Monthly Archives: October 2015

LR Health & Beauty Honored With 2015 Astra Award “Company Of The Year”

 
Recently, at the European Direct Selling Conference  in Brussels, this year’s Astra Award “Company of the Year” was awarded to the Ahlen-based cosmetics enterprise LR Health & Beauty Systems GmbH.
With this award, LR has been honoured by the European Direct Selling Associations as best direct selling enterprise. “LR is a company committed to a united direct selling industry in Europe and support the work of the direct selling associations”, emphasised Jacques Cosnefroy, member of the board of Seldia.
Every year, the Award of the European Direct Selling Association (Seldia) honours the most successful member enterprise. The positive development of the visibility in the direct sales segment and the enhancement of the socio-economic benefit of the company are two of the criteria for the awarding decision. Additionally, the advantages for the customers

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USANA Names Aurora “Duday” Gaston Regional Manager Of Philippines, Indonesia

 
Global manufacturer of health supplements USANA Health Sciences recently named Filipino executive and USANA Philippines General Manager Aurora “Duday” Gaston as its Regional Manager in the Philippines and Indonesia.
This announcement comes at the heel of USANA’s establishment of its Indonesian operations, its 20th market worldwide. This move is expected to be a massively strategic move for USANA as Indonesia is deemed to be one of the most thriving hubs in the direct selling business.
“I’ve been in the industry for around 30 years and perhaps this is one of my most important achievements in the direct selling industry: the honor to take this new role and showcase the brilliance of Philippine entrepreneurship and leadership in an international scale,” shares Gaston.
Prior to joining USANA, Duday worked as Head of Triumph Direct Selling Philippines for

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Malaysia’s Elken Wins Two Awards

 
Malaysian direct selling company Elken has been honored with two awards, the 2015 Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Home Water Filter Customer Service Leadership and Product Line Strategy Leadership Awards.
The awards were presented to Elken at the 2015 Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Best Practices Awards banquet, held at the Conrad Centennial Singapore yesterday.
Ms. Janice Wung, Industry Analyst, Energy & Environment Practice, Asia Pacific at Frost & Sullivan said that Elken has positioned itself competitively with the various market strategies and organized channels in place.

“On top of its excelling position in customer service leadership, Elken has ensured continuous emphasis on customer value optimization through its product excellence,” she added.

Ms. Wung also said that despite the highly fragmented industry, Elken has outperformed its competitors in terms of price and performance value through the provision of comprehensive

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Kevin Thompson – Lessons Learned From The FTC vs Vemma Law Suit

 
Kevin Thompson, the MLM attrorney, is part of the Vemma’s Legal team, in this write up he shares his knowlege. Stuff to read for corporate executives as for Network Marketing professionals in the USA and those entering the USA market.
This was very interesting to read:

In fact, our guess is that most companies will stand pat and continue to take one of two ignorant approaches. The first is the “that won’t happen to us” approach. The proverbial logic behind this approach goes something like this: the FTC doesn’t pursue many companies; with each passing day, more and more companies invade the industry’s space; therefore, our company won’t be THE COMPANY that serves as the government’s sacrificial lamb.

Kevin Thompson:
“This is Part Two of our series on the Vemma ruling. In Part One of

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Global Future City To Launch New MLM

 
Global Future City Holding Inc. (FTCY) announces its plans to deploy and operate a multi-level marketing program through its wholly owned subsidiary GX Life Global, Inc.
GX-Life Global, the new multi-level marketing company will offer a diverse line of products presently in the following categories: beauty, energy, nutrition, and tea. In the beauty category, GX-Life Global has developed a line of high-end moisturizers, serums, and creams designed to protect the skin and combat the signs of aging. In the energy category, GX-Life Global will offer two uniquely formulated F.I.T.T. Energy® one-ounce energy gel packs and a high antioxidant berry one ounce gel pack that contains the equivalent of 75–110 glasses of resveratrol in a single serving. In the tea category, GX-Life Global will offer single-serve sachets of Authentea® organic tea extract and Herbalsoul®

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Irish Times Publishes Detailed Analysis Of Direct Selling

 
The Irish Times has published a detailed feature on the Direct Selling industry and its attraction for many Irish people looking to make some extra cash.
Maybe you’re a stay-at-home parent, looking for a way to earn some extra income now that the kids have gone back to school. Or maybe you have retired and your pension isn’t quite enough to meet your spending habits.
Or maybe you just need the cash. Whatever the reason, topping up your income by selling goods in your spare time is a way anyone can boost their bank balance this autumn.
Direct selling is not new. From the days of Tupperware parties, companies have long identified the impact empowering people to sell their products to friends, neighbours and strangers, can have on the bottom line. And for the sellers, it’s a

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