens molded young minds. Now the Springfield resident focuses her time on the business of beauty as a Mary Kay sales representative, which has proven to be a good second career. And the pay isn't bad, either. While Stevens, an independent sale director, doesn't drive a Cadillac, s...
Read full storyThe global leader in WAN Optimization systems, announced on May 22nd that Mary Kay Inc., one of the world's largest direct sellers of skin care and color cosmetics, is standardizing on Packeteer PacketShaper appliances to monitor and manage traffic in a hybrid network supporting both private and public Internet appl...
Read full storyA legal dispute involving Tahitian Noni and a California group over a hormone cream the Provo company claims treats menopausal symptoms, was recently settled. Tahitian Noni paid $50,500 to the California Women's Law Center, a Los Angeles-based women's civil rights group, and its executive director, Katherine Lee Buc...
Read full storyMannatech's corporate ideals are grounded in our dedication to improve people's lives through the scientific development of nutritional supplements, used as part of a complete wellness program ("Health Claims by Sales Force Boost Supplement Firm," page one, May 11). We responsibly and actively develop and promote ...
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