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March 2008

LifeVantage Appoints Richard Doutre Jones  

LifeVantage Corporation (OTCBB: LFVN) announces that Fox Broadcast executive Richard Doutre’ Jones and business leader Garry Mauro have joined the Board of Directors, bringing their expertise in the management and leadership of both public and private sector organizations. LifeVantage is the maker o...

Source: Business Wire


LifeVantage Appoints Richard Doutre Jones
Posted 3/29/2008


Green Mountain Energy Provides RECs to Vancouver  

The Port of Vancouver has signed an agreement with Green Mountain Energy to purchase Green-e certified renewable energy credits (RECs). The port has purchased the equivalent of 60% of its estimated annual electricity usage from Pacific Northwest wind-sourced RECs.

In recognition of that commitment...

Source: North American Windpower


Green Mountain Energy Provides RECs to Vancouver
Posted 3/29/2008


Shaklee in the Portsmouth Herald  

A party for 50 at The Red Door in Portsmouth, with live music by the PMAC Jazz Faculty. A pair of reserved seats (donated by a season ticket holder) for a 2008-09 UNH Men's hockey game between two of the perennial powerhouses in Hockey East, one of the strongest rivalries in college hockey: UNH vs....

Source: Portsmouth Herald News


Shaklee in the Portsmouth Herald
Posted 3/29/2008


Oriflame Launches New Product  

The new ‘Oriflame Beauty Kiss Proof lipstick’ is the latest offering by Oriflame with long lasting colour and renewable shine. With this New Lipstick you can kiss, eat and drink in all your business meetings, lunch breaks or even dinner for two with zero trace.

This special lipstick has the abil...

Source: India Infoline.com


Oriflame Launches New Product
Posted 3/29/2008


Neways Exec Plays Key Roles in Herbal Industry  

Neways International is pleased to announce that Monzur Ahmed, the company's senior director of regulatory affairs, has been reelected as vice chairman of the Board of Trustees for the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA), at the Board's March 13 meeting in Anaheim, California. The American H...

Source: PR-Inside.com


Neways Exec Plays Key Roles in Herbal Industry
Posted 3/29/2008


USANA Shares Plunge on Guidance Cut  

Shares of Usana Health Sciences Inc. plummeted following the nutritional and weight management product makers' move to cut its first-quarter guidance.

The stock fell to $18.25 early in the trading session, its lowest point in nearly five years. Shares fell 20.8 percent, or $5.60, to close at $21.3...

Source: Forbes


USANA Shares Plunge on Guidance Cut
Posted 3/29/2008


Amway Taking Back Its Name  

ALTICOR'S GLOBAL DIRECT-SALES UNIT, AMWAY, is undergoing a brand revamp in 2008 that will be completed in 2009, the company's 50th anniversary.

The company, which since 1999 has made Quixtar North America its online brand ID--and de facto brand--in this country, is bringing back Amway as the gl...

Source: Mediapost.com


Amway Taking Back Its Name
Posted 3/29/2008


XanGo Donates 75K to Childrens Organization  

* $10,000 to Milford High School, donated by AARP Utah. * $70,000 to The Road Home homeless shelter, donated by Draper-based DAZ 3D, a software company. * $3.7 million to organizations in Utah donated by Wal-Mart. * $140,000 to Bank of American Fork and Rural Housing Development Co...

Source: Salt Lake Tribune


XanGo Donates 75K to Childrens Organization
Posted 3/29/2008


MonaVie Receives Growth Capital  

MonaVie on Tuesday said that TSG Consumer Partners has made significant investment for a small, minority equity interest in the company.

MonaVie develops and markets scientifically formulated, premium quality nutritional products, specifically for person-to-person distribution.

TSG pioneered foc...

Source: RTT News


MonaVie Receives Growth Capital
Posted 3/26/2008


Amway to Capitalize on Two New Products  

AMWAY (M) Holdings Bhd expects single-digit growth in revenue for the year ending Dec 31, 2008, given the cautious mood amid economic weaknesses in the US, according to executive director Paul Yee.

“The US and global economies are seeing weaknesses while the domestic market faces inflationary pr...

Source: Malaysia Star


Amway to Capitalize on Two New Products
Posted 3/26/2008


Pampered Chef in the Indianapolis Star  

The Pampered Chef. I love everything about it. A friend threw me a Pampered Chef bridal shower years ago, and to this day, when I host a party, I give everyone in attendance the "Quikut Paring Knife," just $1.50. I swear by them.

Buggs Temple and its executive chef, Brad Gates. I love his food. He...

Source: Indianapolis Star


Pampered Chef in the Indianapolis Star
Posted 3/26/2008


Tahitian Noni Creates Humanitarian Program  

Tahitian Noni International, maker of TAHITIAN NONI® Juice and other noni products, marked the one year anniversary of its Do Something Good humanitarian program by inviting children of Tahiti to visit the United States. The Do Something Good program features four intiatives to help the children of...

Source: Market Wire


Tahitian Noni Creates Humanitarian Program
Posted 3/26/2008


Oriflame Gets Network Makeover  

Oriflame, the direct sales natural Swedish cosmetics company, has engaged Kedington to makeover its network. The cosmetics company was originally forced to move half of its Bray operations to a second adjacent location for the duration of a major renovation of its main offices. Kedington was engaged...

Source: IRISHDEV.com


Oriflame Gets Network Makeover
Posted 3/26/2008


Shaklee in the Hartford Courant  

It was hard to believe Shaklee's automatic dishwasher concentrate could be so, well, concentrated.

I had to check the directions twice to be sure that only 2 teaspoons of the powder were all that was needed to clean a load of dirty dishes with no pre-rinsing. The result: The dishes came out clean...

Source: Hartford Courant


Shaklee in the Hartford Courant
Posted 3/26/2008


Mary Kay Featured on Voice of America Broadcast  

And I’m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. This week, we tell about one of the most successful American businesswomen. Mary Kay started a company in nineteen sixty-three with a five thousand dollar investment. Today, Mary Kay Cosmetics is an international company...

Source: Voice of America


Mary Kay Featured on Voice of America Broadcast
Posted 3/26/2008


Mannatech Swings to 4Q Net Loss  

Mannatech Inc. late Friday said it swung to a fourth-quarter loss of $3.57 million, or 13 cents a share, from net earnings in the year-ago quarter of $8.18 million, or 30 cents a share.

Revenue for the quarter ended Dec. 31 fell to $99.9 million from $106.8 million a year earlier.

The Coppell,...

Source: Forbes


Mannatech Swings to 4Q Net Loss
Posted 3/26/2008


CoreVital Closes  

CoreVital has closed with this final message from the Founder:

CoreVitál Distributors and Customers:

As you have seen in recent days we have regretfully posted the announcement of closure for CoreVitál. We as an executive team strived for open communications with you and felt ethically and mora...

Source: Npros


CoreVital Closes
Posted 3/26/2008


Quixtar Files Suit Against MonaVie  

SALT LAKE CITY, March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Quixtar North America has filed a multi-count Complaint against MonaVie (Mona Vie, Inc. and MonaVie LLC), and several MonaVie distributors for unfair competition in federal court in Salt Lake City. The Complaint alleges that MonaVie competes unfairly by m...

Source: Npros


Quixtar Files Suit Against MonaVie
Posted 3/22/2008


Mannatech to Pay 11.25 Million to Settle Suit  

3/20/2008 4:13:00 PM Mannatech Inc. (MTEX) said that it has reached a settlement with counsel for the lead plaintiff in the securities class action lawsuit styled Jonathan Crowell v. Mannatech Inc., et al., in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

The litigation is...

Source: Global Newswire


Mannatech to Pay 11.25 Million to Settle Suit
Posted 3/21/2008


IaVoip Ceo Working Closely with Leaders in Texas  

IamVoip CEO Henrik Risvang Working Closely with Leaders in Texas

CEO Henrik Risvang is traveling in Texas this week on the first stop of his tour to meet with leaders across the nation. He is there, along with head Agent Rhonda Castle, to open the biggest market for the Hispanic population in the...

Source: Press Release


IaVoip Ceo Working Closely with Leaders in Texas
Posted 3/15/2008


Pro Travel Network Doubles Revenue  

Pro Travel Network, Inc. (OTCBB: PTVL) released the latest quarterly report, substantiating continued growth in both revenues and gross profit. Comparing the six months of operation ending December 31, 2007 to the same time period ending December 31, 2006 PTVL reported total revenues of $4,127,272,...

Source: Market Wire


Pro Travel Network Doubles Revenue
Posted 3/12/2008


MonaVie on News2  

It's a nutritional beverage that's getting a lot of attention because of one berry: Mona-Vie is invading Colorado.

Some say it's changing their lives, making them healthier and feeling better.

Recently in Douglas County, an event was held in Lone Tree to promote the drink, which has exploded in...

Source: cw2.com


MonaVie on News2
Posted 3/12/2008


Zippi Announces Key New Hire  

Zippi(TM) Networks, Inc. (Pink Sheets:ZPNW), the innovative force empowering a new generation of online sellers, today announced they have welcomed their newest member to the Zippi Team, Mr. Khait joins Zippi with over ten (10) years of technology, software development and system architecture experi...

Source: PR-Inside.com


Zippi Announces Key New Hire
Posted 3/12/2008


Morinda Holdings Launches Agriculture Products  

Morinda Holdings, Inc., the parent company to Tahitian Noni International, announced the creation of a new business entity designed to address the needs of plant and animal agriculture with a line of proprietary products based on the noni fruit from Tahiti. Morinda Agricultural Products is committed...

Source: News & Observer


Morinda Holdings Launches Agriculture Products
Posted 3/12/2008


Tupperware Ranks Number 2 Household Brand  

Fortune released the revered "Most Admired Companies" list today and not only was Tupperware Brands Corporation included for the first time on the list but the company also ranked number two in the Household Products category. This is an unprecedented ranking for a first-time appearance on the resp...

Source: PR Newswire


Tupperware Ranks Number 2 Household Brand
Posted 3/12/2008


USANA Demonstrates Metabolic Syndrome Improvement  

USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: USNA) announced today that a large, third-party clinical study recently completed at the University of Colorado Denver (UCD) has confirmed that lifestyle change, involving diet, supplementation and exercise, can improve the metabolic syndrome.

The results of th...

Source: Centre Daily Times


USANA Demonstrates Metabolic Syndrome Improvement
Posted 3/12/2008


Lia Sophia Says Bling is Out Color is In  

Jewelry is like putting the icing on the cake when it comes to enhancing one's outfit. As we approach a season filled with exciting new fashion trends, Bonni Davis, vice president of sales for lia sophia, explains how individuals can step out of the winter gloom and shine this spring.

"The icing...

Source: Business Wire


Lia Sophia Says Bling is Out Color is In
Posted 3/12/2008


Avon Donates 1 Million to UNIFEM Fund  

In Celebration of International Women’s Day March 8th Avon Proudly Announces $1 Million Donation to the UN UNIFEM Fund.

This week Avon Products and The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) co-hosted The Second Global Summit for a Better Tomorrow at the United Nations in New York. The...

Source: Scoop.co.nz


Avon Donates 1 Million to UNIFEM Fund
Posted 3/12/2008


Nu Skin Earnings Down 63 Percent  

An extensive cost-cutting plan adopted by Provo-based Nu Skin Enterprises Inc. helped push its fourth-quarter earnings down 63 percent, but could put the Utah company on track for a solid year in 2008.

The drop in fourth-quarter earnings to $5.9 million came in great part because of a restructuri...

Source: Trading Markets


Nu Skin Earnings Down 63 Percent
Posted 3/12/2008


Amway Warns of Bogus Internet Charity Scam  

Amway Corporation (Quixtar in the U.S. and Canada) has discovered an internet scam that uses a bogus Amway charity as a lure. Amway cautions individuals to be on the lookout for e-mails from a group calling itself the "Amway Children Charity Foundation". Please be advised that this is not an Amway-...

Source: Npros


Amway Warns of Bogus Internet Charity Scam
Posted 3/12/2008


Amway Warns of Bogus Internet Charity Scam  

Amway Corporation (Quixtar in the U.S. and Canada) has discovered an internet scam that uses a bogus Amway charity as a lure. Amway cautions individuals to be on the lookout for e-mails from a group calling itself the "Amway Children Charity Foundation". Please be advised that this is not an Amway-...

Source: ITNews


Amway Warns of Bogus Internet Charity Scam
Posted 3/12/2008


Agel Names New Corporate Executives  

Utah-based supplements company Agel Enterprises has named R. Brent Ririe, Layne Argyle, Melanie Daniels, Noah Westerlund and Dejia Zhang to its corporate team. Argyle was hired as the company's director of global logistics and will oversee the shipping of all Agel products. Daniels is Agel's legal s...

Source: Salt Lake Tribune


Agel Names New Corporate Executives
Posted 3/12/2008


Lia Sophia in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette  

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation appointed six local community leaders to its Fort Wayne Community Advisory Committee: David J. Bennett, executive director, Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne; Rick Cartwright, dean of art, University of Saint Francis; Herb Hernandez , president, As...

Source: Fort Wayne Journal Gazette


Lia Sophia in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Posted 3/12/2008


Vemma in the Calgary Herald  

Q: What do you think of Vemma, the latest craze in supplement drinks?

A: Vemma stands for vitamins, essential minerals, mangosteen and aloe, and it comes as two liquid drinks to be mixed together and consumed daily instead of taking more conventional vitamin/mineral supplements.

Mangosteen, one...

Source: Calgary Herald


Vemma in the Calgary Herald
Posted 3/12/2008


Market America Announces Google Implementation  

James (JR) Ridinger, president and CEO of Market America, Inc. announced today the company has reached an agreement with Google Inc. to implement the Google Search Appliance(TM) (GSA) hardware and software on www.marketamerica.com. The deployment of the GSA will apply Google's industry leading searc...

Source: PR-Inside.com


Market America Announces Google Implementation
Posted 3/12/2008


Healthy Coffee Japan Appoints New Vice President  

Healthy Coffee USA, Inc., the marketing arm of Healthy Coffee International, Inc.(Pink Sheets: HCFE), announces the appointment of Mr. Katsushi Kamijima as Vice President, in charge of sales and marketing for Healthy Coffee Japan, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan.

Mr. Kamijima is a graduate of Kyoto University...

Source: PR Newswire


Healthy Coffee Japan Appoints New Vice President
Posted 3/12/2008


Herbalife Directory Buys Stock  

A director of Herbalife Ltd., which sells weight-management and nutritional supplement products, bought 5,000 shares of stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Friday.

In a Form 4 filed with the SEC, Hal Gaba reported he bought the shares for $44.90 apiece on Wednesday.

I...

Source: Houston Chronicle


Herbalife Directory Buys Stock
Posted 3/12/2008


BeautiControl in the Charleston Daily  

A chance meeting in the Atlanta airport led to a life-changing experience and a new career direction for Lesia Keffer.

It was February 2005 and the registered nurse was headed back home to South Charleston after attending a wound care seminar.

She recalls she wasn't particularly happy in her car...

Source: Daily Mail


BeautiControl in the Charleston Daily
Posted 3/12/2008


LifeVantage Expands Global Marketing Initiatives  

LifeVantage Corporation (OTCBB: LFVN) announces that Jan Strode, prominent industry expert, advisor and strategist to companies ranging from start-ups to Fortune 100 companies on the topics of marketing, communications and sales, and Peter Baloff, nationally recognized creative consultant, have join...

Source: Business Wire


LifeVantage Expands Global Marketing Initiatives
Posted 3/12/2008


Appellate Court Upholds Convictions  

Appellate court upholds Neways founders' tax evasion, fraud convictions

The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld the tax evasion and tax fraud convictions of the founders of Neways Inc., a Springville multilevel marketing company, and its former corporate counsel. The Denver-based...

Source: Npros


Appellate Court Upholds Convictions
Posted 3/12/2008


Neways Wins Victory Enjoining SISEL  

Neways Wins Court Victory Enjoining Sisel and Five of its Top Distributors

SALT LAKE CITY--(Business Wire)-- A federal court in Utah has issued an injunction against Sisel International, LLC and five of Sisel's top distributors in Japan. Among other things, the injunction requires Sisel and the...

Source: Business Wire


Neways Wins Victory Enjoining SISEL
Posted 3/10/2008


Neways Wins Injunction Against SISEL Founder  

Neways Wins Trade Secrets Injunction against Former Owner and Officers

SPRINGVILLE, Utah, Jun 12, 2007 (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...

Source: Business Wire


Neways Wins Injunction Against SISEL Founder
Posted 3/10/2008


Neways Wins Trade Secrets Injunction Against Former Owner  

Neways Wins Trade Secrets Injunction against Former Owner and Officers.

SPRINGVILLE, Utah -- 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...

Source: Business Wire


Neways Wins Trade Secrets Injunction Against Former Owner
Posted 3/10/2008


SISEL Founder in the Herald  

A backround Article about SISEL Founder Tom Mower from the Herald Extra:

A month away from his trip to federal prison, Neways founder Thomas E. Mower Sr. is opening a new manufacturing plant for personal care products and dietary supplements in Springville and plans to hire up to 150 workers by ye...

Source: Herald Extra


SISEL Founder in the Herald
Posted 3/10/2008


Neways Founder Starts New Company  

Neways founder starts new company in Springville

A month away from his trip to federal prison, Neways founder Thomas E. Mower Sr. is opening a new manufacturing plant for personal care products and dietary supplements in Springville and plans to hire up to 150 workers by year-end.

Mower, w...

Source: Herald Extra


Neways Founder Starts New Company
Posted 3/10/2008


USANA Wins Distributor Choice Award  

Distributors recently chose USANA Health Sciences (NASDAQ: USNA) as the best network marketing company for 2007 in an annual report released by MLM Insider. This marks the 10th year that USANA has ranked first in this category.

Each year, thousands of distributors make their pick for the best com...

Source: Earthtimes


USANA Wins Distributor Choice Award
Posted 3/9/2008


Amway Founder Makes Forbes List  

Amway co-founder Rich DeVos made the Forbes list of richest people in the world (again), coming in at 288th. So did Fred Meijer "and family," ranked 605th. But those were the only two of West Michigan's ultra-rich people to turn up on Forbes' radar. The New York-based magazine released its list Th...

Source: MLive.com


Amway Founder Makes Forbes List
Posted 3/9/2008


Zippi Approaches One Thousand Members  

Zippi™ Networks, Inc. (Pink Sheets:ZPNW), the innovative force empowering a new generation of online sellers, today announced that its network of Zipsters / Affiliates is rapidly approaching one thousand enrolled and continues to grow rapidly state by state. This current community of Zipsters is mad...

Source: Earthtimes


Zippi Approaches One Thousand Members
Posted 3/9/2008


Market America Focuses on Hispanics  

When Market America's James and Loren Ridinger invited Paulina Rubio to perform at their company's annual Leadership Conference earlier this month, it wasn't just because the Mexican pop star is a personal pal.

Rubio's performance marked the launch of the direct-sales company's latest growth strat...

Source: MiamiHerald.com


Market America Focuses on Hispanics
Posted 3/6/2008


USANA Exec Sells Shares  

The executive vice president of operations for nutritional and skin care products company USANA Health Sciences Inc. sold 40,000 shares of common stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Wednesday.

In a Form 4 filed with the SEC, Fred W. Cooper reported selling the shares on...

Source: Houston Chronicle


USANA Exec Sells Shares
Posted 3/6/2008


Green Mountain Energy in the Dallas Morning News  

Executives with retail electricity companies say they're selling more renewable energy to businesses these days than to residential customers.

Paul Thomas, chief executive of Green Mountain Energy, which sells renewable energy, said corporate customers will make up about half his business this ye...

Source: Dallas Morning News


Green Mountain Energy in the Dallas Morning News
Posted 3/6/2008


FDA Issues Warning to XanGo  

XanGo has been warned by the FDA for claiming that mangosteen could ward off disease or cancer. The company insists those claims were printed by a third party on a brochure at a recruitment seminar and it's not responsible.

XanGo executives said they haven't heard from the FDA since receiving a wa...

Source: Ventura County Star


FDA Issues Warning to XanGo
Posted 3/3/2008


 

 

 


 

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