Click here to order the January 2018 issue in which this article appeared. PRINCESS HOUSE Founded: 1963 Headquarters: Taunton, Massachusetts Top Executive: CEO Connie Tang 2016 Revenue: $195 million Global 100 Ranking: No. 72 Products: Appliances, Home Decor, Kitchenware For more than five decades, Princess House’s finely crafted crystalware earned such customer accolades as “timeless” and “beautiful.” Some even called the decorative but […]

New Avon Founded: 1886 (New Avon 2016) Headquarters: New York City Top Executive: CEO Scott White Products: Cosmetics, Personal Care, Health and Wellness As he stepped off the stage, New Avon CEO Scott white could still hear the cheers reverberating throughout the convention hall. Before an audience of more than 6,000 of Avon’s North American representatives in Nashville’s famed […]

Ambit Energy was a data processor before being a data processor was cool. In 2006, based on their experience in the telecom industry, founders Jere Thompson and Chris Chambless decided that Ambit had to become a data processing company first, to keep up with the anticipated growth from their direct sales in marketing electricity and […]

Melaleuca, an Idaho Falls, Idaho-based wellness company, has decided that the company’s surplus cash gained from the new tax-overhaul bill will be given to Melaleuca employees. The $1.5 trillion tax cut plan for U.S. corporations, signed by President Donald Trump on Dec. 22, is the lowest rate since 1939. Melaleuca CEO Frank VanderSloot announced via […]

Youngevity International Inc., an omni-direct lifestyle company, will take part in the NASDAQ seventh annual Fit Week on Jan. 3, 2018. The Chula Vista, California-based company will ring in the new year during the Stock Market Opening Bell ceremony at the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square. In conjunction with the NASDAQ Fit Week festivities, the […]

AVON Turkey recently announced it will be sponsoring one of Turkey’s longest-established and biggest sport brands, Beşiktaş JK (BJK). The sponsorship is the first at club-level women’s football in Turkey, and is aimed at raising awareness of women’s football and introducing more women into football as spectators and players. According to AVON, the sponsorship is […]

Plexus Worldwide, a Scottsdale, Arizona-based health and wellness company, has hired Louis Ross as the Vice President of Customer Service. According to Plexus Worldwide CEO Tarl Robinson, the company has achieved substantial growth in the number of Ambassadors and customers, necessitating continuous improvement in the ways Plexus supports them. “We are confident that the knowledge […]

Gracewear Collection, a Cashiers, North Carolina-based lifestyle company, founded by sisters Wendy Strong Lupas and Mary Strong Blackburn, recently launched its purposeful jewelry and accessories brand in the direct selling channel. Gracewear’s purpose is to inspire “Women for Victorious Living through the Shield of Faith Collection.” The signature trademarked Shield of Faith design of Gracewear […]

Amway, the largest direct selling company in the world, has successfully mapped the Chrysanthemum genome through its global research facilities, the Amway Botanical Research Center (ABRC), in collaboration with the Institute of Chinese Materia Medica China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences (ICMM). Earlier this month, Amway, based in Ada, Michigan, announced the completion of the […]

Picture: Plexus Worldwide CEO Tarl Robinson (far left) and President Alec Clark (far right) present Our Military Kids Director of Development Matthew Lockwood with Plexus’s $64,104.75 donation to the organization. Plexus Worldwide, a Scottsdale, Arizona-based health and wellness company, has made a donation of $64,104.75 to Our Military Kids. “Plexus is proud to once again […]

The Avon Foundation for Women was recently globally recognized for its work to end violence against women by non-governmental organization Together For Girls. In partnership with national governments, civil society and the private sector, Together for Girls brings attention to the issue of violence against girls in support of country-driven efforts for change. Every year, […]

The TODAY Show Toy Drive, a project of the TODAY Show Charitable Foundation Inc., worked to make its 24th Holiday Toy Drive its most successful ever—and several direct selling companies helped to aid that effort. According to The TODAY Show, every 29 seconds a child in the United States is born into poverty. These children […]