Southwestern Company:
Building Character for 150 Years
In a point-and-click world, one company has thrived for more than 150 years by selling not just person-to-person but door-to-door. > more

Southwestern Company: Building Character for 150 Years
DeVos Campaign Heads Into the Home Stretch
Direct Selling in Russia
High Tech/High Touch Universe
Young Company Focus: Aihu
Industry with Heart: AtHome America

Blyth Reports 2nd Quarter Sales and Earnings
Blyth, Inc., (BTH-NYSE) recently reported that net sales for the second quarter ended July 31, 2006, increased approximately 2 percent to $262.6 million compared with $256.3 million a year earlier. International sales represented 27 percent of total sales in the second quarter this year versus 23 percent last year, reflecting strong growth in PartyLite's international markets.
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Blyth Reports 2nd Quarter Sales and Earnings
September Stock Watch

The Four P's: Lessons Learned
in a Fast-Growing Company
I began working for Arbonne International in January 2005, just a little over a month after its purchase by a private equity group. The company was nearly 25 years old and had just recently started experiencing some healthy growth. Little did I know how quickly that growth would snowball and the intense demands that would be put upon the management team. > more

The Four P's: Lessons Learned in a Fast-Growing Company
Dietary Supplement Marketing: Rethinking the Use of Third-Party Material
The Right Stuff: Help Your Salesforce Get It

DSEF: Protecting the Direct Selling Dream
This is an important time in the life of the Direct Selling Education Foundation (DSEF). The following is a collaboration of outgoing DSEF Chair Nathan Moore and incoming Chair Dave Wentz. Both leaders welcome your input and your influence in the work of the Foundation, whose mission is to serve the public interest with education, information and research in an effort to enhance awareness of direct selling in the global marketplace. > more

DSEF: Protecting the Direct Selling Dream
Academic Forum: Unlocking Customer Value
Top Desk: Building People—The Foundation for Success
DSA Goals and Objectives for 2006-2007