We delivered strong first-quarter results highlighted by 24 percent growth in revenue, which included a 7 percent foreign currency benefit,”
said Ritch Wood, chief executive officer.
“Our revenue growth was driven by an 11 percent increase in customers and a 16 percent improvement in the number of sales leaders.
We are encouraged by the early execution of our growth strategy centered on engaging platforms, enabling products and empowering programs.“
“Based on the strength of first-quarter results and our initiatives for the remainder of the year, we are increasing our annual revenue guidance by $70 million,” said Wood.
“We remain focused on building momentum and executing our customer growth strategy by increasing social sharing capabilities with additional training and tools, driving innovation with ageLOC LumiSpa and other new products, and continuing the roll out of Velocity, our enhanced sales compensation program.”
“We generated 24 percent year-over-year revenue growth and strong earnings performance in the quarter,” said Mark Lawrence, chief financial officer.
“As previously disclosed, we incurred a charge associated with the early conversion of our convertible note, which was not included in our original guidance and negatively impacted first-quarter earnings by $0.12 per share. In addition, due to purchase accounting, we incurred a $0.03 charge related to the amortization of intangibles from our