Archives for May 2014
In April 2011, North American Power overhauled its business plan to incorporate charitable giving at the core of the company’s sales model.
Like the history of the universe, the story of direct selling reveals paradigm-shifting events and thresholds that have fundamentally changed the industry and helped to shape today’s direct seller.
Find out more about the DSN Global 100 companies, including an overview of the companies as well as products, number of markets and number of salespeople.
We are always proud to announce the DSN Global 100! Those companies that participate reveal not only a level of performance, but a very transparent look at who they are and what they do. The ranking allows for a compilation of stats, facts and profiles that serve to identify the impact these companies are having on lives and economies around the world.
Direct Selling News celebrated the DSN Global 100 ranking on April 23 with a dinner and awards ceremony at the Gaylord Texan Resort in Grapevine, Texas. The event marked the fifth consecutive year that DSN has recognized the achievements of the top direct selling companies in the world
Truman Hunt, President and CEO of Nu Skin Enterprises, is the recipient of the 2014 Direct Selling News Bravo Leadership Award. This award was presented to Hunt because of his leadership and commitment to Nu Skin employees, independent representatives and the industry as a whole.
One of the direct selling industry’s most unique stories has evolved into one of its growth rocket ships. Origami Owl, founded in 2010 by then-14-year-old Bella Weems and her mother, Chrissy, grew by 870 percent in 2013—its second year as a direct seller.
When a young company grows by half its size in a single year, the industry salutes in appreciation. When the company is 30 years old, does business globally and increases revenue by 49 percent—$977 million in a single year—it’s jaw-dropping.
The Avon Foundation for Women began in 1955 as a small, private, corporate foundation funded by Avon Products and has grown to be the largest corporate-affiliated philanthropy focused on women’s issues globally, according to Carol Kurzig, President of the Avon Foundation.
The Global 100 in this issue is an illustration of the strong growth of direct selling worldwide. So many companies are growing at a speed that nobody would have held imaginable some years ago. The annual global statistics, produced by the World Federation of Direct Selling Associations (WFDSA) with the help of Seldia, confirm the trends.
CVSL announced Thursday that it has applied to list its common stock on the NYSE MKT, formerly known as AMEX.
Financial services firm Primerica recently sponsored the world’s largest Relay for Life event in its home state of Georgia.