Browse direct sales, network marketing and work-from-home news from September 2009.
As Sharon Gordley opened the door of her home, a sweet scent filled the air. "It's black raspberry vanilla," she said. The scent came from a Scentsy scent bar melted in a pretty ceramic warmer. Gordley is a consultant for the home-based company that offers its scent bars and warmers at in-home parties and through bu...
Read full storyZrii, LLC (www.zrii.com) announced that it officially opened business operations in Puerto Rico this past week. Puerto Rico is considered part of the United States market. "The opening of Puerto Rico is another stepping stone on our way to becoming a worldwide billion-dollar brand," says Kevin Larson, Vice President...
Read full storyScentsy Co. is trying to get everyone to patronize the small businesses in their communities by asking everyone to log on to scentsycontribute.org and pledge to spend at least $50 at a local store and then rally friends, family and customers to do the same, to make a meaningful sales impact for a local small busines...
Read full storyLifeVantage Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: LFVN), a science-based, natural products company dedicated to helping people reach their health and wellness goals through science-based solutions for oxidative stress and the maker of both Protandim® and TrueScience(TM) Anti-Aging Cream, announced today fourth quarter an...
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Read full storyUSNA is proud to announce that Melanie McQuaid, a USANA-sponsored Canadian cyclist, won the XTERRA USA Championship on Saturday in Ogden, Utah. 'Winning the 2009 XTERRA Cup Triathlon Series and the XTERRA USA Championship in Utah this year was all about consistency,' Melanie said. 'I needed to be consistent in terms...
Read full storyThe BBB's Phoenix, Texas and national offices have issued consumer warnings about iJango, warning consumers that the company could be a pyramid scheme. Angela Hale, iJango spokeswoman, disputes that claim. She says that the Internet marketing company has a legitimate business model and that the BBB is misleading con...
Read full storyiJango continues to generate buzz and stir controversy - NBC Chicago posted a news piece on the company on September 25, 2009: Ijango Comes to Town With Critics Close Behind Browser beware. That's the message the Better Business Bureau wants to spread about Ijango, a self-described "online community" which is recrui...
Read full storyThe St. Louis Business Journal recently wrote about a Better Business Bureau warning about iJango: The Better Business Bureau in St. Louis is warning consumers and businesses to be wary of a Texas company holding a meeting tonight at Spazio's Westport restaurant. The BBB serving Central, Coastal and Southwest Texas,...
Read full storyAUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- In early August 2009, iJango Network announced the release of its BETA version of its free web portal. Using a by referral only model to grow its customer base, iJango has exploded to over 16,000 free users within the first six weeks of launching. "We had our share of bugs in ...
Read full storyUSANA Health Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: USNA) announced today that it will present at the Canaccord Adams Healthy Living Conference in Boston. Jeffrey Yates, Chief Financial Officer, is scheduled to present to leading institutional investment representatives on Wednesday, September 23, 2009, at 1:25 p.m. ET at the Bost...
Read full storyNuSkin was recognized in seven categories at the 2009 International Business Awards including Chairman of the Year and Most Innovative Company in Asia. The awards ceremony, held in New York on 17 September, saw NuSkin founder and chairman of the board Blake M. Roney was named the 2009 Chairman of the Year. Nu Skin K...
Read full storyZrii, LLC (www.zrii.com) recently celebrated the official opening of its Mexico market in Mexico City, Mexico, with almost 1300 Independent Executives and guests. ZRII CEO and Founder, Bill Farley, and Mexico General Manager, Sergio Medina, led the ribbon cutting ceremony to officially open the country. Guest speake...
Read full storyA leader in scented candles, body and home products, Gold Canyon revealed its new Boutique Chic(TM) fine fragrance collection, holiday season product line, including new scented candles and launched a new Web site this month (http://www.goldcanyon.com). Despite the current economic conditions, the Chandler-based can...
Read full storyImagine if your company allowed you to get your daily workout in...while you work. Univera kicked off their pilot Pedal Project today, a 12-week program used to help employees increase their physical activity at work. After a random drawing of 100 employees, 25 were picked to have a ball chair and stationary pedaler...
Read full storyMannatech, Incorporated (NASDAQ:MTEX), a global pioneer in the development of high-quality health, weight and fitness, and skin care solutions based on nutritional science, announced today the official launch of its newest product, Essential Source™ Omega-3. An ultra-pure omega-3 supplement, Essential Source Omega-3...
Read full storyXanGo LLC, known for its juice of the same name, has launched itself into a market with a nutritional capsule that will compete in a multibillion-dollar arena of products that promise to reduce stress and boost energy. The company over the weekend unveiled eleviv -- the name a combination of elevate and life -- at a...
Read full storyThe modern lifestyle: fast-paced, confronted by continual change and full of demands, pressure and stress. This perfect storm often results in a tired, sluggish, even depressed population - fueling an $80 billion industry of sleep aids, energy drinks and other drugs and stimulants. A natural, safe solution? XanGo, L...
Read full storyUSANA Health Sciences, Inc. is pleased to announce a winner in its 2009 Rev3 Geocaching Challenge. Andy Hollingsworth of Cupertino, Calif., was randomly selected as the winner for the grand prize, a $3,000 REI gift card. The 2009 Rev3 Geocaching Challenge, which started in May, featured a series of 60 individualized...
Read full storyThe M.D. Anderson testing center recently released a statement regarding the use of their name and the mistaken view tha the center has endorsed the product: M. D. Anderson statement: Recently, you may have heard or read about a company that sells Evolv, a "nutraceutical beverage," which is being promoted in part ba...
Read full storyArbonne International has issued a voluntary recall on one lot of its Seasource Detox Spa® Foaming Sea Salt Scrub. The recalled products were manufactured by a third party and distributed nationwide through Arbonne Independent Consultants. The product comes in a 6.8 fluid oz white tube and is identified with a lot n...
Read full storyHerbalife, one of the top U.S. health food makers, will hold a three-day regional conference of distributors in Taipei, even though swine flu is assuming epidemic proportions in Taiwan. More than 10,000 direct-selling distributors from 11 countries in Asia and the Pacific will converge on Taipei for the meeting, whi...
Read full storyMannatech, Inc., a provider of health, weight and fitness, and skin care solutions based on nutritional science, announced that Claire Zevalkink has joined Mannatech as senior vice president and chief global marketing officer. Mannatech said that Zevalkink has extensive executive experience in the multi-level market...
Read full storyMannatech, Incorporated, a global pioneer in the development of high-quality health, weight and fitness, and skin care solutions based on nutritional science, announced today it is selling products in Austria, Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands as of September 5. With this opening, independent sales Associates are e...
Read full storyHerbalife Ltd. has gone far in fighting the old perception that it operates as a thinly veiled pyramid scheme. In recent years, it picked a high-profile Disney executive to be its chief executive, improved its diet and nutritional supplements, and changed the way it operates. But it looks as if the L.A. company will...
Read full storyHealth and Wellness Organization Promotes AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl at NCAA Football Games across the United States DALLAS--(Business Wire)-- AdvoCare, a premiere health and wellness company in Dallas, is traveling across the country this college football season on the AdvoBus Independence Tour to build suppor...
Read full storyThe Cash for Clunkers program may have reached the end of the road, but Ethos Environmental is test-driving a new business model to sell more of its oil and fuel additives and arrive at the same goal: increase gas mileage while reducing emissions. For years, the San Diego-based manufacturer sold its petroleum-refini...
Read full storyCNN did a piece on MLM company Ardyss: ...Few issues pique public interest more than opportunities to make money and achieve beauty. The estimated 3,000 people from around the country who streamed into the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta in early August were a testament to that. They came to rally around Ar...
Read full storyIDAHO FALLS - Melaleuca is expanding yet again here in Idaho Falls and today the chamber of commerce is celebrating the significant impact that this new distribution center is having on the community in Idaho Falls. I have here with me Chief Administer Officer Jan Nielsen, tell me what is so unique about this facili...
Read full storySan Diego-based LifeVantage Corp. (OTC: LFVN), has been granted a third patent for its flagship product Protandim. Protandim has been clinically proven in earlier studies to slow the progressive rate of aging by reducing oxidative stress. Click below for the complete press release.
Read full storySALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Utah Business magazine unveiled the winners of the second annual Fast 50 awards program, naming MonaVie (www.monavie.com), maker of premier acai-based nutritional and energy drink products, as the No. 1 fastest growing company in Utah. MonaVie was honored at a special awards ceremony...
Read full storyStampin Up recently emailed changes to the Stampin Up policy on using electronic communications: Q: If I have a Stampin' Up! blog where I promote my Stampin' Up! business and a personal blog that I keep separate from my Stampin' Up! business, do the same guidelines apply to both blogs? A: Yes. As a Stampin' Up! demo...
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