Browse direct sales, network marketing and work-from-home news from August 2006.
The Star Telegram posted an excellent article online about home wine tasting parties and wine classes by Wine Shop at Home... 'Wherever I go, people are always asking me about home wine tastings," says Sharon Hughes, whose WineStyles retail shop in Keller does a couple of home classes a month, and who expects to do ...
Read full storyMillion Wishes received mention in this article in the Nashua Telegraph. Million Wishes is a direct-selling division of the Jones Apparel Group, which owns Jones New York, Nine West and Anne Klein. Million Wishes was launched in spring to direct-sell jewelry and accessories.
Read full storyReliv International to Resume Activity in Its Share Repurchase Program CHESTERFIELD, Mo., Aug. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Reliv International, Inc., (Nasdaq: RELV - News), a developer, manufacturer and marketer of proprietary nutritional supplements, today said it has resumed activity in its share repurchase progr...
Read full storyWTA PLAYERS TO GET FREE VITAMINS WTA Tour players will be provided with free vitamins and health supplements by a company offering up to $1 million US to any player who fails an anti-doping test because of their products. Under the three-year deal announced yesterday, USANA Health Sciences is paying a six-figure spo...
Read full storyToday, energy beverages represent a $3.5 million industry that is continuing to grow at a fervent pace (up 75 percent since 2005). With high revenues coming in, it would follow that marketers look to every channel of expansion. The development of enterprise marketing software has made it easier for companies to dire...
Read full storyThe Toronto Sun ran this article about Passion parties, comparing various 'adult' party plan programs and quoting annual sales. This particular article references Passion Parties Canada, a division of the original Passion Parties headquartered in Nevada.
Read full storyUSANA Health Sciences Inc., a West Valley City manufacturer and direct seller of nutritional supplement and personal-care products, has made a large renewable energy purchase from Rocky Mountain Power. The company is buying 75,000 kilowatt-hours of Blue Sky wind energy per month, which is enough to offset 900 tons o...
Read full storyFrom TheCelebrityCafe: XanGo This will sound strange so grab your reality and hold on. XanGo is a drink made from the fruit of an evergreen tree called "mangosteen." While it sounds like it is a tree grown in Brooklyn, it is not. Anyway, a dose a day, cold from the refrigerator, hits the back of the throat with the ...
Read full storyThe Economic Times in New Delhi ran an article on Mary Kay Cosmetic's test marketing in the country: ...It's a song that the Boss made memorable. It's a film that Clint Eastwood starred in. But most famously, it's a concept that Mary Kay popularised. Yup we're talking about the pink Cadillac. And the feisty bunch of...
Read full storyQuixtar Expands Health Offerings for Kids New Flavors and Low-Sugar Options in Nutrilite Brainiums and Seismic Lineup Quixtar reports the dramatic increase in the weight of our Nation's children is leading parents to increasingly seek tasty alternatives to high calorie foods. And as anyone who has tried to talk thei...
Read full storySt. Cloud, Minn. Scrapbooking company Creative Memories is adding jobs in St. Cloud, Minn. as it looks to expand its digital scrapbooking offerings. Creative Memories had laid off 33 people in May as it restructures. But now 13 jobs will be added at its base St. Cloud as the company looks to expand digital scrapbook...
Read full storyShaklee Corporation Celebrates 50th Anniversary: Unveils a Powerful Growth Platform SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- August 22, 2006 -- Shaklee Corporation, the number one natural nutrition company in the United States, celebrated its 50th Anniversary by launching two product lines and announcing new social ini...
Read full storyYou Can Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth And Still Lose Weight If you're dieting, sweets are a big no-no. But what if you could lose weight with the lick of a lollipop? Tuesday, August 1, 2006 — It sounds too good to be true. Suck on a lollipop and lose weight. But that's the claim behind Power-Pops! The lollipop's key ingr...
Read full storyNu Skin wins key concession in China By Lesley Mitchell Utah's Nu Skin Enterprises plans to begin selling its line of personal-care and nutritional products door-to-door in China by November after becoming one of only two U.S. companies allowed to engage in direct selling in that country. For years, China has prohib...
Read full storyReliv International (NASDAQ: RELV) traded down $3.56 to close at $6.75 as the company announced weaker than expected 2nd quarter numbers, but this was way overdone so you may see a boost up pushing the stock at least in to the mid $8 range before its said and done.
Read full storyMannatech, Inc. Reports Record Second Quarter Earnings COPPELL, TX, Aug 09, 2006 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- Mannatech, Inc. (MTEX) today reported record earnings for second quarter 2006 of $0.31 per diluted share, up 48% from second quarter 2005 earnings of $0.21 per diluted share. Pretax profit reached $13.4 milli...
Read full storyNu Skin expects to enter Beijing market following Shanghai direct sales approval BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - Nu Skin Enterprises, a direct seller of high-end skin care products, expects to receive an operating licence in the Chinese capital this year after recently receiving approval to operate in Shanghai, company officia...
Read full storyCarse Finishes Stroke Awareness Ride (8/14/06) BILLINGS, MT – The 12-day journey Montana State-Billings men's basketball coach Craig Carse started on August 3 came to a close on Monday in Pennsylvania. Carse set out from Billings to raise awareness for stroke victims and CardioSEAL®. His goal was to ride 100 miles a...
Read full storyLive Nation Inks Deal With BurnLounge Komfie Manalo - All Headline News Foreign Correspondent Los Angeles, CA (AHN) - Global events organizer Live Nation has entered an exclusive agreement with digital music service BurnLounge giving the latter's VIP members preferential treatment to Live Nation's concert venues. Br...
Read full storyHealthy profits lie in going green Shaklee CEO predicts 'double-digit' growth with company's launch of toxin-free products; economists not so sure SAN FRANCISCO - Shaklee Corp. believes that by Going Green, it can produce a bumper crop of greenbacks. The Pleasanton-based marketer of nutritional, health care and hous...
Read full storyShaklee still growing at 50 Many scoffed at its multilevel marketing approach, but the company that sells natural supplements and cleaning supplies has its fans Fifty years ago, during the era of synthetic fabrics, processed food and TV dinners, an Oakland chiropractor started a company to sell natural products to i...
Read full storyAt Slumber Parties, private curiosities and presentation long to meet - often Adult parties prove to have steady appeal; Hot sellers Utah has a reputation for being strait-laced, but plenty of us apparently like to have fun in the bedroom. Jeanie Jones is a sex-toy party hostess in the Beehive state and the top sale...
Read full storyQuixtar Announces New Professional-Quality iCook Knifeware; Quixtar iCook Endorsed by Renowned Chef Jason Roberts Good cooking begins with good cutting. The new iCook™ knifeware set from Quixtar offers five, premium forged, German stainless steel knives designed by renowned knife expert Ken Onion and endorsed by iCo...
Read full storyNu Skin to pay stockholders 10 cent dividend per share Nu Skin Enterprises said it will pay a quarterly dividend of 10 cents per share to stockholders of record as of Sept. 1. The dividend will be paid Sept. 20. The announcement comes as the Provo-based maker of nutritional supplements and skin care products tries t...
Read full storyNu Skin to pay stockholders 10 cent dividend per share Nu Skin Enterprises said it will pay a quarterly dividend of 10 cents per share to stockholders of record as of Sept. 1. The dividend will be paid Sept. 20. The announcement comes as the Provo-based maker of nutritional supplements and skin care products tries t...
Read full storyNu Skin to pay stockholders 10 cent dividend per share Nu Skin Enterprises said it will pay a quarterly dividend of 10 cents per share to stockholders of record as of Sept. 1. The dividend will be paid Sept. 20. The announcement comes as the Provo-based maker of nutritional supplements and skin care products tries t...
Read full story...Silke, a stay-at-home mom, was looking for something to get her out of the house. When her friend told her about Taste of Home Entertaining, she found a way to bake her cake, serve it to friends and eat some, too. Taste of Home Entertaining Inc. is a direct sales company that offers kitchen gadgets, functional ho...
Read full storyThe cosmetics giant said it expects China to surpass the U.S. in sales in the next 10 years. DALLAS — Hope of joining China's growing middle class drove Xiang Jun Mei, a poor rice farmer's daughter, to hawk Mary Kay products door-to-door and to everyone she met. Wang Di started selling the American cosmetics to spic...
Read full storyMagnetic Therapy: Plausible Attraction? Long considered only a component of quack medicine, magnetic therapy has received a boost from a recent study at the Baylor College of Medicine. Is it plausible? A double-blind study at Baylor College of Medicine, published last November in Archives of Physical and Rehabilitat...
Read full storyHerbalife Q2 Earnings Surge 60% Buoyed By Strong Sales - Update (RTTNews) - Wednesday after the bell, Herbalife Ltd. (HLF | charts | news | PowerRating) announced second quarter results , reporting earnings that rose from last year, attributable to double-digit net sales growth and lower interest expense. For the se...
Read full storyNu Skin to expand for direct sales US cosmetics firm Nu Skin is planning to recruit an army of up to 5,000 direct sellers in Shanghai by the end of this year. Expansion plans also include opening 100 service centres in the city and 40 more specialty shops across the country, taking the total to 180. Nu Skin Enterpri...
Read full storyReliv International's Annual Conference Draws Nearly 6,000 People to St. Louis Company Announces Its 2006 President's Team Members Along with a New 'Mega-Bonus' Program for 2007 CHESTERFIELD, Mo., Aug. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Reliv International, Inc. (Nasdaq: RELV - News), a developer, manufacturer and marketer...
Read full storyReader's Digest misses profit forecasts The Reader's Digest Association Inc. yesterday reported higher profits for its fourth quarter ending June 30 but larger losses for the fiscal year, with revenues flat overall. It was a familiar story to dissatisfied shareholders, who beat the stock down to a new 52-week low. R...
Read full storyReader's Digest Association Reports 4Q Fiscal 2006 Results: Profits Improve at RD North America and RD International, Offset by Declines at Consumer Business Services and Restructuring Charges Wednesday August 2, 7:00 am ET PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y., Aug. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. (...
Read full storyXanGo Goodness designed to mobilize category creator's international resources, including over 500,000 distributors, to serve communities in need Lehi, UT, August 1, 2006 — XanGo, LLC, recognized creator of the mangosteen nutritional supplement category, today launched XanGo Goodness, a global philanthropic movement...
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