Scentsy Founded: 2004 Headquarters: Meridian, ID Top Executives: Orville Thompson, CEO, Heidi Thompson, CEO Products: Fragrance and home decor Through 15 years of gains and a few dips, Scentsy stays the course with a record year of growth. When Scentsy was first founded by Orville and Heidi Thompson in 2004, the company operated out of […]
Scentsy announced that Heidi and Orville Thompson will share the title of co-CEO and Dan Orchard will be president, effective immediately. Heidi Thompson previously served as president and Orchard was general manager of Emerging Markets for the Meridian, Idaho-based company. According to the company, the Thompsons have been able to scale back their day-to-day involvement […]
For the fourth consecutive year, Meridian, Idaho-based Scentsy has been ranked No. 15 on the Idaho Private 100 list of the top privately held companies. This marks the ninth year in a row that Scentsy has made the list, which recognizes private enterprise and honors privately held Idaho-based companies that generate the greatest annual revenue. […]
They may not be losing the war, but traditional American retailers sure are taking a beating in battle. Forbes has reported that malls and shopping centers lost more than 10,000 stores in 2017, “perhaps the worst year on record,” wrote Ben Gamse, Market Research Manager for the U.S. Direct Selling Association (DSA), in our July issue. […]
International fragrance and home décor company Scentsy today announced that it is teaming up with Disney to create a variety of fragrance products and scented plush toys featuring Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Hundred Acre Wood, Disney Princess and Disney•PixarFinding Nemo. The collaboration, which will allow more than 100,000 Independent Scentsy Consultants across 11 countries to sell the Disney […]
Meridian, Idaho-based international fragrance and home décor company Scentsy has been named one of the top businesses in the country for employee satisfaction, debuting at No. 35 on Forbes’ America’s Best Midsize Employers list. Each year, Forbes partners with research firm Statista to determine the top 500 midsize employers representing 25 different industries. The list […]
Fragrance and home décor company Scentsy has enlisted its employees to inspire kindness. On Friday, April 27, to mark International Pay It Forward Day (April 28), owners Heidi and Orville Thompson gave every Scentsy employee $10 to go out in their communities and do a good deed. This marked the eighth year the Thompsons have […]
In their first seven years, Heidi and Orville Thompson built home- and personal-fragrance company Scentsy into one of direct selling’s top-line players. What began in a 40-foot metal shipping container on a Meridian, Idaho, sheep farm in 2004 led to meteoric growth by 2011 when they hit $535 million in revenue. The next year Scentsy […]
Photo: Scentsy founders Orville and Heidi Thompson work on a Habit for Humanity home in Garden City, Idaho. Meridian, Idaho-based Scentsy, a seller of personal and home fragrances, has partnered with Habitat for Humanity to raise money for the organization that builds homes for families in need. Scentsy created a scented-wax warmer called Built With Love, […]
Meridian, Idaho-based Scentsy, the direct seller of personal and home fragrances, recently held its annual Rock-a-Thon that helped to raise $250,384 for the Salvation Army. Last Friday, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., more than 1,200 volunteers took turns lining the sidewalks in front of Scentsy. Rocking chairs were in motion—all rocking to raise funds […]