This year, a number of leading direct selling companies have announced their departure from the network marketing model, including most recently Rodan + Fields and Seint. This has unsurprisingly led to significant and widespread backlash from distributors in the field who feel left behind by a culture and business they helped build. Many direct selling […]

After a Texas federal judge ruled against the Federal Trade Commission and its Rule seeking to end noncompete bans for workers, a Pennsylvania federal judge has ruled in the FTC’s favor.

When Gregg Renfew, the founder behind clean beauty brand Beautycounter, sold her company and controlling stake to private equity firm Carlyle Group in 2021, she described the experience as akin to winning the lottery.

In its 2024 Economic Impact Report, the Direct Selling Education Foundation reported the combined annual industry impact of direct selling activity on the US economy in 2022. The study was conducted by Professor Robert A Peterson, John T. Stuart III Centennial Chair in Business Administration at the McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin.

After its US launch in September 2023, TikTok Shop has become a significant competitor in the social commerce space. Momentum has been slow to build; only 11% of US households report making a purchase through TikTok. But those sales equate to a 7.7% share of the total social shopping Gross Merchandise Value.

In a move that illustrated the power of AI technology, Klarna announced that its new AI assistant was able to handle 2.3 million conversations, or two-thirds of the company’s customer service chats, during its first month.