The Direct Selling Association (DSA) said it “applauds” the efforts of US Senator John Curtis for raising concerns about the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) recently proposed rules that target the direct selling industry and the small business owners involved in the channel. Senator Curtis spoke up during the Senate Commerce Committee confirmation hearing of Mark Meader as an FTC commissioner and the DSA reported that he “secured a commitment from Meador to give full and fair consideration to the direct selling industry’s concerns about the two new FTC-proposed rules,” which the DSA believes could have significantly negative consequences for direct sellers.
“Senator Curtis proudly stood up for the direct selling industry, raising concerns similar to those voiced by DSA regarding the FTC’s proposed rulemaking that unfairly aimed at direct selling,” said Dave Grimaldi, DSA CEO. “Direct selling is a $37B industry supporting 13,000,000 small business owners in the US, and contributing $111.4 billion annually to the US economy, supporting supply chains, household spending and government revenues.”
Grimaldi emphasized that misleading earning claims are already illegal and believes the proposed rules ignore the industry’s effective self-regulation.
