Archive for 2010

TradersHuddle.com: USANA Health Sciences (NSDQ: USNA) recently released a new seasonal product: Booster C 600™. Specially formulated with precise levels of vitamin C in a blend that includes USANA’s proprietary Poly C and the most potent species of Echinacea available, Booster C 600 provides extra immune support when you need it most in a convenient [...]

Entrepreneur: Selling clothing, housewares, beauty products and other goods through in-home parties and one-on-one consultations can be big business for entrepreneurs and moonlighters alike. Last year, the 16.1 million direct sales representatives working in the United States generated $28.3 billion in revenue, according to the Direct Selling Association (DSA), a national trade group. Take Elvi [...]

BusinessWire: The Herbalife Family Foundation provided grants to improve nutrition for kids at risk to two charitable organizations in Mexico. Created in 1945, Hogar Providencia Don Vasco IAP, in Michoacán, is a home for girls, ages 4 through 18 years old, who come from a dysfunctional family environment and have no economic resources; the organization [...]

Daily Mirror: One of the world’s fastest growing direct selling beauty companies, Oriflame is currently operating in 60 countries, with over 2.5 million consultants or ‘members’. The company’s local subsidiary, Oriflame Lanka (Pvt) Ltd. is a BOI approved company since its incorporation in 1997. A member of the World Direct Selling Association, the corporation prides [...]

Suburban Journals: Kim Cavarretta of Wildwood didn’t need a Prince Charming to get her latest new “Cinderella Gift.” She’s in the pink thanks to Mary Kay Cosmetics. On Dec. 16 at the ELCO Chevrolet-Cadillac auto dealership in Ballwin, Cavarretta, 48, received a leased pink 2011 Cadillac SRX in recognition for having achieved Mary Kay’s “Cadillac [...]

Borneo Post Online: Tupperware Brands (Tupperware) aims to open another three to five business centres in the state as the company considers Sarawak as a growth area in the country. Southeast markets area vice-president and managing director, David Wong said this as many locals here had discovered the potent ial for business opportunities in Tupperware. [...]

Iowa State Daily.com: As a young girl, Katie Crimmins, junior in English, never knew where life would take her, or what she would make of it. She especially never believed that she would one day grow up to sell Pure Romance bedroom accessories to finance her own wedding. Crimmins had her first experience with Pure [...]

Bernama.com: Hai-O Enterprise Bhd has embarked on several strategies to bolster its multi-level marketing (MLM) business, after a weak result in the first half of financial year 2011. The result was mainly due to stagnant net membership growth due to slower-than-expected recovery in member sentiment. Nevertheless, OSK Research has maintained Hai-O’s financial year 2011 and [...]

MarketWatch: Usana today announced it will be the official health supplements supplier of the Visa Women’s Ski Jumping Team. The team that continues to compete on the Continental Cup circuit and has been fighting for inclusion in the Olympic Winter Games has persevered on limited funding. “There are still hurdles to cross,” says Deedee Corradini, [...]

11 alive: The Grinch has come early to Atlanta this Christmas. Scentsy Inc. recently donated $1.25 million in plush toys to be distributed to Boys & Girls Clubs across the country. Atlanta-based Boys & Girls Clubs of America was to get 50,000 “Scentsy Buddies,” a cuddly companion for children ages three and up. Each features [...]