Just as the arrival of a new year allows us start a new chapter and usher in new ideas, we too at Direct Selling News are excited to present to you a few new items for show and tell. As you can see we have added a new coat of paint to our look and […]

Direct sellers such as Amway, Natura and Avon have reason to be optimistic for the growth of their hair care product lines over the next five years. A new report by ResearchAndMarkets.com—“Global Hair Care Market Trends, Size – Segmented by Product, Distribution Channel (Direct Selling, Hypermarkets & Retail Chains, e-Commerce), and Geography – Growth, Trends and Forecast”—states the […]

Touchstone Essentials announced it has expanded its CBD oil line with the launch of Calm Advanced+ Hemp Oil, a 1500 mg, full-spectrum, CBD-rich hemp oil. “Research suggests that cannabinoids, especially cannabidiol (CBD), has a range of benefits from calming temporary inflammation to easing the effects of everyday stress and more,” said Touchstone Essentials founder and […]

MONAT® Global recently announced that it has released its Studio One Collection that focuses on eliminating frizz and protecting hair from high-heat styling tools. The collection consists of one existing, re-branded product—The CHAMP™ Conditioning Dry Shampoo—and two new products: The Frizz-Fix Smoothing Hair Primer and the Thermal Protect Styling Shield. “Protecting hair from high-heat tools and environmental factors is […]

LegalShield recently announced that it has promoted Don Thompson to co-president of the firm’s Network Division, effective immediately. Thompson will report directly to LegalShield CEO Jeff Bell. In his new role, he will be responsible for creating and driving sales and network marketing strategies that elevate LegalShield in the marketplace. He will play an instrumental […]

If you’re too spread out and trying to accomplish too many things, you’re setting yourself—and your team—up for a lot of frustration. If you were to ask 10 middle managers at your company what your organization’s top three priorities were, would all 10 give you the same answers? Or would those answers vary wildly? This […]

People United Reaching Everyone takes the Hi-Act to new growth. PURE Founded: 2008 Headquarters: Frisco, Texas Top Executive: Daren Hogge, CEO | Dae Geun Jung, Founder & Chairman of the Board Products: Health and Wellness According to the dictionary, evolve means “to come forth gradually into being.” This seems to sum up the path PURE: People United […]

Low cost and fancy filters and features fool us into thinking everyone’s a professional designer. You’ve spent serious money for quality research and production teams. You’re sparing no expense to hire the best minds for your executive team. You pay big dollars for technology expertise. But your intern is shooting video at your national conference […]

Whether or not there’s such a thing as bad publicity has been a matter of various opinions for decades. There’s less disagreement, however, about whether a company facing negative press should respond to the media’s challenges. Media relations professionals to whom Direct Selling News posed the question “When do you meet criticism head on, and […]

After months of negotiations, a new trade pact has been reached for the North American regional market. The U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA) renews and modernizes the existing trade relationship between the three countries. It is one of the largest multi-lateral trade agreements, worth $25 trillion today, three times the market value when NAFTA was […]

Feeling Scared? Go Anyway. While comfort may beckon us, choosing courage will always be in route to impact. In 2015, Inc. magazine recognized Noonday Collection as one of the fastest growing companies in America. But years earlier, Jessica Honegger stood in the pawnshop in Austin, Texas and handed over her grandmother’s jewelry to bootstrap her […]

Are you as strategic as you could be? Helping people get more of the results they want by being more strategic in every area of their lives, both personally and professionally, is an everyday occurrence for me. Being more strategic (or, in other words, thinking smarter) is a powerful concept. You can be more strategic about […]