Green Compass Global Founded: 2019 Headquarters: Wilmington, NC Top Executives: Sterling Cook, CEO, Meredith Cook, President Products: CBD Oil Products The sixth-generation farmers on the team at Green Compass Global know that it takes more than sun, rain and soil to grow a healthy harvest. It takes experience, resources and perseverance—but most of all, […]

In 2019, Mary Kay Inc. took home more than 20 coveted awards in the business, corporate citizenship and leadership categories from various reputable sources. The awards, which range from Forbes “Best Midsize Employers for 2019” to “Best in Show” at Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship Film Festival, highlight Mary Kay’s business values and its dedication to […]

USANA Health Sciences, Inc. recently announced that the company’s founder, Myron W. Wentz, Ph.D., will retire from the position of Board chairman and director. Dr. Wentz will retire at the company’s May 1, 2020 Annual Shareholder Meeting and will transition to chairman emeritus and be succeeded as chairman of the Board by Kevin Guest, the […]

Tupperware Brands Corporation recently announced that Aedhmar Hynes has been elected to its Board of Directors, effective December 16, 2019. Hynes has been ranked among the 50 most powerful communications professionals in the world by PRWeek, which also named her a Global Professional of the Year in 2018 and inducted her into its Hall of […]

Over 1,500 MONAT Market Partners and Employees around the world hosted events to celebrate the fifth-annual Gratitude Week. This December, MONAT Gratitude, the philanthropic movement behind MONAT Global Corp (MONAT), hosted its fifth-annual Gratitude Week by impacting local communities around the world. Over 1,500 Market Partners and employees of the Miami-based company joined forces around the globe […]

Salesforce members from dōTERRA, Isagenix International, Thirty-One Gifts and Trades of Hope participated in a Women’s Entrepreneurship Roundtable with United States Congresswoman, Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and the Direct Selling Association (DSA) on Friday, December 13, in Spokane, WA, at Greater Spokane, Inc. The roundtable discussion focused on getting women involved in entrepreneurship, and the importance of family, freedom and flexibility to operate independent businesses.   DSA President Joseph N. […]

SimplyFun, LLC, a direct selling publisher of award-winning educational board games, received a PAL Top Ten Award for their newest Social Sciences and Studies game, Eagle Chase.   Eagle Chase builds knowledge of geographical and historical facts about some of the most well-known (and not so well-known) locations in the United States while also encouraging […]

Joni Rogers-Kante has dedicated her life to helping women become part of something greater than themselves. When SeneGence Founder, CEO and Chairwoman Joni Rogers-Kante’s son Alan was a toddler and became a single mother, she set two goals that would come to shape her life. First, she wanted to devote her life’s work to helping […]

In 2019 Direct Selling Faced Some Strong Headwinds Throughout this year the editors at Direct Selling News have had no shortage of topics to talk about. Never before have we seen such a year that has so dramatically impacted the future of direct selling. We began 2019 with troubling news out of China and ended […]

Youngevity International, Inc. reported revenue of $34 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019, down 13 percent from Q3 2018. Direct selling revenue down nearly 12% for the quarter “Although we have recently made great strides in producing revenue growth this year, the third quarter posed a number of challenges as we faced seasonally slower sales for […]

DSA Brings Together Government Officials, Industry Leaders to Discuss Vital Issues for Direct Selling On October 7–8, the Direct Selling Association (DSA) hosted its annual Legal and Regulatory Seminar in Washington, D.C. The seminar brought together industry leaders to discuss legal and regulatory issues impacting the direct selling business and how companies and the Association […]

As was announced on October 2, AdvoCare and its former chief executive officer agreed to pay $150 million and be banned from the multi-level marketing business to resolve Federal Trade Commission charges that the company operated an illegal pyramid scheme that deceived consumers into believing they could earn significant income as “distributors” of its health […]