Amway News
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Amway press releases and updates
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Amway Launches XS Sports Nutrition Line
ADA, Mich., April 20, 2016 -- Amway today announced the launch of the XS™ Sports Nutrition line, marking the company's expansion in the sports and performance nutrition category and presenting an opportunity for the next generation of Amway Independent Business Owners (IBOs). The XS™ Sports Nutritio... Read more
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Amway Opens New $81 Million Manufacturing Facility
DA, Mich., June 4, 2015 -- Amway today announced the opening of the first phase of its new $81 million USD nutrition manufacturing facility in Ada, Michigan, USA, near its world headquarters. The 317,000-square-foot facility will house select manufacturing operations for the company's Nutrilite bra... Read more
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Amway opens new nutrition manufacturing and R&D facility in California
ADA, Mich., May 26, 2015 -- Amway today announced the opening of its new $42 million USD nutrition manufacturing and R&D facility in Buena Park, California, USA. The 60,000-square-foot manufacturing facility will house select manufacturing operations for the company's Nutrilite brand of vitamins, mi... Read more
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Amway India CEO Arrested
The chairman and CEO of Amway India, William S Pinckney, was placed under arrest on Tuesday in connection with a complaint against the multilevel marketing firm.Andhra Pradesh Police said the CEO was apprehended on Monday and was brought in on a warrant. The arrest was based on a complaint alleging ... Read more
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Amway Reports Record Sales During 2013
ADA, Mich., Feb. 4, 2014 -- Amway today reported global sales of USD $11.8 billion for 2013, a record for the organization. The total surpasses 2012 sales of $11.3 billion and continues a period of tremendous growth, highlighted by annual sales increases in seven consecutive years. The company's an... Read more
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Amway Donates to Typhoon Relief Effort in Philippines
ADA, Mich., November 11, 2013 -- Amway will provide an initial donation of $100,000 (USD) in immediate cash and product to support relief and recovery efforts in the Philippines following Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms in recorded history.The company, its business owners and employees w... Read more
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Amway Touts A Cure For Common Cubicle In National Ad Campaign
New "We Are Amway" Campaign Offers Alternative to Traditional 9-to-5 JobADA, Mich., Sept. 5, 2013 -- Amway North America's new national advertising campaign, "We Are Amway," launched this week touting the benefits of small business ownership. The yearlong television, print and digital campaign focus... Read more
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Amway Receives Omni Award
SALT LAKE CITY, March 5, 2013 -- Amway and Allen Communication Learning Services have recently been recognized by the Omni Awards for excellence in media production. The award winning project is an interactive e-learning product knowledge training for the Amway ARTISTRY brand. The interactive eLearn... Read more
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Amway Launches NUTRILITE Kids MULTIPOPS with Video Contest
ADA, Mich., Jan. 16, 2013 -- Caution: Nutrilite's new children's vitamin may cause a "kid in a candy store" reaction with the recent launch of its NUTRILITE� Kids MULTIPOPS(TM) Multivitamin. Inspired by an iconic candy of the '70s, the daily sugar-free multivitamin features grape-flavored cry... Read more
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Amway Partners with Free the Children
ADA, Mich., Dec. 13, 2012 -- Amway, one of the world's largest direct selling companies, and Free The Children, an international charity and educational partner, announced today a new partnership that will bring Free The Children's signature youth empowerment event, We Day, into the U.S. for the fir... Read more
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Amway Donates More Than 300K In Gifts To Toy Drive
ADA, Mich., Dec. 6, 2012 -- Amway North America is donating more than $300,000 in products to NBC's TODAY Show Toy Drive through a direct-selling industry effort to provide holiday gifts for thousands of children nationwide. This is Amway's eighth year participating with the TODAY Show Toy Drive, br... Read more
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Amway Responds to Hurricane Sandy Devastation
ADA, Mich., Nov. 19, 2012 -- Amway is contributing products, mobilizing Amway Independent Business Owners, and partnering with the American Red Cross to help provide immediate relief to victims of Hurricane Sandy in the form of food, shelter, clothing, cleaning supplies, medicine, and more. A donati... Read more
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Amway Breaks Ground on Nutrilite Botanical Concentrate Manufacturing Facility
QUINCY, Wash., Aug. 29, 2012 -- Direct-selling giant Amway executives met today with elected officials, and area business and community leaders, to break ground on a $38 million botanical concentrate manufacturing plant in Quincy, Washington. Built on 12 acres Amway purchased in the Port of Quincy, ... Read more
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Amway Announces Partnership of Four IRONMAN Races
ADA, Mich., July 23, 2012 -- Amway North America recently signed a four-race expo partnership agreement with the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC), owner and operator of the IRONMAN® Series. Attendees at IRONMAN Lake Placid, the Aquadraat Sports IRONMAN U.S. Championship, the IRONMAN World Champions... Read more
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Amway Introduces NUTRILITE Ultimate Bone Health Solution
ADA, Mich., July 17, 2012 -- Amway recently launched NUTRILITE® Ultimate Bone Health Solution, a new product containing two different nutritional supplements to help not only build bone, but also preserve and strengthen it.** Bone health is a significant concern in the U.S., where it's estimated tha... Read more
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Amway Ranked First in Online Health and Beauty Sales
29 June 2012 -- For the ninth consecutive year, Amway Independent Business Owners (IBOs) have earned the company the top spot in online Health & Beauty (H&B) sales. Internet Retailer's annual Top 500 Guide to the web ranked Amway North America first again in the Health & Beauty category, and 30th in... Read more
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Amway Launches New Artistry Facial Sunscreen for All Skin Tones
ADA, Mich., June 5, 2012 -- In our daily fight against the look of uneven skin, an effective facial sunscreen is crucial. New ARTISTRY® TIME DEFIANCE® UV Defense SPF 50, exclusively from Amway, not only protects skin from sun damage, it also helps reduce the appearance of existing dark spots, discol... Read more
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Amway Investing in US Manufacturing Expansion to Meet Global Demand for NUTRILITE
ADA, Mich., May 23, 2012 -- Amway is investing nearly $180 million to significantly expand U.S. manufacturing and processing capacity to meet growing global demand for its top-selling NUTRILITE(TM) brand of vitamin, mineral and dietary supplements. This investment includes a new $81 million nutritio... Read more
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Amway Publishes Global Corporate Citizenship Report
ADA, Mich., April 23, 2012 -- Saving lives by providing incentives for routine medical screenings for its U.S. employees, establishing the first charitable nonpublic foundation by a multinational company in China, building homes for underprivileged families in Latin America and conserving energy aro... Read more
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Amway Announces Electronic Payment Program for IBOs
NEW YORK, Mar 19, 2012 -- Amway Corp., a worldwide leader in direct selling, has selected Citi Prepaid Services for the enhancement of its electronic payment process in North America. Citi will provide an efficient, branded electronic payment solution, which includes an AMWAY™ Prepaid Visa® Card in ... Read more
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Amway Introduces New ARTISTRY Colour Collection
ADA, Mich., March 6, 2012 -- This spring Amway combined the elegance of vintage beauty with the sophisticated look of a seaside paradise in its new ARTISTRY® Escape to Paradise Spring Trend Colour Collection, available starting March 1. The Escape to Paradise Collection was developed with inspiratio... Read more
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Consumer Advocacy Group Alleges Amway Deception
Amway is facing a possible class action lawsuit over alleged unsubstantiated nutrition and health claims for two of its Nutrilite products.The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), a consumer food advocacy group, said it will sue Amway unless it stops advertising unsubstantiated nutritio... Read more
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Amway Offers Genotype Matched Weight Management Plan
Direct Seller Offers Genetic Test to Determine If You're a Carb Blocker, Fat Trimmer or Better Balancer ADA, Mich., Jan. 25, 2012 -- Weight loss is perhaps the most common New Year's resolution made and likely the most difficult to keep. Amway North America offers the NUTRILITE® Weight Management P... Read more
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Amway Launches ARTISTRY Creme LuXury Eye
ADA, Mich., Nov. 11, 2011 -- Helping defy time, Amway's ARTISTRY® brand announces the launch of ARTISTRY Creme LuXury Eye. The eye area claims the thinnest skin on the face - an area prone to sun and environmental damage, and first to show the visible signs of aging. Creme LuXury Eye helps skin act ... Read more
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Amway Sponsors Scholarship Through Facebook Contest
ADA, Mich., Nov. 8, 2011 -- Amway allows young women the chance to 'Be Like Miss America' through the Amway Miss America Scholarship Contest held on the Amway U.S. Facebook page. Amway is the sponsor of the Miss America Scholarship Fund. Amway's beauty brand ARTISTRY® is the official skin care and c... Read more
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Amway Introduces Nutrilite Fruits and Vegetables
NUTRILITE is the world's No. 1 selling vitamins and dietary supplements brand*, exclusively from Amway, and has launched a new product in North America that offers a convenient way to add fruits and vegetables antioxidants into a diet anytime, anywhere - NUTRILITE Fruits & Vegetables 2GO Twist Tubes... Read more
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Amway Introduces Project Sunrise
As part of their continuous support towards underprivileged children, Amway Opportunity Foundation (AOF) the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of Amway India, today put together a musical night to remember. This event was especially brought together to extend support towards the Girl child of Smil... Read more
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Amway To Scale Up Global Efforts
Amway employees and distributors volunteered more than a million hours across the globe last year, reduced energy usage during production and made great strides in their efforts to recycle manufacturing waste, according to the 2010 Amway Global Corporate Citizenship Report.While corporate citizenshi... Read more
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Amway At Number 1 For Eight Years
Amway Independent Business Owners (IBOs) have once again earned the company the top spot in online Health & Beauty (H&B) sales. According to Internet Retailer's annual Top 500 Guide to the web, Amway North America is ranked first in the Health & Beauty category for the eighth consecutive year, and 2... Read more
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Amway Wins AAF Award
Amway North America has been recognized by the American Advertising Federation (AAF) District 6 for a high-energy music video to promote its NUTRILITE® Sports Nutrition products.The "Mix It Up" video, which uses rap and humor to convey its message, won Silver ADDY® awards for both the video and the ... Read more
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Amway Raises Funds Children In Need
Amway distributors of Chennai - all who are volunteers of Amway Opportunity Foundation (AOF) - the registered non-profit organization that looks after Amway's corporate social responsibility (CSR), got together to raise funds for the city's needy children. At a Musical Night, where well-known singer... Read more
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Amway Wins Advertising Award
Amway North America has been recognized by the American Advertising Federation (AAF) District 6 for a high-energy music video to promote its NUTRILITE® Sports Nutrition products.The "Mix It Up" video, which uses rap and humor to convey its message, won Silver ADDY® awards for both the video and the ... Read more
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Nutralite Drink Earns Highest Sports Certification
Amway North America today announced that three premier, foundational products under its NUTRILITE® brand have received sports certification from the leading product safety and banned substances testing body for elite athletes. NUTRILITE Daily Multivitamin, Concentrated Fruits and Vegetables, and DOU... Read more
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Amway Launches New Artistry Home Treatment
Instant improvements and no recovery time make the new ARTISTRY® intensive skincare renewing peel a convenient, at-home alternative to acid-based peels. It provides a gentle, one-step option that's cost-effective and rivals benefits experienced from professional treatments. Intensive skincare renewi... Read more
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Amway Quake Donations Reach 2.5 Million
Amway, its employees and distributors around the globe raised an additional $1.3 million for relief efforts in Japan, more than doubling the company's initial pledge of $1.2 million, and creating a total contribution to date of $2.5 million.Amway President Doug DeVos traveled to Japan personally to ... Read more
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Amway Donates 1.2 Million To Japan
Amway Japan President John Parker announced that Amway Japan Limited and parent company Amway will provide 100 million yen, or approximately $1.2 million, in cash and product donations to support relief efforts in Japan following the earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011.The corporation, its dist... Read more
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Amway Receives Learning Leaders Award
Bersin & Associates announced that Amway North America is a recipient of a prestigious 2011 Learning Leaders Award for the Operational Training and Development Excellence category. Amway received this distinguished honor in recognition of its new training program, designed in partnership with Allen ... Read more
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Amway Declares Jared MacFarlane Winner
Amway North America announced today that Woodbridge, Va. native Jared MacFarlane has been declared the Grand Prize winner of the NUTRILITE® Ultimate Football Experience Sweepstakes with Kurt Warner on March 11.This Friday, Jared will travel to Phoenix to meet football legend Kurt Warner and particip... Read more
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Amway To Hold Ultimate Football Contest
Amway North America announced today that it will award one Grand Prize winner the opportunity to meet football legend Kurt Warner and participate in his 'Ultimate Football Experience' weekend in Phoenix on March 11-12 as part of the NUTRILITE® Ultimate Football Experience Sweepstakes.Last month Amwa... Read more
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Amway Included In Corporate Spending Study
Bersin & Associates, a world-class research and consulting firm that empowers HR organizations to drive bottom-line impact, today announced that 2010 ushered in the beginning of a turnaround for many learning and development organizations. U.S. companies increased their training investment in 2010,... Read more
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Amway Announces Sweepstakes Winner
As the Official Skincare and Cosmetics Provider of the Miss America Pageant, Amway's ARTISTRY® brand is bringing the pageant experience to life this month for one lucky sweepstakes winner. Angie Gilmore of Belle, West Virginia, is the grand prize winner of the 'Find Your Pageant Look and Win!' Sweep... Read more
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Amway Awards 10K To Positivity Project
In an effort to recognize the importance of making a positive impact, Amway launched The Positivity Project contest. The contest invited people to share stories online about how the power of positive has changed their life or the life of someone they know. Twenty-five semifinalists were identified b... Read more
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Amway Supports Korean Trade Agreement
Amway Corporation welcomes the news from Washington and Seoul that the U.S. Korea (KORUS) Trade Agreement has been finalized and will soon be sent to the U.S. Congress and South Korean National Assembly for approval. "This agreement with Korea underscores our long-term commitment to free trade an... Read more
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Amway Builds Center For Blind Children
Visually challenged children at the outskirts of Madurai, South India can now have access to computers thanks to the initiative of Amway India's social arm – Amway Opportunity Foundation (AOF) along with Amway distributors of Madurai. The sponsors have helped set up a computer centre at the Indian A... Read more
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Amway Publishes New Company Profile
Amway is in the third year of a strategic plan to drive innovation, talent and growth. As part of this growth strategy, the company hired 23 executive leaders in the past three years to bring outside perspectives and insights into Amway management. In 2009, Amway relaunched its home care range, gr... Read more
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Amway Maintains Haiti Relief Efforts
Amway announced plans today to continue its contribution to Haiti earthquake disaster relief through a rebuilding initiative with new partner, SOS Children's Villages. SOS Children's Villages works to improve the lives and well-being of children around the world. They have built over 500 villages... Read more
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Amway Organizes Blood Donation Camp
Amway Opportunity Foundation (AOF) organized a blood donation camp along with All India Institute of Medical Sciences at their Jasola office. Amway distributors & employees actively participated in this Noble cause. This camp is one among a series of camps held by AOF along with Amway distributors."... Read more
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Amway Organises Camp At Deepalaya School
Amway Opportunity Foundation (AOF) has organised an Eye Check-up Camp at Deepalaya School, where 10 Doctors of Mahavir International conduct the eye check-up session. The two day camp starting from today at Deepalaya's centre at Shaik Sarai and tomorrow at Gole Kuan centre is a step towards humanity... Read more
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Amway Training Provider Wins Awards
Allen is once, twice, five times a winner. Allen Communication Learning Services, authorities in improving human performance through custom training and learning, is the recipient of five Omni Intermedia Awards for Spring 2010. 'The Allen team extends our thanks to the Omni Intermedia voting comm... Read more
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Amway Introduces China To The American Dream
Amway, the Ada, Michigan-based direct-sales company known for its vitamin supplements, makeup, and dishwashing soap has found major success in China, having become a favorite business opportunity among China's middle class. Tang Shaoping is one of Amway's 13000 top sellers awarded with a trip to the... Read more
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Amway To Send 13000 Top Sellers To Southern California
Last weekend, Southern California was greeted with full bus loads of Chinese tourists visiting the local hotspots such as Disneyland and the local malls in convoys of 100. The waves of Chinese consumers will be coming over the course of the next month and are estimated to give the local economy a $1... Read more
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Amway To Close Birthplace Of Nutrilite
Carl Rehnborg began experimenting with vitamins in the 1940s, and established operations at one of Amway's oldest and most historically significant facilities in 1954 at the 600-acre facility. The plant has since been marked for closure by the company, as part of a plan to divest the building over ... Read more
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Amway Global Number One In Sales
Amway Global Independent Business Owners (IBOs) have once again propelled the company to the top spot in online Health & Beauty (H&B) sales. According to Internet Retailer's annual Top 500 Guide to the web, Amway Global is ranked first in the Health & Beauty category for the seventh consecutive ye... Read more
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Amway Celebrates AOF Day
The Amway Opportunity Foundation is Amway's ongoing effort toward a social cause, as the CSR arm of Amway India Enterprises Pvt Ltd celebrated AOF day on Thursday with children of Kohima Orphanage & Destitute Home. With May 5 1998 being the date that Amway engaged India, Amway officially refers to... Read more
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Amway Sprouts Gardens With Boys And Girls Club
Amway Global announced today that it will partner with Boys & Girls Clubs of America to help build seven community gardens across the United States. The Amway Global Positive Sprouts project mobilizes volunteers and incorporates the gardening expertise of the Green Education Foundation (GEF) to teac... Read more
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Amway Endowment Enters Third Year At University
A University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) student is the fourth scholarship recipient of an endowment established by Amway to support the study of demand sales forecasting at the University.Esco Brackett, a junior from Athens, Tenn., is the winner of the 2010 Amway Endowed Scholarship in Sales Fore... Read more
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Heirs Of Amway Pledge 22 Million To Kennedy Center
Betsy and Dick DeVos including the son of Amway Corp.'s co-founder, have pledged over $22 million to expand training of U.S. arts administrators at the John F. Kennedy Center. The president of the center, Michael M. Kaiser, said that the gift will aid in acquiring specialized training for arts admin... Read more
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Amway Press Release
Amway Corp. today announced a series of changes to its supply chain structure aimed at improving the global direct selling leader's competitive position. "More than 80 percent of our customers buy our products outside the United States, and Amway needs to update its supply chain to reflect that," s... Read more
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US Pavilion Sponsored By Amway At World Expo
When the Shanghai crowd visited the 2010 World Expo at the U.S. pavilion, the audience saw a video word from Amway Corp that played reputation and pride-building messages according to Dana Boals, vice president of global Amway brands. She explained that Amway loves having a presence there, and that ... Read more
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Amway Co-Founders Pledge 5 Million To MSU Medical School
Richard and Helen DeVos, co-founders of Amway have recently pledged to match up to $5 million in donations for Michigan State University's Human Medicine building in downtown Grand Rapids.Once the brand new $90 million Secchia Center on Michigan Avenue opens, Michigan State University will be movi... Read more
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New Amway Asian Logistics Hub
Amway, a direct selling titan has plans to open a brand new Asian logistics hub in Busan in an effort to establish a product supply chain management system in the rapidly growing Asian region.The Korean division of Amway stated that there would be an open ceremony at the nation's key port city on M... Read more
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Amway and John Tesh launch Product Line
After announcing a deal with John Tesh in 2008 to develop new products and advertise on Tesh's Intelligence for Your Life radio show, Amway Global and the well known TV/radio personality launched the first wave in a new line of products.The first products released include snack bars that the company... Read more
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Amway India Aims To Bulk Up Business
A company official for Amway India, a home products direct marketing company says Amway intends on doing business worth Rs 2,000 crore by 2012, bulking up its product base considerably."After commencing commercial operations and business with Rs 91 lakh in 1998, Amway has done business worth Rs 1,40... Read more
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Amway Highlights Moral and Profit Minded Leadership
Amway President Doug DeVos spoke at the Loosemore Auditorium at Grand Valley State on April 14, 2010. His speech concerned the current state of the economy and the choice of profits over morals. DeVos, co-founder of Amway with his father, has helped the direct sales company to increase sales in rec... Read more
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Amway China Sales May Rise 10 Percent With Rebound
As consumers boost retail spending for 2010, Amway Corp. may post a 10 percent gain in dividends as its stores in China move products such as cosmetics, vitamin supplements and kitchen utensils. China is the top market for Amway, which generated global sales of $8.4 billion last year.During an inter... Read more
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Production Capacity Increases For Amway
Amway recently announced that it has increased capacity at its vendor manufacturing facility by implementing four new lines to meet the demands of the mid-term future.Bill Pickney, Amway India's Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director said: "This facility has four new lines, each with more aut... Read more
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170 new branches Planned For Amway India
Amway Enterprises Pvt Ltd, currently has 130 branches across the country of India and plans to open over 170 new branches by 2013. Amway India is a major direct selling FMCG Company in the country and intends for its expansion to take place during next three years as it focuses on a 25 per cent yea... Read more
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Amway Triples India Production Capacity
Amway's production capacity triples - anticipates quantum growthNew Delhi, Delhi, April 12, 2010 /India PRwire/ -- Anticipating continued growth in the Indian market, India's leading direct selling FMCG Amway India Enterprises Pvt Ltd, has tripled production capacities at its leading vendor facility... Read more
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Ambulance Donated to SLJ Hospital
A registered non-profit organization known as Amway Opportunity Foundation (AOF) provided Sunder Lal Jain Hospital in Delhi with an Ambulance. AOF represents Amway India's Social Responsibility initiatives, and works in association with The Rotary Club of Delhi Ashoka. The ambulance will provide 24 ... Read more
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Amway Founder Loans Items to Grand Rapids Museum
The Public Museum of Grand Rapids will host "Amway: 50 Years of Helping People Live Better Lives." The exhibit will feature archives and personal items on loan until November. For more information, visit the link below. ... Read more
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Amway Bets On India Wellness Market
Amway India Enterprises, a direct selling FMCG company, is looking to the expanding health and wellness market in the country.Amway now wields the mightiest monopoly in the Indian direct selling market generating revenue of Rs 1407 crore in 2009, in addition to the nutrition and wellness segment whi... Read more
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Amway Global Nutrilite helps raise money for charity
Amway Global Nutrilite vitamins sponsors Competitor Group Inc. in Rock' n' Roll Marathon Series where charity runners raise money for worthy causes and non-profits. Thus far, over 75,000 runners have raised $219 million.One of CGI's core competencies, Englehart says, is a robust national sales and m... Read more
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Amway Campaign Reaches 7 Million Kids
Needy children all over the world have had their lives dramatically improved through the help of Amway employees and distributors since 2003. The Amway One by One Campaign for Children has reached an estimated 7 million children through locally-developed programs, all aligned to elicit positive gl... Read more
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Amway Donates 100K to Haiti Earthquake Relief
Amway aims to donate $100,000 in addition to the matched contributions of its employees to disaster relief for Haiti through its Web site amway.com. The Michigan-based company says that its $100,000 donation will be divided between the American Red Cross and SOS Children's Village. "We are fully co... Read more
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Amway Announces Costa Rica Job Move
Amway Global, a multilevel marketing and direct sales company, announced plans to transfer 93 positions from its corporate office in Ada, Michigan to Costa Rica within the next 12 to 15 months. The majority of the positions will be in the finance division of the company, which is undergoing a restru... Read more
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Judge Rules Against Amway
A federal judge has ruled against Amway Corp. in a class-action complaint filed by 27 former salespeople, or independent business owners.The ruling says Amway must stop forcing its one-time distributors into arbitration over disputes between the two parties. The independent distributors had filed a ... Read more
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Amways 50th Anniversary Private Concert Bash
GRAND RAPIDS -- Grammy winners Sting, Wynton Marsalis and LeAnn Rimes are scheduled to perform in Grand Rapids in May. But unless you and your friends are selling a lot of cosmetics, vitamins or soap for Amway Global, you probably won't be able to get a ticket.As part of its 50th anniversary celebra... Read more
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Amway Charity Campaign Reaches 6 Million Children
Now in its sixth year of operation the Amway One by One Campaign for Children impacted more than 6 million children through employees and distributors contributing 1 million employee volunteer hours and donating more than $70 million."In every country and every community where Amway operates, our pe... Read more
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Amway Announces Allergy Friendly Purifier
According to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA), asthma and allergies affect one out of four Americans. The AAFA and Allergy Standards Limited (ASL) developed the asthma & allergy friendly™ Certification Program to help sufferers find products that fit their needs. The program recen... Read more
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Amway Marketing Blitz Pays Off
Amway Global co-founder Rich DeVos says the direct-selling giant had a record $8.2 billion in sales in 2008. The Grand Rapids Press reports DeVos made the comments at an event in Grand Rapids on Friday. An official company statement will be made next week. The Ada-based company is privately owned an... Read more
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Amway Pushing for US Comeback
Amway hopes its once well-known name will help revive the direct sales company's brand in North America.The Ada, Mich.-based firm dropped the name in the U.S. and Canada in 2000 after becoming part of Alticor Inc.It is pumping millions of dollars into market research and national ads, and plans to u... Read more
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Amway to Hike Prices in 2009
Direct selling FMCG company Amway India will increase the prices of all its products by 3-5 per cent in early 2009 even as commodity and crude prices are witnessing a sharp decline. Commodity prices and crude prices have declined upto 70 per cent from their peak prices in June, July earlier this... Read more
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Amway Launches Energy Drinks
Amway India Enterprises, a leading direct selling company on Tuesday launched two energy drinks - Amway XL energy drinks and Amway XL energy bars here. The Amway XL energy drinks come in two flavours of citrus blast and tropical blast. Amway XL energy bars are available in apple cinnamon and fruit a... Read more
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Amway to Expand Distribution Network
Amway (M) Holdings Bhd plans to expand its distribution network this year to widen its presence in the country, said executive director Paul Yee.Amway, which offers more than 200 products, currently has 13 distribution centres in Malaysia and Brunei, and some 188,000 core distributors.'Amway expects... Read more
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Amway India Targets Masses
Faced with the challenge of slowing growth and the threat of legal trouble to its business in Andhra Pradesh, Amway India, the wholly-owned subsidiary of the US-based direct seller Amway Corporation, is looking to reverse its fortune with the launch of a range of low-priced fast moving consumer good... Read more
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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 globa... Read more
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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 press... Read more
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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-... Read more
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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... Read more
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Amway Lawsuit Dismissed
A federal judge has tossed out a massive antitrust action brought against Amway Corp. by several Missouri distributors just before the case was set to go to trial in Springfield.U.S. District Judge Richard E. Dorr granted Amway's motion for summary judgment last week, abruptly ending — at least for ... Read more
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UK Nears Decision on Possible Amway Expulsion
British officials are expected to rule within the next few weeks -- perhaps within days -- on a case that could result in Amway's expulsion from the United Kingdom.The U.K. government sued Amway and several large distributor groups there last year, accusing the Ada company of misrepresenting its dir... Read more
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Amway Launches Online Venture Fanista
The backers of the multi-level marketing company Amway have launched an online venture called Fanista (www.fanista.com), which is taking Amway's marketing referral philosophy online.The beta Web site was launched this week, selling DVDs and CDs. In the coming weeks, the site will add videogames, mus... Read more
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Amway in the New York Times
Alticor, the owner of the multilevel-marketing company Amway, is pouring millions of dollars into a new Web site called Fanista that will be part Amazon (online retail), part MySpace (social network) and part Amway. The Web site, set to make its public debut this week, will initially sell DVDs and C... Read more
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Amway in the Grand Rapids Press
ADA TOWNSHIP -- It's all about taste and nutrition. Not so much about Amway. That may be the key to success for Simply Nutrilite, the highest-profile product launch by Alticor and its Amway/Quixtar sales unit in recent years. The line is the first introduced since pledges made by corporate leaders ... Read more
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Judge Dismisses Amway Distributors Lawsuit
A lawsuit in which several prominent Amway distributors alleged the direct-sales giant was a pyramid scheme was dismissed today by a federal judge in Los Angeles.Filed in August, the suit sought to free distributors from non-compete clauses imposed by Amway parent, Alticor Inc. and its Quixtar onlin... Read more
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Amway Leads with Nutrilite
Nutrilite, the leading global brand of vitamins, minerals and dietary supplements from Amway, is also the one of the largest manufacturer of nutritional supplements. Amway India finished the 12-month period of Jan- Dec 06, at Rs 738 crores and more than 50 percent of this turnover came from its flag... Read more
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Amway Halted Overseas
Why didn't the Texas AG charge Mannatech with violations of its anti-pyramid scheme statute? One obvious reason is that the multi-level marketing industry's lobbying organization, the Direct Selling Association – Mannatech is a member of the DSA! – lobbied to change the law in Texas in 2000 so that ... Read more
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Britain May Ban Amway
GRAND RAPIDS -- British regulators are threatening to ban Amway and two of its high-level distributors from the United Kingdom in a legal battle that has the Ada company scrambling to rein in its independent sales force. The complaint is sealed, but the ``objectionable'' practices revolve around a p... Read more
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Britain Threatens to Ban Amway
Britain has threatened to ban Amway from the country because it finds some of the company's business practices "objectionable," a published report says. The United Kingdom Department of Trade and Industry's complaint is sealed, but it alleges two U.S. distributors for the Ada, Mich., multilevel-mar... Read more
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Amway Reviews Practices Worldwide
Direct sales company Amway says it is conducting a review of its practices worldwide and has sped up a planned reorganization of its operations after British regulators filed a complaint against the company."A sealed complaint was filed against Amway in Britain following a yearlong investigation. Th... Read more
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Amway Reviews Annual Results
A direct sales company, Amway, reviewed the results of the second year of operation in the Russian market. The sales volume of 2006 made up $200 mln, that almost doubled the last year's results. Presently the company cooperates with over 500,000 independent entrepreneurs in different regions of Russ... Read more
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Amway Brand on the Way Back
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Quixtar is on its way out. Amway is on its way back.Direct-sales giant Alticor Inc. confirmed Wednesday it will phase out its 7-year-old Quixtar Inc. label during the next 1 1/2 to two years and rebuild its Amway Corp. name in North America.There also will be less use of the na... Read more
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Alticor to Rebuild Amway Brand in North America
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — While Amway remains a household name after more than 40 years, Quixtar still doesn't resonate with the public nearly seven years after its creation.So direct-sales giant Alticor Inc. will phase out its Quixtar Inc. label during the next 1 1/2 to two years and rebuild its A... Read more
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Amway Launches Premium Soap
Amway launches country's first premium soap New Delhi, Apr 24: Leading direct selling FMCG company Amway India today launched country's first premium soap 'Persona 3-in-1'.Amway Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director Bill Pinckney said, ''The Persona 3-in-1 soap contains various unique oils ... Read more
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Amway Launches Kids Nutrilite Chocoblast
Amway launches kid's nutritional drink 'Nutrilite Chocoblast' MUMBAI: Amway India, direct selling FMCG company, has launched a balanced nutritional drink for children - Nutrilite Chocoblast. The company is hoping to make a dent in the Rs 1200 crore milkfood drinks segment with this product."The qual... Read more
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Amway entered Far Eastern region of Russia
Amway, an international direct seller, announced the launch of its trade center in Khabarovsk. Far Eastern region of Russia. The 1000sqm center required over $1 mln investment. The center is made for beauty entrepreneurs, working in the Far Eastern region of Russia, to get Amway products and partici... Read more
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State Appeals Court Sides with Amway Parent Corp
GRAND 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 thei... Read more
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Amway Malaysia not affected by softer consumer demand
<B>Amway Malaysia not affected by softer consumer demand so far</b>AMWAY (Malaysia) Holdings Bhd, which is spending RM57.5 million on a new corporate headquarters, expects "steady growth" in sales this year despite the slowing consumer demand due to rising inflation.The company made RM73.3 million i... Read more
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Amway Malaysia Sponsors Healthy Child Workshop
Amway Malaysia's One-by-One Happy Healthy Minds workshops foster parent-child relationships and their interaction with their counterparts. TO a child, life is a series of events to be explored and experienced. Their questis to learn new skills and to make friends, where playing and having fun are a ... Read more
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Netcom to Provide Broadband for Amway
China Netcom Will Provide Broadband service and interior network service for Amway China, both companies announced Monday. "Improving our information system will make us more confident to develop our direct sales in China and provide better service to our consumers," Amway Eastern China PR Ma... Read more
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Amway India Sees Ten Percent Growth
Calcutta, May 2: Amway India Enterprises expects its turnover to grow by 10 per cent from Rs 633 crore in 2005-06 (September 2005 to August 2006). The wholly-owned subsidiary of the $6.2-billion Amway Corporation, USA, also plans to introduce some of its global products like energy drinks and bars a... Read more
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Amway Heirs Donate 50M to Childrens Hospital
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Dick DeVos and his three siblings have donated a combined 50 (m) million dollars toward the construction of a new children's hospital.The Republican gubernatorial candidate is the son of Amway co-founder and billionaire Rich DeVos and his wife, Helen.Each of the DeVos children ha... Read more
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Amway Hopes to Increase Turnover
Amway India, a health and beauty direct selling FMCG company, on Friday announced its plans to target a turnover of more than Rs 700 crore in Septmber-August 2006 as against Rs 633 crore in the corresponding period of last year. The company is a subsidiary of Alticor Inc, a $6.4 bn American based fi... Read more
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Amway India faces stagnated growth
The growth of Amway India has staganated, almost unwavering in the last three years. The managing director and CEO of Amway, William Pinckney, while talking to Business Standard on Monday, said, "The turnover in India has remained more or less same during the last two years. This was a consol... Read more