USANA Health Sciences recently joined forces with HealthCorps, the nonprofit organization co-founded by heart surgeon and Emmy Award-winning talk show host Dr. Mehmet Oz and his wife, Lisa, to combat one of the most serious health issues facing the United States today: childhood obesity.

Alticor, Inc., the parent company of Amway, announced global sales for 2011 exceeded USD$10.9 billion, a 17 percent growth over 2010 annual sales of USD$9.2 billion.

The Thai Direct Selling Association (TDSA) recently held a grand gala, “A Night of Brilliant Success,” to honor the nation’s best direct sellers for 2011.

Capsalus Corp. (OTCBB:WELL) has completed the acquisition of the stock of GeneWize Life Sciences, Inc., the wholly owned direct-selling subsidiary of GeneLink Biosciences, Inc. (OTCBB:GNLK), a leader in consumer genomics. The deal will provide immediate revenues.

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Avon has approached Mindy Grossman, CEO of HSN, Inc., to replace Andrea Jung as Avon’s CEO.

Five of the direct selling industry’s top public companies—Avon, Primerica, USANA, Nu Skin and Tupperware—recently released financial results for the fourth quarter 2011 and year-ending 2011.

In this month’s Executive Connection, Direct Selling News Publisher and Editor in Chief John Fleming speaks with Michelle Jones, Senior Vice President with Take Shape For Life, about leadership, team building and changing lives through direct selling.

Scentsy, Inc., the international party-plan company based in Meridian, Idaho, recently introduced a new brand—Velata.

America has a love affair with coffee. Every day, more than half of the country’s adult population admits to habitually downing a cup of joe—the liquid equivalent of 146 billion cups each year.

What words come to mind when you think of coffee? Probably words like fresh roast, rich aroma, mocha, full-bodied, perhaps even Starbucks. One word that is very unlikely to come to mind when thinking about coffee is mushroom.

It’s the second month of the New Year. Do you know how your diet is progressing?

When Bob Hall and his brother George began building their business plan for Orenda International, they were determined to build it differently from any company where they had previously worked.