Gregg Renfrew launched Beautycounter in 2013, a B Corporation that’s single-mindedly focused on creating transparency and safety in the personal care industry, through truly innovative skincare and beauty products that set a new health and safety standard. Before launching Beautycounter, Gregg had already established herself as a retail leader. Gregg is regarded as a forward-thinking entrepreneur and trusted advisor who can turn concepts into thriving businesses; she sold her successful bridal registry company, The Wedding List, to Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, where she served the company in executive management. Gregg also served the legendary Best & Co. children’s retail group as CEO, which she re-invigorated through design, traditional retail, and hundreds of national trunk shows. Gregg has led new concept, brand, marketing, merchandising and operations consulting engagements with Bergdorf Goodman, Goldie Hawn and Kate
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Sheri McCoy – Avon CEO Interview
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Sheri McCoy was named in April 2012 as the CEO of Avon Products. In 2014, McCoy ranked #27 on Fortune magazine’s “50 Most Powerful Women in Business” list, which she has been on since 2008
Sheri is at the helm of almost $9 billion in annual sales and Avon has a sales force of 6 million direct selling Representatives in nearly 100 countries, 30,000+ employees worldwide.
The company has empowered and inspired women for nearly 130 years. Sheri lives in New York, USA, is married and has 3 children.
As a scientist, Sheri holds a Bachelor of Science degree in textile chemistry from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, USA a master’s degree in chemical engineering from Princeton University, and an MBA from Rutgers University and holds four U.S. patents.
Ted Nuyten had the honor to interview
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Interview with Ringana Founder Andreas Wilfinger
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Austrian cosmetics direct selling company Ringana’s founder Andreas Wilfinger was interviewed by German newspaper Kleine Zeitung where he talks about his roots, Facebook, aging and reveals why he has hundreds of creams in his bathroom.
Andreas Winfinger (46) founded Ringana in 1993 as a company that develops, produces and distributes nutritional supplements and fresh organic cosmetics made from natural plant ingredients, and has already worked its way into a leading market position in Austria and Germany. The company’s sales have climbed steadily in the last five years: 8.2 million euros (2010), 11.3 million euros (2011), 15.5 million euros (2012), 19 million euros (2013) and 26 million euros (2014). In 2008 Ringana moved into Schloss Hartberg, and in 2013 production moved into a 2700 square metres factory space established at a cost of three million euros.
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iNovaLife – Management Interview
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iNovaLife is a young and dynamic company whose mission is as noble as innovative. In an effort to improve people’s quality of life here, they have developed a tool completely free, which offers the consumers the opportunity to realize significant savings on a range of services.
iNovaLife’s mission is to save thousands of dollars to families on their insurances, their mortgages, their credit cards, as well as their renovation project. The company allows you to save through a secure platform and no user fees. You just need to have been invited by an affiliate promoter. It’s simple, easy and efficient.
Ted Nuyten had the honor to interview Carlos Rey Vice-President Of Sales, and Martin LeBlanc, co-founder and COO iNovaLife and Martin Giroux, CEO.
Carlos has created one of the largest direct selling organizations in the
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Interview with CEO Of ONEHope Wine
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Leaders magazine recently published an Interview with Jake Kloberdanz, CEO and Co-Founder, ONEHOPE Wine, and Katie Allen, National Director, viaONEHOPE.
ONEHOPE is a social enterprise that integrates causes into products and services to make a social impact. Products include award winning wine, gourmet coffee and memorable gifts that are sold through a community of Cause Entrepreneurs who help amplify the brand through the direct sales channel.
Jake, how has the business evolved?
Jake: The first stage was building our wine brand and we’re proud to have grown into one of the top 300 wineries by volume out of over 8,000 in the U.S. We just bought our first property and vineyard in Rutherford, Napa, next door to iconic brands like Robert Mondavi, Cakebread, and Opus One. It will soon be home to our flagship
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Beautycounter Reaches 9500 Distributors In US
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Serial entrepreneur and founder of cosmetics direct selling company Beautycounter, Gregg Renfrew speaks about being a serial entrepreneur and her passion for developing safe and natural beauty products for women and families.
At 19, Renfrew went out to Nantucket and set up a cleaning service to make money, and left the island with thousands. She developed another company and ended up selling it to Martha Stewart. Her current company Beautycounter recently surpassed 1 million units in sales.
Renfrew, is a kind of guru for women. They are listening to what she has to say and are following her in her latest venture centered around cosmetics.
After graduating from college, she went to work for Xerox Corporation.
“I knew they had the best sales training program and I really wanted to learn how to sell. That was the
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Take Shape For Life’s Mona Ameli Talks About Company’s Goals
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Mona Ameli has spent nearly two decades in the world of direct sales, working for companies in California that market products through networks of independent contractors. She’s had management roles in some of the largest companies in the health, wellness and beauty industries: Herbalife International, Shaklee and, most recently, Belcorp USA, where she served as general manager.
Last November, Ameli became president of the Take Shape For Life business unit of Owings Mills-based Medifast. She relocated from San Francisco to the Baltimore area in January.
The unit she heads represents the biggest piece of the weight-loss company’s business, accounting for 70 percent of sales. The Medifast program is marketed through a network of independent health coaches who work as paid independent contractors, selling products to clients. The company has more than 10,500 active health
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QNET Founder Shares Entrepreneurial Journey
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As the founder and Executive Chairman of the QI Group of Companies, Dr. Vijay Eswaran is the head of a multi-business conglomerate that has a presence in a variety of sectors, which includes direct selling, retail, financial services, education and hospitality. Its flagship subsidiary, QNET, which was established by the Malaysian businessman in 1998, is today a global company (with offices in the UAE as well) that has managed to merge traditional methods of sales with the e-commerce model.
“What I envisioned was a new kind of company that would merge the people power of a direct sales force with the global reach of the Internet,” Dr. Eswaran says, as he remembers the origins of his company. “So we merged the tried and tested direct selling business model with the emerging e-commerce
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Belynda Lee Fosters Cultural Sensitivity In Her International Role With Nerium
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Before Belynda Lee earned her role as Nerium International’s Regional Vice President of Sales, she quietly wondered what Nerium was doing that so many other direct selling companies had failed to do. Nerium’s stellar track record spoke for itself and it was obvious that the young company’s record-breaking growth was only going to accelerate as their global footprint expanded. But why were they so successful?
It took one visit to Nerium’s Texas headquarters and she understood. “Every hallway that I went down, in every little space, everyone is working hard. You talk to them and they all talk one lingo, ‘How can we better support the field?’ This industry evolves around the health and wealth of the field. If the field is happy and is taken care of, then automatically the company will be too. I saw that at Nerium,” Lee says.
That singular vision, the authenticity of Nerium’s leadership and overall philosophy sealed the deal for Lee coming on board as regional vice president of sales focused on international expansion.
Lee brings a wealth of international experience having most recently served as vice president of Canada and North American Asian markets for a large direct selling company, where she was responsible