Archive for September, 2010

Comox Valley Record: Stella and Dot Independent Stylists, Deanne McRae and Elizabeth Yap-Chung have joined the newest wave of social selling — facilitating boutique jewelry ‘trunk show’ events for busy, fashionable women who want to shop and visit with friends at the same time. In a previous lifetime, McRae and Yap-Chung were the original owners [...]

Bellmore Patch: Home parties are still thriving, and if you have not attended one in a while, you might be surprised by what you can buy at one. The women who work as home party consultants do it for a lot of the same reasons, like earning an extra or primary income or working the [...]

Here’s the deal: I flat out have a crazy man-crush on the PopUp Domination WordPress Plugin. I resisted pop-ups for a long time on my blog because, frankly they used to make me mad on other sites. What I didn’t really think about is that the pop-ups only made me mad when they weren’t relevant [...]

WNDU.com: For years, women have gathered at each other’s homes to hear pitches about make-up and to get free gifts. Some may recognize these as Avon, or Mary Kay parties. A similar trend is now catching on with men in the form of “the man cave.” There are certain rules in the man cave. “No [...]

Leader-Post: October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Among the many pink items available to raise money for the cause is Scentsy’s new Love, Life, Hope warmer. The wickless candle costs $42, with 100 percent of the net profits from the sale of the warmer being donated to Rethink Breast Cancer. For each warmer purchased, Scentsy [...]

Inc.: Unwilling to spend a lot of money on marketing in order to try and convince Texas residents that they could save money by switching their power provider, Thompson instead hired Chris Chambliss, an executive who had successfully built a direct sales force at another long-distance company. By recruiting thousands of independent contractors tapped their [...]

Douglas Dispatch: Lupita Leatherman, of Pirtleville, recently took part in Celebrating Home’s National Rally in Texas. Celebrating Home is a leading direct sales company specializing in home decorating and entertainment product s. The company has a sales force of more than 40,000. “This year’s rally gave me the opportunity to share ideas, make friends and [...]

MarketWatch: Herbalife Ltd. Chief Financial Officer John DeSimone, and Amy Greene, vice president, investor relations, will participate in the 2010 Bank of America Merrill Lynch Investment Conference on Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at 2 p.m. PDT. The audio portion of the presentation will be webcast live, and a replay will be available until Tuesday, September [...]

TradingMarkets.com: Usana today announced that its board of directors has authorized an additional $40 million for share repurchases of its outstanding common stock. Since 2000, when the share repurchase program was instituted, the company has repurchased approximately 10.3 million shares for $270.2 million. Importantly, the company has largely used its cash flow from operations to [...]

MarketWatch: The Herbalife Family Foundation (HFF) has established two new Casa Herbalife programs to support nutrition and wellness programs at Scotland’s Action for Children (North Lanarkshire Young Carers Project), and in Queretaro, Mexico at La Alegria de los Ninos, IAP (Children’s Happiness). In 2006, HFF provided a grant to Action for Children’s London location to [...]