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Thirty-One Gifts Founder Replacing President

 
Thirty-One Gifts’ Andy Neri will retire as president at the end of the month, and company founder and CEO Cindy Monroe will assume the role, the company announced yesterday.
Neri, 55, joined the Columbus-based direct seller of personalized gifts in 2010 as vice president of product, rising to chief operating officer and then to president in June 2012.
Before Neri was president, Monroe was president and CEO.
Thirty-One recently was named the fastest-growing woman-owned company in the world and the 17th largest direct-selling organization in the world by the Women Presidents’ Organization. Thirty-One Gifts’ revenue grew from $38 million in 2009 to $760 million in 2013.
Thirty-One Gifts, launched by CEO Cindy Monroe out of her basement in 2003, has quickly become a multimillion-dollar organization having over 86,000 consultants in the USA. The company is based out of Hixson, Tennessee and is is a member of the Direct Selling Association.
With a strong vision to celebrate, encourage, and reward hardworking women to success both in and outside the home; Cindy based her company’s name, Thirty-One, on the Biblical verses in Proverbs 31 that praise a virtuous and wise woman.
Thirty-One offers many customizable products focused on making life easier. Whether it’s style, organization, the perfect gift item, or a little bit

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WorldVentures Broadens Travel Experiences to Australia

 
WorldVentures™, the leading international direct seller of vacation club memberships, announced its simultaneous expansion into Australia and Serbia today. Launching in Australia is WorldVentures’ first foothold in the Pacific Region, while Serbia is the company’s 16th prominent European market.
Travel enthusiasts and entrepreneurs in 28 global markets, now including Australia and Serbia, can enjoy WorldVentures’ award-winning DreamTrips Memberships or exceptional business opportunity.
“We’re excited to add Australia, one of the world’s largest economies, and Serbia, an emerging economy, to our growing list of global markets,” WorldVentures Co-Founder and Chief Visionary Officer Wayne Nugent said. “We invite locals in these two countries to enjoy our unforgettable travel experiences like our many DreamTrips members do, or improve their work-life balance in a fun way as Independent Representatives.”
WorldVentures’ business model merges the advantages of online marketing, with the flexibility of direct-selling. DreamTrips, the company’s award-winning travel club membership, enables customers to participate in high-quality, unique, unforgettable experiences that deliver fun, freedom and fulfillment through travel and entertainment.
The company’s business opportunity offers its entrepreneurs everything they need to market and sell DreamTrips Memberships through friend-to-friend referrals. WorldVentures’ Independent Representatives can work full or part-time—from home or anywhere in the world.
WorldVentures has expanded to five

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