Thirty-One Gifts’ pink mobile shop will roll into Grand Prairie, Texas, for a two-day event for the public and Dallas–Fort Worth-area teachers March 9 and 10. Thirty-One Gifts is partnering with the North Texas Teacher Resource Center, which is operated by Christian humanitarian organization World Vision, to host an event where teachers may pick up […]

Thirty-One Gifts is committed to empowering women—whether consultants, customers, or young girls struggling with confidence and other issues. This passion to help women is driven by Founder and CEO Cindy Monroe, who began the company 15 years ago in her basement. Thirty-One specializes in personalized handbags, totes, duffle bags, lunch bags and other carryall products. […]

The real success stories in direct selling are as much about personal growth and self-improvement as they are about business. Take the story of Mary Kay Ash as a perfect example. Born in 1918 in Hot Wells, Texas, Ash went from housewife to door-to-door saleswoman to cosmetics mogul all in the span of about 25 […]

Thirty-One Gifts, a Columbus, Ohio-based seller of handbags, accessories and organizational products, is celebrating its 15th anniversary with a nationwide tour. Beginning today, a pink mobile shop is scheduled to roll across the country to mark the anniversary. The tour began at Laguna Hills, California, and traverses the country until making a final stop July 21-23 in […]

The TODAY Show Toy Drive, a project of the TODAY Show Charitable Foundation Inc., worked to make its 24th Holiday Toy Drive its most successful ever—and several direct selling companies helped to aid that effort. According to The TODAY Show, every 29 seconds a child in the United States is born into poverty. These children […]

Click here to order the December 2017 issue in which this article appeared. In This Issue: The Most Influential Women in Direct Selling Bringing Gender Parity to Direct Selling  Advocating for the Direct Selling Community  Navigating the Millennial-Driven World Sticking to a Winning Business Model Leading with Passion and Commitment Launching New Products and Segments Recruiting and […]

Click here to order the December 2017 issue in which this article appeared. In This Issue: The Most Influential Women in Direct Selling Bringing Gender Parity to Direct Selling  Advocating for the Direct Selling Community  Navigating the Millennial-Driven World Sticking to a Winning Business Model Leading with Passion and Commitment Launching New Products and Segments Recruiting and […]

The Kids In Need Foundation (KINF) has partnered with Thirty-One Gifts to present a special “Thirty-One Gifts Teacher Shopping Day” event benefitting teachers and students across the state of Florida on Thursday, Nov. 30, at various Kids in Need Foundation Teacher Resource Centers throughout the state. The event, which was also held on Nov. 16, […]

PHOTO: 9-year-old Irene and 8-year-old Nelia from Zambia smile receive their new Thirty-One Gifts school bags from World Vision. (Credit: Deborah Johns/World Vision, July 2016) This Giving Tuesday, Columbus, Ohio-based Thirty-One Gifts is partnering with humanitarian organization World Vision to provide backpacks, drawstring bags and clothing to thousands of children and families in the United States, […]

Columbus, Ohio-based Thirty-One Gifts is helping the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) launch the Independence Project to help survivors of domestic violence build credit scores. The project is a credit-building through micro-lending program to help survivors build economic independence and is the first national project of its kind in the U.S. The program […]

In 1995, Newsweek magazine published an article by astronomer Clifford Stoll in which he stated that the Internet was a passing fad, and that in two or three years hence people would find little value there (Clifford Stoll: The Internet? Bah! Newsweek, February 27, 1995). Acknowledging his incredibly inaccurate prediction 11 years later in a […]

“Life’s a bit like mountaineering,” said Sir Edmund Hillary. “Never look down.” It’s what direct sellers do, too—never look down.