The Direct Selling Association (DSA) released top line results from its 2020 Growth & Outlook survey during the opening of its June 4–9 virtual education event, Engage 2020. Growth & Outlook is DSA’s annual survey that reports on the size and scope of direct selling in the U.S. and is audited by Nathan Associates, a […]

Each year, the Direct Selling News team works with companies around the world on this special project, and it has become our signature research endeavor. The goal from the outset of the project 11 years ago was to foster a greater level of transparency within the direct selling community, in turn supporting its growth as […]

Data leaves clues of how to better inspire your sales force. After spending the better part of a decade in the direct selling channel industry, I’ve been witness to the onslaught of negative press that has come our way. Some of it we have earned, but it is far from deserved. I’ve seen this channel […]

The 11th annual event was one for the ages.  Since the live event of the 11th annual DSN Global 100 Celebration in Dallas was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, DSN presented a special video event on their website on the evening of April 1. It was co-hosted by DSN Publisher and Editor in Chief […]

Beachbody’s Carl Daikeler Earns Bravo Leadership Award. It is 1998 in California. Gyms pop up on every corner, new fitness gadgets fly onto the market, exercise equipment infomercials flood TVs, and Carl Daikeler’s mentors ask tough questions. What makes you think the world needs another fitness company? Where’s the opportunity? “I said the idea is […]

2020 Bravo Leadership Award Winners At Scentsy, there is a spacial, hard-to-define quality that characterizes the company’s leaders, consultants and employees. It’s a common spirit that exists among the people of Scentsy and is defined by their aspirations and values in kind. It’s an infectious ethos that calls them to succeed and grow to their […]

We are at a unique moment in time, one that will undoubtedly change the way we live and the way we do business in the future. Our way of life had hit a brick wall. In the span of a few days, hotels and retailers shuttered, airplanes were grounded, offices fell silent. Leaders scrambled to […]

OPTAVIA is the running-on-all-cylinders-engine propelling its parent company. As the Medifast/OPTAVIA corporate team gathered on the iconic platform at the New York Stock Exchange to ring the market’s opening bell on March 2, 2020, they were ready to celebrate more than just exceptional growth. The team dedicated the bell ringing to the more than 30,000 […]

According to a Dallas Morning News story, custom clothing brand J. Hilburn has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company, founded in 2007, is trying to reorganize under the protection of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Dallas. The company laid off an undisclosed number of employees at its Dallas headquarters last month. The company said […]

The Direct Selling Association (DSA) will launch its DSA ENGAGE 2020 @Home Experience tomorrow, June 4, with live sessions continuing through June 8. Registration remains open through tomorrow. DSA is providing the event as an open opportunity to the entire DSA membership, so DSA members can register entire teams of employees that have never before […]

MONAT Global is teaming up with John C. Maxwell, one of the world’s most sought-after leadership experts, to offer its exclusive mentoring program for another year. The MONAT Maxwell Certification was developed in 2019 as a yearlong course specifically for qualifying MONAT Directors. Course participants are taught how to identify and harness their strengths, grow […]

Avon Products Inc. and its parent company, Natura &Co., released a statement on the recent protests and demonstrations taking place around the world. At Avon, along with everyone at Natura &Co, we strongly believe in the value of life, the idea that all are interconnected, and as society we can and should be agents of […]