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 10 years ago was to foster a greater level of transparency within the direct selling community, in turn supporting its growth as […]

Avon UK recently announced a partnership with Changing Faces, the UK’s leading charity for everyone who has a mark, scar or condition that makes them look different. Following Avon UK’s support for Changing Faces’ #PledgeToBeSeen as part its global stand4her program, which aims to improve the lives of 100 million women each year, the organizations are now formally joining forces. Avon […]

According to a CNN story, concerns over exaggerated health claims have prompted a US Food and Drug Administration hearing on the effects of CBD products. The FDA is holding its first hearing today to assess the safety and efficacy of these CBD products. Cannabis-related products have flooded the market, making health claims about pain relief, immune function and […]

LIVE! Technologies has acquired Iacono Productions, creating one of the largest event, specialty fabrication, video production and creative services companies in the Midwest. Since its founding in 1974, Live Technologies has created and produced over 30,000 live events for premier brands, organizations, business market leaders and top-tier entertainers throughout the country. “For decades, some of […]

Nu Skin Enterprises recently announced Vince Perfetti has joined the company as chief transformation officer and senior vice president of technology. Perfetti will lead the company’s technology transformation to develop an industry-leading customer experience and further empower the company’s sales force to build a socially enabled business to attract more customers. “Technology plays a fundamental […]

Young Living Essential Oils recently celebrated the grand opening of its global headquarters in Lehi, Utah, with a ceremonial ribbon-cutting event. The five-story, 263,000-square-foot building is constructed to qualify for both LEED and Green Globe certification. The design organizes workspace for nearly 1,000 employees around a botanical atrium with two immense skylights and a three-story waterfall. […]

Tupperware Brands Corporation and World Central Kitchen recently announced a collaboration centered on reducing the impact of single-use plastic waste in disaster relief efforts by providing in-kind reusable Tupperware® products and logistical support for unforeseen disasters around the globe.  The collaboration, driven by the collective mission to empower communities and strengthen economies, will afford timely and compassionate meal […]

Medical Marijuana, Inc. announced that it has received the first-ever authorization in Bulgaria to sell hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD) products. “As the EU continues to navigate its stance on CBD, we are proud to continue paving the way for the acceptance of CBD in Bulgaria just as we have in many other countries around the world,” said Kannaway […]

Tupperware Brands announced that Patricia A. Stitzel has been appointed Chairman of the Board effective May 22, 2019, following the company’s annual meeting of shareholders. Stitzel is the first woman to hold this position in the company’s 70-year history and takes on this responsibility in addition to her existing role of chief executive officer, which […]

Natura &Co (B3: NATU3) announced late yesterday that it is acquiring Avon Products, Inc. (NYSE: AVP) in an all-share transaction. The deal, valued by Natura at around $3.7 billion, caps Avon’s strategic pivot to focus on foreign markets, where sales have been stronger in recent years. The company moved its corporate headquarters to London in 2016 […]

Mary Kay Inc. recently announced that Chairman and CEO David Holl is among the top ten most reputable chief executives in the world according to the Reputation Institute’s CEO RepTrack 2019. The Reputation Institute, the world’s leading provider of reputation measurement, measured the reputation of more than 140 global CEOs and canvassed more than 230,000 individual […]

Swedish cosmetics giant Oriflame recently announced it has received an offer valuing it at $1.3 billion from the af Jochnick family that founded it back in the 1960s. By proposing a 35 percent premium over Tuesday’s closing price, the family is hoping to build on the roughly 30 percent stake it already has in Oriflame […]