Monthly Archives: March 2018

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How to Qualify for a Business Startup Loan

by Jared Hecht • March 31, 2018 • 0 Comments

New businesses may find it difficult to qualify for traditional bank loans. But don’t lose hope. You still have plenty of options.

Disruption vs. Innovation: Defining Success

by David Meltzer • March 31, 2018 • 0 Comments

The terms disruption and innovation are almost always used together, but are they really different?

5 Reasons Why Your Employees Are Quitting

by Ceren Cubukcu • March 31, 2018 • 0 Comments

As an employer, it’s important to treat your workers with respect.

Plexus Worldwide Appoints Janice Jackson And Christopher Pair Garza As Presidents

by Ted Nuyten • March 31, 2018 • 0 Comments

As a result of its enormous growth in recent years, Plexus Worldwide (Plexus), a leading direct-selling health and wellness company focused on health and happiness, announced it has expanded its organizational structure and added two new Divisional Presidents to its executive team.
The new structure is designed to better align departments and responsibilities as the company moves towards its goal of becoming a legacy company.
“The overall realignment of departments and reporting structures is designed to streamline processes and improve interdepartmentalcoordination as the company continues its explosive growth and expansion into new markets,”
said Tarl Robinson, CEO and Founder of Plexus Worldwide, LLC.
“The new leadership additions and more efficient company structure allows Plexus to fully utilize its talented executive and department leadership”.
Janice Jackson joined Plexus in March as President of Sales and Marketing and will oversee the Marketing Department, Sales Organization, Product Research and Development, and the Customer Service Department.
Janice has had an exceptional career as a successful executive in the direct selling and consumer products industry rising to VP of Global Brands at Amway where she honed her Wellness & Beauty product category skills across 85 markets.
Most recently, Janice was a member of the executive suite at WorldVentures, where she was responsible for global product development, brand and marketing, corporate affairs and consumer insights.
“Plexus’ excellent reputation in the market and within the direct selling industry was a huge attraction, in my

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Arbonne Close To $600 Million In Sales For 2017

by Ted Nuyten • March 31, 2018 • 0 Comments

In a recent interview in Haute Living, CEO Kay Zanotti disclosed an annual revenue of close to $600 million. Recently Arbonne International was acquired by Groupe Rocher.
In 2010, you turned around the fortune of Arbonne International. What was your strategy?
“While we were preparing to go through the financial restructuring, I had the challenging task of building trust with our Arbonne independent sales force, who were acutely aware of the need for the bankruptcy.
We were able to get through the bankruptcy in 37 days, which helped build their belief back, as well as that of our 800 plus employees.
We then set about building our five-year strategy, which gave us the glide path to our sustainable business growth, which is now approximately a nearly $600 million-dollar business in seven countries.

Today, Arbonne has a sales force that is almost 100 percent female and management that is half female. How much time did it take you to build such a team and what does it mean for the business?
“Our sales force is primarily female, and we welcome the increasing number of men who are joining based on our more holistic wellness positioning. For both women and men, the Arbonne community represents freedom from the 8

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Rodan And Fields Sues Proctor and Gamble

by Ted Nuyten • March 31, 2018 • 0 Comments

According to Legal Newsline, an Internet-based newswire dedicated to 24/7 coverage of state supreme courts and state attorneys general:
Rodan and Fields alleges the maker of Olay is attempting to “stifle” its truthful advertising regarding a product.
Rodan & Fields LLC filed a complaint on March 20 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against The Procter & Gamble Co. citing the Lanham Act.
According to the complaint, the plaintiff alleges that in October 2017 after introducing its anti-aging skin care products, the defendant allegedly commenced a campaign to prevent the plaintiff from making “truthful claims” about the plaintiff’s Intensive Renewing Serum product.
The plaintiff alleges the defendant sent it a cease in desist letter in December 2017 over allegations the plaintiff’s website, YouTube videos, and R&F consultant social media posts “contain false and misleading claims regarding the efficacy of the product and the ingredient retinal.”
The suit states the defendant filed a challenge against the plaintiff with the National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus in February over allegations of false advertising.
“Unless and until Rodan & Fields’ advertising is declared permissible under United States law, Rodan & Fields’ ability to inform consumers about the truthful properties of its Intensive

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How Tupperware Is Helping NASA Grow Vegetables In Space

by Ted Nuyten • March 31, 2018 • 0 Comments

On April 2, 2018, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will make its 14th resupply to the International Space Station (ISS). Riding on a Falcon 9 rocket, Dragon will take supplies, equipment and scientific research to the crew members aboard the ISS. One of the areas of scientific research for this mission is furthering research on growing vegetables in space.
Since 2015, astronauts have grown crops in space using the Vegetable Production System (Veggie), a plant growth unit deployed on board that grows vegetables (lettuce, tomatoes, etc) to provide a continuous source of fresh food to the crew.
The Veggie also serves a scientific purpose, determining how plants sense, develop and respond to gravity, harvested, analyzed and eaten. NASA scientists also say that growing plants in space can also help them understand how to improve plant production on Earth as well.
With the Veggie system, a seed is inserted into a round soft surface known as a plant pillow inside a circular container. Astronauts then inject the plant pillow with a syringe filled with water. Prior Veggie experiments showed that some plants did better than others based on the regularity of the water and oxygen they received.
But on this mission, the Veggie experiment uses a new method to deliver nutrients to plants through the Passive Orbital