To gain perspective and understanding about what’s around the corner for 2021, it seemed prudent to profile some 2020 direct selling outliers. Here, eight executives reflect on a year that sometimes delivered unexpected and rapid increases in sales and growth for their companies, despite less-than-optimal pandemic conditions that caused pain and recession-like contractions for so many…

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MONAT Global Corp’s philanthropic arm MONAT Gratitude, Inc. raised $123,736 through the sale of their Breast Cancer Awareness Pink Keychain. Keychains retailed for $6 and were sold throughout October. All of the net profits will benefit the following organizations: Bright Pink Hello Gorgeous! American Cancer Society Rethink Breast Cancer, Canada OnkoCafe FutureDreams “We’re thrilled to…

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MONAT Gratitude, Inc., the philanthropic movement behind MONAT Global Corp, raised $700,000 during MONATions Impact Week 2020, a virtual event held Sept. 9-13. Funds were raised through limited-edition product sales, Gratitude shirt sales and Distributor donations totaling $350,000, and the remainder was matched by MONAT. With almost 50,000 attendees tuning in around the world, MONATions…

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Direct Selling News announced the first Customer Centric Recognition (CCR) Program recognized company list. The Customer Centric Recognition (CCR) Program celebrates companies that are leading the way toward a sustainable, customer-centric future for the industry. Qualifying companies utilize business models that boast high customer-to-distributor ratios and prioritize customer sales. The CCR Program is based solely…

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Standing up to Customer Expectations, Regulatory Scrutiny and Sustainability Goals History circles back on itself. The commonplace gets modified over time with newer methodologies, but transformation—even in the world of direct selling—meanders through trial and error and sometimes re-emerges closer to the beginning than we expected. Door-to-door sellers of the late 1800s introduced innovative, useful…

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MONAT Global Corp’s philanthropic movement, MONAT Gratitude, Inc., celebrated veterans and first responders by raising $255,474 through sales of their Grateful Every Day Set. The company donated 100 percent of every sale from the limited-edition sets to veteran and first responder non-profit organizations in the United States, Canada, the UK, Ireland and Poland. In a…

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MONAT Global Corp and its philanthropic movement MONAT Gratitude raised $248,000 to support non-profit organizations that empower at-risk youth through education, scholarships and mentoring programs. The money was raised through sales of MONAT’s limited-edition Helping Hand Gift Set, which were sold in January and February of this year—100 percent of the net profits from the…

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MONAT Global is shifting production at its Miami-Dade County, Fla., haircare and skincare manufacturing facility to begin making hand sanitizer. The company will give away 240,000 2-ounce bottles of hand sanitizer to government entities, non-profit organizations and customers across North America. “In a time when so many things seem out of our control, many companies…

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This year’s 11 finalists share their thoughts about winning organizations. When you walk into a great place to work, you know it. There’s a buzz around the office—an energy that comes from employees who know where their organization is going, what it stands for, and how they fit into that picture. They’re given the freedom…

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How to create direct selling event experiences that boost engagement and make memories. Direct selling distributors don’t just go to industry conventions. They experience them. Our conventions feel more like rock concerts—roaring crowds packing stadiums, lights and video flooding the floor, music and motivational messages pumping through towering speakers. Ninety percent of companies that responded…

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