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Beachbody (BODi) Reports Fourth Quarter and FY 2025 Financial Results

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EL SEGUNDO, CA – The Beachbody Company, Inc. (NASDAQ: BODi) (“BODi” or the “Company”), announced financial results for its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2025 and full year 2025 results.
Summary of Q4 and Full Year 2025 Results
FOURTH QUARTER 2025 RESULTS

Total revenue was $55.5 million compared to $86.4 million in the prior year period — approximately 36% decrease in Q4 revenues.

Digital revenue was $34.3 million compared to $50.4 million in the prior year period and digital subscriptions totaled 0.87 million in the fourth quarter.
Nutrition and Other revenue was $21.2 million compared to $34.8 million in the prior year period and nutritional subscriptions totaled 0.08 million in the fourth quarter.
Connected Fitness revenue was $0.0 million compared to $1.2 million in the prior year period as we ceased the sale of bike inventory in the first quarter of 2025.

FULL YEAR 2025 RESULTS

Total revenue was $251.7 million compared to $418.8 million in the prior year period — approximately 40% decrease year over year.

Digital revenue was $153.3 million compared to $224.3 million in the prior year.
Nutrition and Other revenue was $97.6 million compared to $187.8 million in the prior year.
Connected Fitness revenue was $0.9 million compared to $6.6 million in the prior year as we

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The Human Premium: Why Direct Selling’s Moment Is Now

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By Susannah Schofield OBE
Director General, UK Direct Selling Association
Speaking recently at a major retail conference, I found myself reflecting on something that those of us in direct selling have understood for decades: when the world accelerates, human connection becomes more valuable — not less.
Across the conference presentations, there was much discussion about AI, automation, efficiency, and cost reduction. Retailers are investing heavily in technology to streamline operations, personalise marketing, and optimise supply chains. And rightly so. Innovation drives progress.
But running through every panel discussion and presentation was a quiet, recurring theme: in an increasingly automated marketplace, customers are craving something technology alone cannot provide — genuine human connection.
This is where direct selling stands apart.
For over 60 years in the UK, our channel has been built on relationships. Not transactions. Not algorithms. Not anonymous clicks. Relationships. The consultant who knows your preferences. The person who takes the time to explain, demonstrate, and reassure. The trusted voice who follows up, not because a CRM prompted them to, but because they genuinely care.
At the UK Direct Selling Association, we represent a sector generating around £1 billion in annual retail sales, supported by hundreds of thousands of independent sellers across the country. But beyond

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Empowering Success: Beyond Slim® Reignites Ashley Crawford’s Passion for the Direct Selling Industry

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Meet Ashley Crawford, a part-time, record-breaking saleswoman who has achieved almost a million dollars in team sales since her arrival at Beyond Slim in mid-January.
Besides her success with the company, Ashley is eagerly awaiting the arrival of twins while simultaneously managing a full-time position in hospital management. 
Despite her demanding schedule, Ashley explains that the simplicity of Beyond Slim’s products and business model have enabled her to thrive both in her professional and personal endeavors.
With just one delicious drink twice a day, Ashley can effortlessly incorporate ZipSlim® into her everyday life as a healthcare worker and expectant mother. She believes that the straightforward compensation plan is structured so that everyone can win, regardless of their experience or position. 
“The simplicity of it all has allowed me to focus more of my energy on supporting my team and having fun.
I think the ability to find joy and camaraderie in your work is something that has been absent in this industry for too long.”  
Ashley first began her journey with direct selling in search of a strong community. Just prior to joining Beyond Slim, she was on the brink of walking away from her nine years of experience in the industry.

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South Africa Direct Selling Industry Records 13.1% Growth

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In an economy suffering depressed consumer confidence, Brexit threats, escalating energy costs, growing formal unemployment and a currency that’s been on a downward slope for around 18 months.
An estimated 1.1 million independent business owners are making good, growing their businesses and annually, contributing more than R10 billion of sales (and growing), to the national economy in the form of sales to consumers.
The Direct Selling Association of South Africa (DSASA) announced its industry results in Johannesburg this morning at a gathering of the Association’s 36 direct sales business entities. Sales to consumers across the association were up 13.1% from R9.66 billion last year to R10.93 billion for the 2015 financial year.
DSASA represents 36 direct selling companies that distribute goods and services through independent direct sellers, directly to consumers, in a face-to-face model, away

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Direct Selling A $250 Billion Industry

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According to the USA Direct Selling Association and the World Federation Of Direct Selling Associations, (WFDSA) the market is $183 billion worldwide with 103 million distributors. (Year 2015)
However the WFDSA measure their members only and the majority of Direct Selling companies are not members.
There are more than 10,000+ Direct Selling companies worldwide, many of them in Asia and China, under the radar and are in the $25 – $100+ million sales range.
We research on an ongoing basis the sales / revenue of companies for 2015. 
Please log a support ticket if you want to share company revenue information.
If we estimate revenue, based on the information we have, we tend to do so on the low side. Holdings with a multi channel strategy (Vorwerk) or with ownership in several companies (JRJR Networks) we split out.
Based on below figures for 200+ companies, we are pretty sure the total

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The Direct Selling Industry Contributes To Economic Prosperity Of South Africa

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From health and wellness products to financial solutions – the direct selling industry is a somewhat low-profile powerful Industry – having contributed a massive R7, 74-billion to South Africa’s economy in 2014 alone.
And whether it is through part time involvement or a fulltime business, there are approximately 1.4 –million people earning a living within the industry, making it a significant contributor to the economy.
The Direct Selling Association of South Africa (DSASA), the formal association for the local industry, represents 38 direct selling companies that distribute goods and services through independent direct selling distributors, to consumers, in a face-to-face model, away from fixed retail locations.
According to DSA chairman Ernest du Toit, the industry is not only an important contributor to the economy, but a key player at a time when jobs are scarce

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India Working Towards New Legislation To Help Direct-Selling Industry

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For those that have been following international direct-selling news will be happy to hear that India is finally putting some measures into place to progress the direct-selling industry in their country, which has been sorely lacking the support. Although a small baby step toward the results needed, it is a step in the right direction. 
Welcoming the formation of an inter ministerial committee to look into their issues, direct sellers have asked the government to frame a separate regulation after consulting all stakeholders in a time-bound manner for the sector. 
The India Direct Selling Association (IDSA), which falls under the Prize Chits & Money Circulation Schemes (PCMCS) (Banning) Act, has been asking for a separate legislation for some time. 

“We welcome the much awaited action taken by the government. We hope the government will draft an inclusive legislation in consultation with the industry stakeholders. We expect the government to give out time-bound legislation,” IDSA Secretary General Chavi Hemanth said. 

Last week, MoS Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Raosaheb Patil Danve has informed Parliament that the government has set up an inter ministerial committee to consider separate legislation for direct selling/ multi-level marketing companies. 
“At present, in the absence of any separate regulatory framework business models like direct selling/

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