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Neways is no longer active as a standalone MLM company. The Neways business was rebranded as Modere in the 2010s, Modere announced its closure on April 11, 2025, and Shaklee acquired substantially all of Modere’s business and product assets in May 2025. Modere-branded products now have “a new home” at Shaklee, but the old Neways MLM opportunity is no longer operating as Neways.
Original Npros business profile for NEWAYS INTERNATIONAL, INC., preserved below for archival purposes:
Neways operated as a health, wellness, personal-care, and household-products MLM company founded by Tom and Dee Mower. The company became known for positioning its products around safer ingredients and "healthy home" themes, with categories that included nutritional supplements, personal care, cosmetics, shampoos, shower gels, household cleaners, and related wellness products.
Neways used a network-marketing model built around independent distributors who sold products and recruited other distributors. By 2006, Neways described itself as selling through a worldwide network of independent distributors, with sales in 23 countries and manufacturing facilities in Utah and New Zealand. By 2013, the company described its business as serving customers in 30 countries, with a member-led direct-to-consumer strategy and a distributor community.
Neways went through several major ownership and brand changes. Golden Gate Capital acquired Neways International in November 2006. Z Capital Partners became the company's majority controlling shareholder in July 2013. The business was later rebranded as Modere, which continued the company's wellness, beauty, personal-care, collagen, weight-management, and household-product lines under a "social retail" direct-selling model. Modere announced on April 11, 2025, that it was closing after 23 years in business. Shaklee acquired substantially all of Modere's business in May 2025, including rights to its trademarks, patents, formulas, North American manufacturing and testing equipment, inventory, and product lines including Liquid BioCell, Trim, Burn, Sculpt, and Curb.
Neways' regulatory history includes federal tax-evasion convictions involving founders Tom and Dee Mower. Federal court records state that Thomas and Leslie Mower owned Neways entities in the United States, Australia, and Malaysia that used a multilevel marketing system to sell personal-care products, and that Leslie Mower was convicted after trial of conspiracy to defraud the United States and six counts of tax evasion for tax years 1992 through 1997.
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SPRINGVILLE, Utah, July 12, 2013 -- Neways Enterprises ("Neways" or the "Company"), a worldwide leader in healthy and effective personal care, household, and health & wellness products, today announced that Z Capital Partners, L.L.C. ("Z Capital") has acquired the minority ownership stake of Neways from funds associated with S.A.C. Capital Advisors. As a result of this transaction, Z Capital is n...
SPRINGVILLE, Utah, July 23, 2012 -- Neways Enterprises ("Neways"), a worldwide leader in dietary supplements and personal-care products, today announced that the company's Board of Directors has appointed Robert S. Conlee to serve as Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the Board of Directors, effective July 23, 2012. James Zenni, President and CEO of Z Capital Partners, said: "Robert is a ...
SPRINGVILLE, Utah, July 9, 2012 -- Neways Enterprises ("Neways"), a worldwide leader in dietary supplements and personal care products, today announced that the company was chosen as the Consumer Products Turnaround of the Year. This award from the Global M&A Network honors top performers from the international restructuring community. Private equity firm Z Capital Partners, L.L.C., and funds...
SPRINGVILLE, Utah, July 3, 2012 -- Today, Neways International announced that Scott St. Clair, Neways' current Chief Executive Officer & Chairman, will be named Executive Chairman, and that a committee of Board of Directors will work with Mr. St. Clair to undertake an external search for a new Chief Executive Officer. Mr. St. Clair will continue to serve in his dual role throughout the recruitment...
SPRINGVILLE, Utah, June 21, 2012 -- Neways International, a worldwide leader in dietary supplements and personal care products, recently celebrated its 25 year anniversary, an impressive feat in the direct-selling industry. Neways' journey has been marked by a distinctively different approach to product formulation and innovation, an approach still evident in its mission and vision. "Neways beg...
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