Browse direct sales, network marketing and work-from-home news from July 2006.
Amigo Health Offers 3 Superfoods - Goji, Mangosteen and Acai in One at a Fraction of the Cost! Amigo Health is quickly becoming a pioneer in the natural food supplement home business arena by implementing 3 powerful superfoods such as Goji, Mangosteen and Acai and then offering it for a fraction of the price. A true...
Read full storyTupperware Brands, the US-based retailer of kitchenware, cosmetic and beauty products, has announced a disappointing second quarter in Europe and the US, further exacerbated by falling cosmetic and beauty sales. Overall results were helped by a strong performance in Asia and the emerging markets, boosting sales by 3...
Read full storyPUBC Announces New Client Contract With Escape International LAS VEGAS, NV -- (MARKET WIRE) -- July 28, 2006 -- Public Company Management Corporation (OTCBB: PUBC) announced that it has signed a contract with Escape International, a Detroit-area network marketing company. Escape International oversees a network of i...
Read full storyCandle sales help build homes for those in need Home Interiors and Gifts is selling gingerbread scented candles as part of a new campaign to raise money for Habitat for Humanity's Women Build program. Candles are $9.99 each, and all of the proceeds go to building homes for women and children in need. To purchase can...
Read full storySeasilver Appeals $120 Million FTC Payment Seasilver(r) and related parties are appealing a $120 million "avalanche" payment demanded by FTC in connection with a 2003 settlement of advertising and labeling issues {U.S. District Court, District of Nevada CV-S-03-0676-RLH-(LRL)}. Seasilver is one of the few fully-comp...
Read full storySPARTA - Bob Henry, Arbonne Chairman and CEO, is the recipient of the 2006 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year. According to Arbonne International, LLC, the award recognizes 'true visionaries who have contributed to economic growth, innovation and cutting-edge products and services.' Arbonne International, LLC is...
Read full storyAlticor buys luxury cosmetics company ADA -- Alticor Inc. announced this morning its purchase of Gurwitch Products, a luxury cosmetics company that makes the Laura Mercier line. The acquisition of Laura Mercier, a high-end cosmetics line that counts as clients Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow and Oprah Winfrey, is ex...
Read full storyNikken continues to hold a position in the top percentile of home based businesses on MLMRankings.com. Nikken, along with other top names in the home based business industry like Avon, Mary Kay, and Herbalife, remains in the top 50 companies of a directory of over 600 home based business opportunities ranked by mont...
Read full storyCarrollton-based BeautiControl will bring more than 5,000 of its consultants to Gaylord Texan Resort on Lake Grapevine for a national convention that begins today and runs through Sunday. The convention is expected to bring more than $4 million in economic impact to the city, according to the Grapevine Economic Deve...
Read full storyReader's Digest has successfully turned around its QSP youth fund-raising division and could have similar success as it expands operations internationally, according to S&P analyst James Peters, who has a buy recommendation on the stock. In a May 18 report, Peters also points to expected revenue growth from new prod...
Read full storyIf you're dieting, sweets are a big no-no. But what if you could satisfy your sweet tooth and still lose weight...All with the lick of a lollipop! It sounds too good to be true…Suck on a lollipop and lose weight. But that's the claim behind Power-Pops. The lollipops's key ingredient is Hoodia, an herbal supplement o...
Read full storyRBC Life Sciences Reports Second Quarter Results IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 27, 2006--RBC Life Sciences, Inc. (OTCBB:RBCL) today reported a 16% increase in net sales to $6,203,000 in the second quarter of 2006 compared to net sales of $5,358,000 in the same period of last year. Earnings before income taxes...
Read full story...On June 8, 2006 the Company name was changed from Royal BodyCare, Inc. to RBC Life Sciences, Inc. as approved by stockholders. RBC Life Sciences, a fully reporting company, was assigned a new OTC Bulletin Board trading symbol, RBCL. The Company manufactures dietary supplements, including buffered magnesium ascorb...
Read full storyMom wary of cooking now a Chef By Diana Parker The Journal Gazette A little more than four years ago, Stephanie Ball's husband, Dennis, did 98 percent of the cooking for the family. Then one day Ball's grandmother encouraged her to attend a Pampered Chef show, and life changed. Pampered Chef is a direct seller of ki...
Read full storyDirect selling usually a supplemental living Sunday, July 23, 2006 With her son in elementary school during the day and her daughter getting ready to start day care a couple days a week, Tracey Finn was starting to think about going back to work part time. Before having children, she had worked as a social worker. H...
Read full storyThe Many L-arginine Patents are the Brainchild of World-Renowned Researcher, Dr. Ann de Wees Allen, Chief of Biomedical Research Glycemic Research Institute Washington, D.C. Said claims have been determined to meet the legal requirements of 'Dietary Supplement Structure/Function' claims for 2003-2004 as related to P...
Read full storyCognigen Networks Agents Meet in Baltimore Wednesday July 26, 9:40 pm ET Sales Seminar Attendees Receive Welcome News MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, Wash., July 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cognigen Networks, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CGNW - News), the Seattle area based Internet-enabled marketer of communications services and ...
Read full storyFORUM Technologies Inc. of Austin, Texas, Opens Its Doors to the Next Generation of Technology Products, Offered Exclusively through Network Marketing Forum Technologies Inc. (FTI), the marketing division of Xium Corporation, is opening its doors on July 17, 2006 starting business exclusively in the United States, w...
Read full storyUSA : Nu Skin Enterprises declares quarterly dividend July 24, 2006 Direct selling firm Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc announced the board of directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.10 per share which will be paid on June 21, 2006 to stockholders of record on June 2, 2006. Nu Skin Enterprises Inc is a global dir...
Read full storyMarketers of Seasilver Ordered to Pay Almost $120 Million 2006-07-24 - Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Defendants Failed to Pay Consumer Redress The marketers of Seasilver, an alleged phony cure-all, have been ordered to pay almost $120 million for failing to comply with an earlier order requiring them to pay $3 mill...
Read full storyPower-Pops with Hoodia, Weight Loss Aid, Stop Smoking Aid?? New Power-Pops with Hoodia from FUN Unlt (For Ultimate Nutrition Unlimited), is the latest innovation set to revolutionize the weight loss industry. (PRWEB) July 16, 2006 -- Founded in 2003, they started by partnering with a master herbalist with 45 years e...
Read full storyCosmetic major Oriflame sponsors education of 1,000 girls Swedish cosmetic giant Oriflame has announced a mega charity initiative to sponsor the education of 1,000 girls for a period of three years. Called the ‘Oriflame Girl Child', the project, launched in partnership with Delhi-based child welfare organisation Dee...
Read full storyGRAND RAPIDS --A three-judge Michigan Court of Appeals panel ruled Friday that Alticor Inc. President Doug DeVos, Chairman Steve Van Andel and former President Dick DeVos did not cheat shareholders in a former Amway Corp. Asian subsidiary. Three former stockholders had an opportunity to recover their presumed losses...
Read full story...As for preparation, here‚s how the tenacious terrain trio‚s spokesperson, Charlie Engle, summed up what FreeLife International‚s Himalayan Goji Juice has done for them. „ I‚ve been an ultra endurance athlete for 20 years and have tried every fitness and nutritional product available to me. Himalayan Goji Juice ha...
Read full storyHelena, Mont., July 19, 2006 -- State Auditor John Morrison issued a cease and desist and charged AmeriPlan USA, its founding officers, Dennis and Daniel Bloom, and Shirl Shelley, a Montana resident with numerous violations of both the Montana Insurance Code and the Montana Securities Act. The Notice of Proposed Age...
Read full storyExpanding The Reader's Digest Association Inc. has a party planning business that is making its debut. With 5,000 consultants, Taste of Home Entertaining has more than 8,000 events scheduled for this summer, the Chappaqua-based magazine publisher announced. The business was conceived by its president and chief execu...
Read full storyOn a day that felt hot enough to melt wax, 7,500 eager candle saleswomen gathered downtown Wednesday to talk about ways to fire up sales. The event is the annual national convention of PartyLite Gifts, a company that sells candles through in-home party shows, a la Tupperware. The conventioneers heard motivational sp...
Read full storySilver company triggers a gold rush Lenexa's Silpada Designs aims to put its jewelry at the forefront of fashion. It was Jewelry Girls Gone Wild. Three thousand women from across the country ran into the exhibit hall at the Kansas City Convention Center on Friday morning to get the best seats at the Silpada Designs ...
Read full storyUVEF Honors 2006 Top 25 Under Five The Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum (UVEF) announced winners of its 2006 'Top 25 Under Five' Awards, which spotlight outstanding Utah entrepreneurs from across the state. Orem, Utah (PRWEB) July 13, 2006 -- The Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum (UVEF) today announced winners of i...
Read full story...Now nutritionist Earl Mindell, author of the bestselling book "The New Vitamin Bible," believes he has discovered an anti-aging secret in the juice of a tiny, red berry called goji... ...In an effort to help Americans "look and feel 20 years younger," Mindell said he teamed up with nutrition supplement company Fr...
Read full story...A.G. Edwards considers two securities particularly interesting: Herbalife and USANA Health Sciences. The first has an international network in which it can forward new products. The second has a more limited network, but seems to count on a good science team specialized in food products development...
Read full storyUSA: Modeled after the Tupperware home marketing concept, The Traveling Vineyard, an in-home wine marketing and tasting division of Geerlings & Wade, relies on a network of about 1,500 independent consultants who conduct 90 minute in-home wine tastings. The wines are sold exclusively through Geerlings & Wade, a dire...
Read full story4Life Research Launches Foundation 4Life With a $75,000 Gift to La Casa Rosada Orphanage SALT LAKE CITY, UT -- (MARKET WIRE) -- July 11, 2006 -- Today, 4Life Research™ launched the Foundation 4Life, a non-profit organization dedicated to philanthropy wherever 4Life Research conducts business. On Friday, July 7, an i...
Read full storyFrom the Kansas City Star: ...This week, for instance, Lenexa-based Silpada Designs, a national direct sales jewelry outfit, for the first time brings nearly 3,000 of its army of 14,000 independent sales reps to Bartle Hall for the company's annual national conference. Since its founding in 1997 the company's yearly...
Read full storyBeautiful start Center will ship makeup and other items With the push of a lever, a state-of-the art distribution center rumbled to life this week, signaling the newest arrival on Greenwood's industrial scene. Arbonne International's 208,000-square-foot facility opened Monday in the Precedent South Business Center, ...
Read full storyCognigen Networks, Anza Borrego Form Cognigen Business Systems To Serve Quick Service Retail Industry - Update (RTTNews) - Tuesday after the bell, Cognigen Networks, Inc. (CGNW.OB), provider of telecommunications services and technology, announced the formation of Cognigen Business Systems, Inc. with Anza Borrego Pa...
Read full storyTahitian Noni agrees to stop animal testing OREM — At the request of animal rights activists, Utah-based juicemaker Tahitian Noni International announced this week that it will cease funding animal testing of its product. The announcement came after months of interaction with representatives from People for the Ethi...
Read full storyQuixtar Announces New SEISMIC Super Juice With the record breaking increase in the number of overweight children, more and more parents are looking for nutritious drink options for their kids. Quixtar is proud to introduce new SEISMIC™ Super Juice a great-tasting, healthy alternative to traditional sugary drinks and...
Read full storyEstablished companies are diversifying and getting into direct selling. Culinary home party companies include Southern Living at Home and Taste of Home Entertaining. Other companies offer coffee home parties, wine parties, Two Sisters Gourmet, Tea Parties To Go in Houston, and Diadre's Fine Chocolates By Design in F...
Read full storySeasilver USA Launches New Online Branding Initiative for its Distributor Sales Force Carlsbad, CA (PRWEB) June 21th, 2006 -- Seasilver USA, Inc., located in Carlsbad, California, has launched a new product branding initiative and graphic imaging program for use by the company's distributors. Seasilver USA's flagshi...
Read full storyShe's riding around in her brand new Mustang Some companies give their employees grandfather clocks after so many years of service, but after just a year and a half of excellent sales and building a successful sales team, Jennifer Rousseau earned a new Ford Mustang. 'It was amazing,' she said of the trip to Beach Fo...
Read full storySalt Lake City-based 4Life Research has announced that it will sponsor the 2006 Nokia Champions Challenge's Million Dollar Hole in One. The celebrity golf tournament, which benefits Children's Miracle Network, will be held Aug. 28-29 at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi.
Read full storyOriflame cosmetics company schedules to complete the construction of an inhouse plant in Moscow region within this November. The plant will specialize in the lipstick manufacturing. Sergei Kanashin, Deputy Director General of the division of the company in Russia comments on it: We will manufacture the lipstick at t...
Read full storyAMS Health Sciences, Inc. Completes $2,000,000 Private Placement OKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 5, 2006--AMS Health Sciences, Inc. (AMEX:AMM) announced today the successful completion of a $2,000,000 private placement financing through the sale of Secured Convertible Notes and Warrants to Laurus Master Fund Lt...
Read full storyNadine Thompson turns to her roots for a share of the market As long as customers continue to associate good feelings--wholesomeness--comfort and soothing with Clackamas, Oregon-based, Warm Spirit Inc., Nadine A. Thompson, president and co-founder, believes that her 25-employee direct sales marketing company has a g...
Read full storyMAKAWAO – Maui Youth and Family Services was recently awarded a gift of $10,000 from FreeLife International, the exclusive provider of Himalayan Goji Juice. "You have helped Maui Youth and Family Services build better lives with Hawaii's families through your generosity," said agency Chief Executive Officer Gail Gna...
Read full storyCandles smell of success Jackie Singh's Ahwatukee Foothills home is a feast for the senses. Depending on the day, the sweet fragrance of cinnamon vanilla, lilac, strawberry kiwi or pomegranate wafts from burning candles. Dozens more of the popular Gold Canyon candles are lined neatly along shelves in her converted g...
Read full storyPart 2 of 2: I am looking for a work-athome opportunity that would be a successful side business to my regular teaching position. While I have attempted to do some research, many seem too good to be true. It's also very confusing to try to weed out the "scams." Is there advice from other work-at-home parents who hav...
Read full storyPre-Paid Legal Services Commences Tender Offer For Up To 1 Mln. Shares Of Its Common Stock (RTTNews) - Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc. (PPD | charts | news | PowerRating) on Wednesday said it commenced its previously announced self-tender offer for up to 1 million shares of the company's common stock, at a fixed purch...
Read full storyCelebrity CEO Brings Color to Russian Faces Source: The Moscow Times For hundreds of thousands of people across Russia and the former Soviet Union, the person they credit with giving them the power to take control of their lives is not Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin but a tall Swede with an uncanny resemblance to Arno...
Read full storyYoungevity® and NuVANTE™ Join Forces International Nutritional Products Company Youngevity® announced today its strategic alliance with Austin-based network marketing company, NuVANTE™. NuVANTE's™ skincare line for men, women, and children, will be added as an independent brand to Youngevity's® expanding line of nut...
Read full storyYoungevity® and NuVANTE™ Join Forces International Nutritional Products Company Youngevity® announced today its strategic alliance with Austin-based network marketing company, NuVANTE™. NuVANTE's™ skincare line for men, women, and children, will be added as an independent brand to Youngevity's® expanding line of nut...
Read full storyDavid Duchovny is beginning to have a thing for dramas that begin with some sort of tragedy. He played the emotionally confused lover in Return to Me and has now decided to join up with Halle Berry and Benicio Del Toro to give tragedy another turn... ...The actor-writer-director has also acquired the life rights of ...
Read full storyMost of us dream of winning the lottery, of getting a call out of the blue to say we're the sole beneficiary of a long-lost rich relative's estate. What wouldn't we do if only we had financial freedom? Multi-level marketing (MLM) companies promote such dreams -take charge of your life, work the hours you choose and ...
Read full storyNetwork Marketing Or Pyramid Scheme? Often considered a road to riches, direct selling can lead to financial disaster without the proper research. Consider these tips before you sign up. By Wendy Harris When he signed up to be an independent associate for Pre-Paid Legal Services Inc., Cameron Brickey thought network...
Read full storyStanley Home Products: 75 Years of Excellence and a Place in Direct Selling History LEICESTER, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- July 07, 2006 -- CPAC, Inc., (NASDAQ: CPAK) announces that in August, Stanley Home Products will celebrate its 75th Anniversary, marking three-quarters of a century of success for the company that in...
Read full storyMultilevel business transformed lives, mostly from better to worse, former participant says. Source: The Express-Times Laura Stepanov kept hearing how she was "plugging into the system." The problem was this: Stepanov could never quite figure out the system. And $28,000 in losses later, the Wilson Borough woman is f...
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