The Norwex EnviroCloth and Cleaning Paste were chosen as winners in Good Housekeeping’s 2022 Best Cleaning and Organizing Awards in the Awesome Outdoor & More Solutions category. 

The Direct Selling Self-Regulatory Council (DSSRC) has referred Vyvo, Inc. and certain earning claims to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for possible enforcement action.

In many ways, 2020 was an uninvited guest who overstayed their welcome into 2021. Three previous fiscal quarters of widespread lockdowns and hiding from COVID gave way to a year of adaptation for the global direct selling industry. Direct sellers across the globe emerged into the sunlight to face ever-changing, mid-pandemic operational environments and in some markets, post-pandemic business climates that brought fairly large swings in sales performance—some for the better and some for the worse.

Sharing Services Global Corporation, the parent company of direct selling organization The Happy Co., announced the launch of Hapi Travel Destinations, a travel club that offers members travel savings and the potential for additional income. 

In a statement on Market America’s Twitter account, the company said: “Market America has lost its great visionary, and the world has lost a passionate human being who believed in other people even more than they believed in themselves.” 

Green Compass announced the launch of Sleep Better Jellies, a clean-label, natural product formulated with Nano-Advanced CBN Hemp Flower Extract and organic ashwagandha, passionflower and lemon balm.

Red Aspen hosted an official groundbreaking celebration for the company’s new headquarters in Meridian, Idaho. The new 30,000 square-foot warehouse and corporate office is expected to be complete in September of 2023.

The industry faced an inflection point regarding our two key issues: the salesforce’s independent contractor status and Federal Trade Commission channel oversight. The DSA team is working to build awareness among legislators and law enforcement officials about the benefits of self-regulation and the Direct Selling Self-Regulatory Council’s (DSSRC) success in protecting consumers.

MONAT Global Corp. won four Stevie Awards at the 19th Annual International Business Awards.

NewAge, Inc. announced that it has filed for a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Direct selling has several of these up and comers right now—young companies with solid leadership, innovative products and serious momentum. We explore their stories in this month’s cover story.

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