Archives for December 2014
Direct sellers, suppliers, marketing professionals and a host of other industry influencers gathered in Dallas from Dec. 3-5 to exchange ideas and resources at the Direct Selling Association’s 2014 Be Connected Conference.
Major League Soccer’s LA Galaxy donned their Herbalife jerseys on the way to a historic win on Sunday.
This Christmas, board game developer SimplyFun is giving the gift of play to thousands of children nationwide.
CVSL has scrapped plans for a $60 million public offering on the NYSE MKT, according to a Monday release from IPO investment manager Renaissance Capital.
Jewelry seller lia sophia will close its doors in February, according to an announcement on the company’s website and social media pages. The family company said a “challenging business environment” is driving its decision to end operations in the U.S. and Canada.
The Avon Foundation for Women is partnering with the National Domestic Violence Hotline to celebrate #GivingTuesday on Dec. 2, 2014.
The U.S. economy is strengthening in large part due to women’s advances in the workplace. According to McKinsey & Company, the additional productive power of women who have entered the workforce since 1970 accounts for about one-fourth of the current GDP.
CVSL, USANA, Herbalife, Avon, Nu Skin, Primerica, Nature's Sunshine, Medifast, EDC’s Home Division,
I’m writing this letter from my hotel room in marvelous Rio De Janeiro, home to the 2014 World Congress of the World Federation of Direct Selling Associations. The event has brought together approximately 400 people from companies based around the world, all united for one purpose: supporting the direct selling path of entrepreneurship and the opportunity it presents to people from all walks of life.
Your organization has been busy. You’ve been focusing on acquiring representatives and customers, increasing sales, decreasing cost without losing quality, building revenue and profitability, and outpacing the competition. While your organization has worked hard to improve operating efficiencies, you may begin to feel the need to analyze more specifics about what is happening in your business.
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.” —Charles Darwin
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." —Leonardo daVinci
This is one of my favorite quotes for sure. True to its meaning, it says so much by saying so little.