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Amway Quixtar Loses Court Ruling

Amway Quixtar lost a federal court dispute Wednesday to 3 junior independent business owners over an arbitration agreement that Amway makes its IBOs sign when they become distributors. The agreement was described as "unconscionable and unenforceable," according to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appea...

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Quixtar in the Chicago Tribune

Once a household name and reputedly the key to fortune for modern salesmen hoping to live out a Horatio Alger myth, the Amway brand faded from the American market years ago, tarnished by legal and regulatory problems. The direct seller of everything from health and beauty items to household clean...

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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 Amwa...

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Quixtar Announces Fifth Year of Billion Dollar Sales

Quixtar Inc. today announced fiscal 2007 sales of $1.072 billion, the fifth consecutive year in which the company surpassed the billion-dollar mark. The results represented a slight decline from the previous year's sales of $1.12 billion, which were the best in Quixtar's nine-year history. Result...

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Amway Sues to ID Bloggers

The case could be called Amway versus the Internet, or some might argue, Amway versus free speech. The Ada Township-based multi-level marketing giant this week filed a sweeping suit in Ottawa County Circuit Court against 30 people classified as John Does for disparaging the company in blogs, onli...

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Quixtar Targets Bloggers

Direct-marketing firm Quixtar Inc., a sister company of Amway Corp., has sued 30 people who anonymously posted what it considers disparaging remarks about Quixtar in blogs and online forums and in YouTube.com videos. In the lawsuit filed this past week in Ottawa County Circuit Court, Quixtar seek...

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Judge Rules for Quixtar

A judge has ruled in favor of Quixtar Inc. in three lawsuits involving several of the direct marketer's former distributors, saying Friday they must abide by confidentiality and noncompete clauses until their disagreements with the company can be arbitrated. Quixtar is the name that Alticor Inc. ...

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Quixtar Unveils Simply Nutrilite

Quixtar Inc., the leading online health and beauty retailer, has introduced the SIMPLY NUTRILITE(TM) line of natural, nutrient-rich food bars, drinks and dietary supplements, providing a solution for fast-paced, productive consumers looking to meet their daily nutritional needs. The SIMPLY NUTRIL...

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Quixtar Courts Independent Minds

Words on its opening page read, "The land of hope. The land of opportunity. The land of will. Quixtar." This opening for the Quixtar company site has already seduced hundreds of thousands of people across the nation who hope to become wealthy Independent Business Owners (IBOs). Quixtar.com is an ...

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Nutrilite Powers Two Leading Athletes

Nutrilite, the world's leading brand of vitamin, mineral, and dietary supplements*, has signed Sanya Richards, the U.S. Record holder in the 400-meter sprint, and Jenn Stuczynski, the U.S. Record holder in the Pole Vault, as brand spokespersons. "We are proud and honored to welcome Sanya Richards...

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