Archives for August 2011
Since our launch in 2004, Scentsy has grown steadily, from sales of less than $100,000 in 2004 to more than $380 million last year. Within the last year alone, we moved up 31 spots from No. 64 to No. 33 on the DSN Global 100 list.
In 1971 when Pete Townshend of The Who belted out the lyrics, “I can stop in any street and talk with people that we meet, goin’ mobile,” who could have imagined what goin’ mobile would imply in today’s world.
This time last year, Canadians were emerging from the dramatic economic crisis in which so many people had lost not only their jobs, but also their hope for the future.
DSA, Nature’s Sunshine Products, Mannatech Inc., Herbalife, Phototron Holdings Inc., 4Life, Zurvita, North American Power, GeneLink Inc.
From supporting homeless children to helping low-income families pay their energy bills, Stream Energy is meeting the needs of people where they are.
The United States is a land of opportunity for many, including companies headquartered in other countries. Peru-based cosmetics direct seller Belcorp is one that has chosen to make something of it.
With opportunities in Canada as diverse and vast as the country itself, its direct selling industry—with total retail sales of more than $1 billion—is a dynamic segment of the Canadian economy that offers close proximity and relative similarities to the United States but with a flair that is all its own.
My entire thought process for this month’s “From the Publisher” shifted when I read the news that only 18,000 jobs were created in the United States in June, against an expectation of approximately 90,000.
Pre-Paid Legal Services Inc. has provided families and small businesses with access to quality legal services for the past 40 years through a network marketing distribution channel.
Private Equity Continues to Reach Out to Direct Selling Industry. With strong consumer brands such as eBay®, Cranium®, Potbelly® and Shutterfly® already in their portfolio, executives at Maveron—a venture capital firm co-founded in 1998 by Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks.