Archives for December 2013
Oriflame Cosmetics projects that sales across East Africa will double from 2014 to 2016, in accordance with a three-year strategic plan the company is implementing in the region.
In the spirit of the season, ViSalus recently celebrated its second annual World’s Largest Giving Day. The healthy lifestyle company mobilized its promoters, customers and employees to participate in a day of giving to those in need in their communities.
Skill and intelligence are important leadership tools, but these alone do not a leader make. As Forbes Contributor Meghan M. Biro writes, effective leaders go beyond the rational and intellectual in connecting with others.
Before the “Avon Lady” there was the “Watkins Man,” or so customers dubbed independent consultants who began selling J.R. Watkins Co. products in 1868.
Primerica Financial Services was recently named a recipient of the DALBAR Mutual Fund Service Award, alongside firms such as Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management, JPMorgan Funds and Putnam Investments.
The Nutrition Business Journal recently published its annual report on the supplements market, a dynamic sector that generated $32.5 billion in sales last year.
As Natura Cosméticos faces a stagnating economy and a growing field of competitors in the Brazilian market, the eco-friendly cosmetics and personal-care brand is targeting strategic growth across Latin America.
Last month, Typhoon Haiyan—the deadliest Philippine typhoon on record—left thousands in the country dead and over 1 million people displaced. As our December News in Brief reports, several direct selling companies took action to aid relief efforts in the days immediately following the disaster.
A recent Bloomberg report indicates that Herbalife executives have been taking notes amid Bill Ackman’s year-long campaign attacking the company’s business model and lobbying federal agencies to investigate its practices.
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) recently released a report on “The Rise of the Customer-Led Economy,” based upon its global survey of 1,300 executives representing 90 countries and 19 industries.
In a job market where formulaic career opportunities prove scarce, Generation Y’s entrepreneurial spirit is flourishing in less conventional work environments.
In the early 1990s, Mark Pentecost was teaching math and coaching varsity basketball in Grand Rapids, Mich. Today, he is putting his number-crunching and coaching skills to use as President and CEO of It Works! Global.