Archive for December, 2009

New York Times: Roughly 28,000 young women crowded into the Dragon Sports Arena here for a three-day gathering in September hosted by Mary Kay Cosmetics. The goal was to pump up the crowd, and the song-and-dance troupe, the video testimonials about transformed lives and the awarding of the signature pink Cadillac to a top earner [...]

EarthTimes: While piling on the layers is one way to keep the winter chill away, certain foods can help warm us from the inside. Warm soups and hot beverages are a natural, but some foods actually stimulate heat production more than others. As temperatures drop, appetites perk up. The cold, dark days of winter often [...]

Charlotte Florida Weekly: Direct sales people market various product lines to co-workers, family, friends and acquaintances. Many rely on the industry’s most well-known sales and networking model: social gatherings that combine a casual party setting with a low-pressure marketing pitch. “Basically you just invite a few friends over come to your house,” said Punta and [...]

EarthTimes: Usanais proud to announce its partnership with the Utah Grizzlies as the team’s official nutritional supplement provider. “USANA products are recognized as the best and safest in the world, and I am truly excited about our association with such an outstanding organization,” said Utah Grizzlies CEO Kevin Bruder. “Not only will USANA vitamins and [...]

the star online: Multi-level marketing (MLM) firm Hai-O Marketing Sdn Bhd aims to sell 30,000 units of various products worth RM40mil monthly before the end of next year. Hai-O Enterprise Bhd managing director Tan Kai Hee said the company presently sold about 20,000 products worth RM30mil monthly. Tan is confident that sales will continue to [...]

TransWorldNews: Healthy Coffee International, Inc. is poised for global growth as the company initiates expansion into European markets. Recently, Healthy Coffee announced plans to open a new business unit, Healthy Coffee Germany, as well as the hosting of a Founders Meeting in London, UK. Healthy Coffee USA strategically positioned themselves at the crossroads of the [...]

canada.com: At Stella & Dot, sales are up — way up. The U.S.-based firm is enjoying an increase in business of 700 per cent over this time last year, according to Blythe Harris, creative director and a partner in the company. Stella & Dot was founded by Jessica Herrin, who like Harris is just 36 [...]

Salt Lake Tribune: Utah-based Zrii LLC, a marketer of nutritional fruit drinks endorsed by popular doctor Deepak Chopra, has agreed to settle a flurry of lawsuits filed after a senior-management rebellion against its owner and CEO lead to a mass exodus. Competitor LifeVantage Corp. of San Diego paid $400,000 to Zrii. The California company is [...]

Crain’s Detriot Business: Washtenaw County and Ann Arbor Spark awarded RealKidz $50,000 — the fund’s maximum award — toward operating expenses, including the hiring of a director of sales. “That was the missing piece,” said Merrill Guerra, founder and CEO of RealKidz, a direct-sales company that makes clothes for plus-size girls age 5-12. “We have [...]

Reuters: More US workers, hoping to make ends meet in the recession, have turned to direct selling, but revenues are not keeping pace with growth in the sales force. The ranks of people selling wares out of their homes, at parties and door-to-door grew by 100,000 last year to 15.1 million in the United States, [...]