While the vast majority of direct selling companies are privately-held, family-run entities, the principals behind Direct Selling Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: DSAQ.U) or (“DSAC”) are looking to shake up that traditional model by providing a high-quality, high-performing direct selling company with the opportunity to access the public markets.

The Direct Selling Capital Advisors Direct Selling Index (DSCI) declined 17.8 percent in September, marking its third successive monthly decline, following a dip of 8.4 percent in August and 7.4 percent in July. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) also sharply declined in September (-4.3 percent).

QNET’s philanthropic arm, RYTHM Foundation, recently collaborated with the ASA Foundation, an education and empowerment NGO that works with local schools and community-based projects to create sustainable behavior change, to develop a sports-based social intervention program. The program is designed to focus on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (UN SDG) 4 of quality education, for vulnerable youth and adults in Indonesia.

Natural Health Trends, a direct selling company which markets products under the NHT Global brand, announced the conclusion of a non-public investigation by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC), a process the company previously acknowledged in its SEC filings.

Amare Global announced it will begin automatically rounding up the total of each first order from new customers and partners to the nearest dollar as part of a donation to The Children’s Center Utah.

Jeunesse Global was a winner of a Grand GLOBEE at the 14th annual 2021 Women in Business and Professions World Awards. This ceremony recognizes women in business around the world who set industry benchmarks for excellence.

Infinitus is launching a new global model that it has dubbed Direct Selling X Social E-commerce. Quietly, a sea change is taking place across the industry.

An Historic Opportunity for Direct Selling: How direct selling can build on and improve its appeal to women. “Mom, c’mere! I made you something!” yells five-year-old Zeke Purkey. “WHAT did you make me?” asks his mother, Amanda Purkey, who is FaceTiming with a reporter while she walks to the kitchen to see what Zeke has created. […]

The Office of the Prime Minister of Japan recently honored Amway Japan with the Medal with Dark Blue Ribbon (Kon-ju hoh-sho), a recognition given to organizations or individuals who have made generous contributions for the good of the public.

The Direct Selling Self-Regulatory Council (DSSRC) of the BBB National Programs has referred Q Sciences to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Utah Attorney General’s Office for possible enforcement action. This referral comes after Q Sciences failed to adequately respond to the DSSRC’s concern about certain earnings and health-related product performance claims made by the company, which distributes and markets health-related and wellness products. 

doTERRA, in a partnership with the state of Utah, will distribute one million On Guard Sanitizing Wipes to local students and teachers, a donation that represents more than $700,000 in retail value. doTERRA will work with the Utah State Board of Education and the state of Utah to manage distribution.

MONAT Global Corp unveiled MONAT BODY CARE, a new luxury skincare line designed to renew, repair and refine for radiant skin.