Monthly Archives: March 2017

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Avon General Counsel And Compliance Chief Set To Retire

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Avon Products is on the hunt for a new general counsel and chief ethics and compliance officer.
The man who currently holds those titles, Jeff Benjamin, is retiring from the beauty company. He will step down when Avon names a successor. Benjamin came on board in 2012, as the cosmetics maker faced a federal investigation into bribery allegations related to its China business.
The charges were settled in 2014, with Avon agreeing to pay a total of $135 million to the U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“With the announcement of Jeff’s retirement, in the coming months we will be working to ensure a smooth transition to a new General Counsel & Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer,” said Sheri McCoy, Avon Products CEO. “I would like to thank Jeff for

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USANA Opens $40 Million Manufacturing Site In China

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USANA Health Sciences on Tuesday celebrated the grand opening of its 350,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Beijing.
The $40 million complex will produce nutrition supplements for Mainland China, one of the company’s top markets. Since 2014, when construction began at the site, USANA’s sales in Greater China have increased more than 40 percent.
“There were many back orders and we wanted to increase the supply to satisfy the demands in China,” Brent Neidig, USANA Vice President of China Strategic Development, said in a company announcement.
During the past two years, USANA has navigated China’s complex regulatory process to secure 12 separate building licenses. The plant initially came online last fall, operating at limited capacity. Now fully up and running, the Beijing site can produce 1.2 billion tablets each year, as much as USANA’s Home Office

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LifeVantage Highlights Additions To Corporate Governance Team

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LifeVantage Corporation, commented today on the enhanced strategic skills and experience added to its corporate governance team over the past two months.
“I am extremely proud of the depth and breadth of strategic skills and business experience we have added to both our executive team and Board of Directors over the last couple of months,” said LifeVantage President and Chief Executive Officer, Darren Jensen.
“Over the past couple weeks, we have strengthened our management team by adding highly qualified individuals to the positions of Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer.
I would also like to highlight the recent additions to our Board of Directors: Raymond Greer, Vinayak Hegde and Darwin Lewis. These three independent Board members each bring relevant strategic capabilities to our Board that will further aid in the achievement of

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Nerium International Celebrates Brand Centre Opening In Australia

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Nerium International™, a leader in age-defying skincare products, celebrated the Grand Opening of its Australian brand centre with a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday, 23 March, 2017.
Jeff Olson, Nerium International’s Founder and CEO, officially opened the Australian brand centre.
Special guests in attendance included: Deborah K. Heisz, President and Chief Operating Officer; Mark and Tammy Smith, Chief Field Officers; and Rick Arnold, General Manager of Australia; as well as Nerium International Independent Brand Partner leaders and key partners.
The global market leader in science-based, age-defying skincare products is also hosting a grand launch weekend at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre, starting Friday, 24 March 2017.
Australia is one of the most important regions for relationship marketing. And for a direct marketing brand with millions of customers since its launch in in 2011, the opportunity is huge!
“We’re

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