Monthly Archives: January 2016

Melaluca Marks Three Decades In Business

 
A major East Idaho business reached a milestone this past September. Melaleuca Inc. celebrated its 30th anniversary.
Melaleuca founder and CEO Frank VanderSloot says Idaho has been a great place to start a business. And after recently building a $50 million global headquarters in Bonneville County, VanderSloot also showed it’s a place for major corporations to remain.
Although Melaleuca has been a part of east Idaho for three decades, not everyone knows what it does. Melaleuca has developed over 450 different health and wellness products, which it makes for customers in 18 countries. Its products range from vitamins and health supplements to non-toxic household cleaners. It also offers a full line of essential oils, skin care and cosmetics, and personal care products.
“Melaleuca has always placed a premium on research and development, and high-quality, natural

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Tupperware Reports Q4 2015 Results – Sales Up 2%

 
Tupperware Brands Corporation today announced fourth quarter 2015 operating results. Rick Goings, Chairman and CEO, commented, “We had a disappointing quarter as we lapped a tough comparison and continued to see an impact from economic and political headwinds in many of our units.
While I don’t want to take away from the strong performances in a number of units, our internal actions did not overcome the impact of worse than expected externals in some of our units.”
Goings continued, “Given today’s environment, we’re making some defensive moves to allow us to perform financially and to play better offense in implementing our growth strategies.
We remain confident the strong fundamentals of our business model coupled with these actions will set a path to success for our 3.1 million global sales force, our associates and

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ViSalus’ NEON Energy Drink Goes Global

 
Energized by its commitment to provide the world with healthy on-the-go food and drink options, ViSalus announced the international distribution of NEON Energy Drink® at its EU Leadership Launch in London on January 16th.
NEON Energy Drink will now be available in all 12 Vi European countries – U.K., Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Finland, Poland and Hungary.
Following its successful North American launch last year, Vi has already surpassed more than $5 million in sales of NEON Energy Drink throughout North America, making this product another successful component of the company’s ever-expanding portfolio.
Advancing into the European market marks the next strategic phase in Vi’s dedication to entering the fast-growing global energy drink industry, which has increased 620%, from $3.8 billion in 1999, to $27.5 billion in 20131.

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