Company announcements, direct sales updates and archived press coverage associated with Amway.
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...
Read full storyThe 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,...
Read full storyAlticor, 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 an...
Read full storyADA 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 leader...
Read full storyA 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 o...
Read full storyNutrilite, 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 f...
Read full storyWhy 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 th...
Read full storyGRAND 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 ...
Read full storyBritain 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-m...
Read full storyDirect 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...
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