Last year was an incredible one for the team at Immunotec—packed with significant growth, meaningful investments and advancements in technology. These milestones and the company’s influence within the industry capture the spirit of our Bravo Impact Award. This award honors the achievements of companies that take a holistic, measured and incremental approach to growth, innovation and operational integrity and excellence. […]
Listen to this story starting at 16:09 on the new, revamped The DSN Podcast. Even when your day is packed, we make it easy to stay informed, engaged and one step ahead. Listen now or read below! Jim Northrop believed that the direct selling industry had the unique ability to positively impact people’s lives. For decades, he […]
Direct Selling News held its 16th Global Celebration event on Tuesday, March 25, 2025 in Irving, Texas to recognize and celebrate the very best of direct selling. Awards and honors were revealed in several categories, including a Lifetime Achievement Award, a Legacy Award, Bravo Awards and the unveiling of the DSN Global 100 List.
12 North American companies with annual revenues exceeding $50 million, exhibiting not only resilience but an ability to create something every company wants: momentum. Direct Selling News sat down with the CEOs of these revenue-driving companies to learn from their business strategies and what it means to design a healthy company culture during rocket ship growth.
Jim Northrop, former Immunotec President and CEO, passed away this week. Northrop was an advocate for the direct selling channel and the leader of Winfield Consulting, an organization designed to provide strategic support to direct selling companies.
In its largest gathering of direct selling executives to date, Direct Selling University (DSU) offered two days of education and training sessions from the experts and thought leaders behind today’s most successful brands and marketplace movements.
For any business that’s truly grounded in science, evolution is imperative. The synergy of consistent and compelling research with a collaborative environment simply lends itself to positive transformation. Immunotec, a health and wellness pioneer with 45+ years of clinically proven results and 78 global patents, has been quietly evolving throughout its history to bring its immune-boosting products to customers around the world.
In Mexico alone, the direct selling market is projected to surge to $19.48 billion by 2028. That staggering number doesn’t include the more than 60 million Latinos living and working within the US, or the fact that direct selling is already a staple for the Latin American population, where a quarter of beauty and personal care sales take place through a direct selling relationship (compared to eight percent globally).
Direct selling executives need insight and fresh ideas now more than ever before. In one of the most challenging years in direct selling history, leaders faced continued lockdowns in certain markets, changing consumer behaviors, a tense regulatory environment and lingering supply chain issues.
Today, products and the customers who buy them are taking center stage. It’s a shift that has placed the spotlight on up-and-coming ingredients and taken the emphasis once reserved for recruitment and placed it squarely on customer favorites and product trends.
Strouds Linens recently announced that Charles L. Orr has joined the Executive Committee in anticipation of the 2020 launch of the company’s social selling bedding brand, SOMNVIE. “I’ve had the good fortune of knowing Charlie for more than a decade as we collaborated in industry meetings,” said founder and CEO Jeff Stroud. “In looking to […]
Immunotec’s recent Latin American conference offered a glimpse of the company’s future for its Consultants, corporate team and stakeholders. The “Conferencia Sin Limites 2019” (Unlimited Conference 2019) held at the Expo Santa Fe in Mexico City attracted 6,500 Independent Consultants, breaking the previous high of 2,670 set last year in Mexico. “2018 was a year […]