JR Ridinger was the CEO of Market America. An official announcement is not available yet.
According to a short announcement on social media:
“It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our loved one, leader JR Ridinger. He died suddenly today August 30th 2022.
We appreciate your patience while this tragedy unfolds and know you will continue to carry on his legacy through service as he would have wanted. He died at the age of 63.”
About Market America:
Market America Worldwide | SHOP.COM is an award-winning global e-commerce and digital marketing company that specializes in one-to-one marketing and is the creator of the Shopping Annuity®. Its mission is to provide a robust business system for entrepreneurs while providing consumers with a better way to shop.
Headquartered in Greensboro, N.C., and with offices across the globe, Market America Worldwide was founded in 1992 by Founder, Chairman & CEO of Market America Worldwide | SHOP.COM JR Ridinger. Through the company’s primary, award-winning shopping website, SHOP.COM, consumers have access to millions of products, including Market America Worldwide exclusive brands and thousands of top retail brands.
SHOP.COM ranks 19th in Newsweek magazine’s 2021 Best Online Shops, No. 55 in DC 360’s 2021 Top 100 Online Marketplaces, No.
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Market America’s 26th Annual Convention Draws 20,000+ From 10 Different Countries
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Market America concluded its 26th annual International Convention at the Greensboro Coliseum. It’s an event that continues to bring millions of dollars to the city of Greensboro. The event ran Aug. 9-12, and President Henri Fourrier, of the Greensboro Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, told Triad Business Journal it was expected to bring in $16 million.
Market America, which was founded and headquartered in Greensboro, is a product brokerage and internet marketing company. The company runs the website shop.com.
Marc Ashley, chief operating officer of Market America, said the convention brought over 20,000 entrepreneurs from 10 different countries to Greensboro.
During the convention, attendees use more than 80 percent of the city’s hotel inventory, about 9,000 rooms, according to the Greensboro Area Convention and Visitors Bureau.
“We’re glad to have that,” Ashley said. “We’re a company that was started out of a small little house in Greensboro.”
Ashley said attendees are affiliated with Market America and shop.com as entrepreneurs selling and earning through the company’s online retail platform, and the convention is a chance to showcase new products, new technologies and new services training.
Celebrities have usually been a part of the event throughout the years, bringing in the likes of Jamie Foxx, Fat Joe and Kim Kardashian.
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Market America Expands To Malaysia
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The year 2017 saw some tremendous milestones for Market America.
Not only were they celebrating their 25th year in existence, but they also expanded UnFranchise business ownership to Malaysia.
It’s the tenth country thus far to enable everyday people to take control of their financial future and manage their own home-based business through the proven Market America system.
To mark the introduction of UnFranchise ownership in Malaysia, Market America hosted the Market Malaysia Grand Opening event during the weekend of October 13th. Over 6,000 UnFranchise owners and other individuals gathered in the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre for a life-altering few days jam-packed with opportunity.
There’s a long history of events leading up to the opening of Market Malaysia, and all of it stands with overwhelming positivity that looms in the opportunity of creating residual income. UnFranchise owners from nine other countries are already building their own futures.
These countries are United States, Canada, Mexico, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom and Spain. Though, Market America’s reach is much farther than these ten solid countries.
In fact, the company does business in more than 200 countries and territories, and has over 1,000 employees all over the world. That’s not even counting the thousands of UnFranchise owners
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Market America Terminates Distributors For Selling On Amazon
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According the Haley Thompson, journalist for online magazine Chronicle of Week, Market America stated as follows:
“For the corporate leadership team, it’s of high importance to keep the Market America UnFranchise system intact. By doing so, they can ensure that the rest of us still have a valuable and indispensable way to make money.
The Market America UnFranchise system, unlike other franchise systems, is product-oriented. So you’re not solely going to be recruiting others to make some substantial money. You’re going to be moving product. Other systems fail to account for the actual product, but Market America gives you the tools and the platform for product selling.
Part of the integrity of the system lies in how exclusive the Market America products are. That’s to say, Market America’s goal it to sell its exclusive products only on approved websites and through approved avenues. At the moment, there are rules in place that require Market America UnFranchise owners to sell products only through the approved methods. That means that UnFranchise owners can’t sell these exclusive products outside of shop.com and the system.
As UnFranchise owners will know, following the Market America system is the key to making money. So when you don’t follow the rules, you
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Market America Expects 25,000 Attendees At USA Convention
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“Converting Spending Into Earning” (a/k/a The Shopping Annuity) is the predominant message that Market America|SHOP.COM will deliver to approximately 25,000 eager entrepreneurs at its 2017 International Convention & 25th Anniversary Celebration.
This year’s event, to be held August 10th through 13th at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, NC, will showcase the latest developments in Market America|SHOP.COM’s high-tech, high-touch approach to retailing and ecommerce. The event will also highlight the company’s meteoric rise over the past 25 years from its austere beginnings in its home town of Greensboro.
I don’t ever recall being more excited about one of our events than I am for our International Convention & 25th Anniversary Celebration this week in Greensboro,
said Market America|SHOP.COM Chairman and CEO JR Ridinger.
“People everywhere are succeeding more and more rapidly through the Market America UnFranchise business.
The pace continues to quicken as entrepreneurs enthusiastically adopt our “Shopping Annuity” concept which includes analyzing consumer spending habits with our online tools, using SHOP.COM’s comparison shopping engine to find the best prices and earning up to 50% Cashback on qualifying purchases,” he said. “This event will be our most historic event ever as we disclose new technologies, new products, new methodologies and new opportunities that will
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Market America Sued For Fraud And Pyramid Allegations
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According to an article in Court House news:
Two distributors for Market America claim the company’s $7.3 billion valuation comes from millions of people who have lost money after enrolling in the pyramid scheme, including Chinese-Americans whom the company targets to sell products to relatives in Asia.
Chaunjie Yang and Ollie Lan sued Market America and its founders James Howard Ridinger, Loren Ridinger, and president and COO Marc Ashley in a federal class action on Tuesday.
The racketeering lawsuit says that while the executives tell distributors they can earn more than $560,000, only those at the top make that kind of money.
Ninety percent of sellers do not receive a penny, according to the lawsuit.
“According to Market America, the only way to fail under Market America’s business model is to quit. Meanwhile, Market America and its confederate conspirators now assert a business valuation of $7.3 billion that they have made off the backs of millions of people in their pyramid,”
the class claims in the lawsuit.
Yang says he handed over $35,000 to Market America and eventually lost money in the venture. He says in the lawsuit that people enrolling in the scheme have to pay a $399 startup fee and $129 a month.
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Market America World Conference In Miami Hosts 25,000 Reps
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Internet Marketing and e-commerce powerhouse Market America | SHOP.COM is hosting its renowned World Conference this week in Miami where a sold out crowd of entrepreneurs dubbed UnFranchise Owners (UFOs) are soaking in one of the largest business conferences of the year.
The conference draws UFOs from around the world for three days of high energy, high impact keynotes and breakout sessions.
The brainchild of Market America founders, JR and Loren Ridinger, the conference boasts a wall-to-wall agenda focused on highlighting the company’s one-of-a-kind Shopping Annuity.
A revolutionary concept that helps shoppers convert spending into earning without a large investment upfront like typical annuities. The investment is what consumers already spend on everyday purchases and they earn cash back.
The World Conference is three days of nonstop entrepreneurial advice, business seminars on selling, marketing and
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23,000 Reps Expected At Market America International Convention
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Converting Spending into Earning” is the main message Market America | SHOP.COM will deliver to more than 23,000 eager entrepreneurs at its 2016 International Convention in Greensboro NC, home of its world headquarters, this week.
This year’s event, to be held Aug. 4-7 at the Greensboro Coliseum, will showcase the latest developments in Market America | SHOP.COM’s high-tech, high-touch approach to ecommerce.
“We have never been more positioned to change the entrepreneurial landscape than at this International Convention in Greensboro,” said Market America | SHOP.COM President and CEO JR Ridinger.
“People everywhere are succeeding through the Market America UnFranchise® business. And the pace continues to quicken as entrepreneurs enthusiastically adopt our “Shopping Annuity” concept which includes analyzing consumer spending habits with our online tools, using SHOP.COM’s comparison shopping engine to find the
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Market America | SHOP.COM Set To Kick Off 2015 World Conference
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“Converting Spending Into Earning” is the main message Market America | SHOP.COM will deliver to more than 20,000 eager entrepreneurs at its 2015 World Conference here this week. Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine will welcome attendees and acknowledge the positive impact that Market America | SHOP.COM entrepreneurs have on the local community.
“We couldn’t be more excited about our world conference this year in Miami,” said Market America | SHOP.COM President and CEO JR Ridinger. “People everywhere are succeeding more and more rapidly through the Market America UnFranchise business. And the pace continues to quicken as entrepreneurs enthusiastically adopt our “Shopping Annuity” concept which includes analyzing consumer spending habits with our online tools, using SHOP.COM’s comparison shopping engine to find the best prices and earning up to 50% cashback on qualified purchases,” he said. “This event will be our most historic event ever as we disclose new technologies, new products, new methodologies and new opportunities that will allow the world to Convert Spending Into Earning.”
The event will feature the Market America | SHOP.COM Executive Team, successful entrepreneurs and celebrity guests. Previous events have been attended by Jennifer Lopez, Alicia Keys, Jamie Foxx, Serena Williams, Alejandro Sanz, Khloe Kardashian, Gloria and Emilio
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Marley Coffee Announces Partnership With Market America | SHOP.COM
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Marley Coffee, the sustainably grown, ethically farmed and artisan roasted gourmet coffee company, has enter into an agreement to expand its consumer reach through SHOP.COM’s worldwide sales and distribution channels. Marley Coffee, which sources its coffee beans from the world’s most prized coffee-producing regions, including its own farms in Jamaica is poised for robust growth as Marley Coffee is now directly available to SHOP.COM’s over six million preferred customers.
Rohan Marley, Founder and Chairman of Marley Coffee said, “Our agreement with SHOP.COM represents a tremendous opportunity for Marley Coffee to promote its brand across the globe. Selling our coffees on SHOP.COM is another fantastic way for Marley Coffee to market its products, adding to our overall growth.”
JR Ridinger, President and CEO of Market America | SHOP.COM, said, “No one will ever meet a more authentic and genuine entrepreneur than Rohan Marley and never taste a better cup of coffee than Marley Coffee. Rohan’s vision in the gourmet coffee marketplace has led to tremendous growth for his company and his unwavering desire to give back while delivering a superior product is right in line with our corporate philosophy.”
Rohan is the son of the legendary and beloved musician Bob Marley who always said