Market America Worldwide|SHOP.COM’s international convention (ICON) hosted 5,000 entrepreneurs from nine countries. The five-day event featured presentations from celebrity speakers and industry experts, product updates and networking opportunities. Market America Co-Founder and CEO Loren Ridinger and President and COO Marc Ashley opened the convention with the debut of Ridinger’s debut book, which follows her process […]
Before the internet was widely available to the public, JR Ridinger envisioned a day when people would buy just about everything they needed and wanted online. He and his wife Loren founded Market America in 1992—years before shopping online was anywhere close to mainstream. It was truly a revolutionary concept more than 30 years ago. In 2010, the company acquired SHOP.com, and today is a global online retail giant with annual revenues topping $800 million.
At the DSN Global Celebration, Direct Selling News honored executives and companies for outstanding achievement and excellence in areas of innovation, impact, growth, global good and more. This year, the Global Celebration bestowed more Bravo Awards than ever before.
In a statement on Market America’s Twitter account, the company said: “Market America has lost its great visionary, and the world has lost a passionate human being who believed in other people even more than they believed in themselves.”
Thirty years ago, the founders of Market America had a crystal ball moment—a vision for referral tracking that could propel entrepreneurs farther than any traditional network marketing company had promised before. Today, JR and Loren Ridinger and the Market America team are once again looking to the future, eager to evolve the online marketplace they’ve been shaping for the last three decades.
The names say it all. Walt Disney. Henry Ford. James Cash Penney. Iconic Founders and CEOs who came to personify the brands they led in the minds and hearts of their employees and the world. This phenomenon is perhaps even more prevalent in direct selling, where there is a long and storied tradition of charismatic leaders who have become synonymous with the companies they helm.
Several prominent companies are celebrating milestone anniversaries in 2022. Their continued success is a testament to the long-term viability and overall health of the channel.
DSN in partnership with Transformation Capital released the February Digital Momentum Index. Exiting the holidays, the full 100-company list saw increases in average monthly fan/follow growth and engagement across both platforms (Facebook and Instagram). Additionally, February saw an average increase in web traffic. January’s publication received significant international attention, and we are very excited to […]