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Cindy Monroe: CEO Of $650 Million Thirty One Gifts

by Tina Williams • August 12, 2015 • 0 Comments

Creating a new business outlet for busy moms while also appealing to working women who can’t shop during the day eventually landed Monroe on Forbes’ list of “8 Self-Made Women To Watch In 2015,” alongside Sandra Bullock and Jessica Alba, where her worth was estimated at $200 million.

The founder, president and CEO of Thirty-One Gifts has built her personalized purse-and-bag empire by understanding and appreciating what women want and need. As noted on the company’s website, “Thirty-One was founded on the simple premise of empowering women by giving them the opportunity to own their own business.”

Monroe’s success has been enhanced by also being able to tap into others’ expertise to help her develop as a woman business owner.
As Thirty-One Gifts looks to grow well past the billion-dollar revenue mark, Monroe put together

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Lyoness Teams Partners With Just Energy Group

by Tina Williams • August 12, 2015 • 0 Comments

Just Energy Group Inc. is pleased to announce a new partnership with Lyoness to offer exclusive natural gas and electricity supply programs to its membership.
With the biggest shopping community worldwide, Lyoness successfully leverages its large membership to create unique purchasing opportunities for home and business consumers. The new partnership provides customers with access to Just Energy’s preferred natural gas and electricity rates and products.
A leading North American energy management solutions provider, Just Energy specializes in electricity, natural gas, solar and green energy for almost two million customers across North America and the UK. Customers that enroll in an energy program through Lyoness will benefit from:
Competitive rates
Superior Customer Service
Seamless Switching
Special Incentives

“We’re excited to partner with Lyoness to offer its membership the benefit of discounted pricing and customized products,” says Al Shulman, VP of Marketing at Just Energy.

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Jamberry Continues Rapid Growth, Expands Into Australia And New Zealand

by Tina Williams • August 12, 2015 • 0 Comments

Jamberry has become a household name in less than five years for their easy-to-apply long-lasting nail wraps, salon-quality nail lacquer and hand care treatments sold through a network of over 35,000 Independent Consultants throughout the US, Canada and Puerto Rico. Jamberry is now extending their successful business model to Australia and New Zealand.
On 1 October, Australian and New Zealand residents will be able to sign up to become Jamberry Independent Consultants and order product online.
Jamberry Independent Consultants grow their Jamberry businesses by selling through in-person manicure parties and virtual parties on Facebook. These parties are fun and engaging, allowing women to learn about and sample Jamberry’s products. Jamberry’s easy and empowering business model enhances women’s lives, from those who simply aspire to earn supplemental income to entrepreneurial self-starters who have built large Jamberry businesses.
Three sisters, Keri Evans, Christy Hepworth and Lyndsey Ekstrom, started

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Ex-Avon Employee Claims Company Exploited Celebrity Clients

by Tina Williams • August 12, 2015 • 0 Comments

The NY Post reports:
A former celebrity handler for cosmetics giant Avon claims in a lawsuit that her greedy bosses manipulated its pitchmen, including Derek Jeter, Reese Witherspoon and Salma Hayek.
Mary Kate O’Neill says in her wrongful-termination suit that she never should have been fired from Avon because she saved it millions of dollars by heading off potential contract disputes with the stars.
One deal she brokered with Yankee shortstop Jeter kept him from suing the company, according to her $4 million Manhattan Supreme Court suit.
Jeter — who had launched his own cologne, Driven, with Avon in 2006 — refused another $1 million offer to endorse fashion and home products, the suit says.
But that didn’t stop the company from using his likeness to endorse the products without his permission, according to court papers.
“Mr. Jeter

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PartyLite Sells 4 Million Units Of New Product In Record Time

by Tina Williams • August 12, 2015 • 0 Comments

As the world’s number one direct seller of home fragrance, including candles, wax warmers and other innovative flameless fragrance, PartyLite has been delivering premium scents to fragrance lovers for more than 42 years. But PartyLite is also passionate about innovating – finding new and better ways to deliver the fragrances its customers crave.
For example, the Escential Jar™ by PartyLite Scented Candle sold its first million units within weeks of introducing it in 2013. It has since become the most popular, fastest-selling PartyLite candle ever with 4 million sold to date. Candle-lovers adore that each of these jar candles burns an average of 50 hours.
That translates into 8.3 million days of PartyLite fragrance delivered by these popular candles so far! Regardless of its success, PartyLite decided that the candle could be improved.
This fall, PartyLite

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Omnito (DubLi) Relocates To Seattle

by Tina Williams • August 12, 2015 • 0 Comments

Ominto, Inc. (OTC PINK: OMNT), the global leader in online Cash Back shopping, today announced that it is relocating its corporate headquarters to Seattle, Washington.
In a move spurred by Ominto’s rapid expansion and global reach, the company’s leadership team chose Seattle in recognition of its reputation as a thriving technology business hub.

“Due to its quality of life and rich talent pool, Seattle has become a powerful epicenter for pioneering companies in e-commerce, digital innovation and technology,” said Ivan Braiker, CEO and President of Ominto, Inc.
“We believe Seattle is an ideal setting to establish our new global headquarters, which will support us as we aggressively pursue the next stage of growth for our robust and fast-expanding Cash Back rewards platform.”

Ominto, Inc.’s executive team, including CEO Ivan Braiker and CFO Thomas Virgin, will

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Mannatech Promotes President Alfredo Bala To CEO

by Nicole Dunkley • August 12, 2015 • 0 Comments

Mannatech, Incorporated (NASDAQ: MTEX), the pioneer of nutritional glycobiology, leading innovator of naturally-sourced supplements based on Real Food Technology® solutions, and creator of the M5MSM (Mission 5 MillionSM) social entrepreneurial movement, today announced it has promoted its President, Alfredo (Al) Bala, to the position of Chief Executive Officer. Bala will also retain the title of President.
Bala, 55, is well known throughout Mannatech for his passionate support of the company’s sales Associates and has been a key contributor to bringing Mannatech back to profitability. He has 35 years of experience working in the direct sales industry, with 28 of those spent as a field sales leader. He joined Mannatech in 2007 and rapidly increased his responsibilities at the company, ascending to the position of President in June of 2014. Bala also played

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Meet ForeverGreen 3-Star, Rolf Krahnert

by Nicole Dunkley • August 12, 2015 • 0 Comments

Rolf was drawn to ForeverGreen because of the company’s vision, global presence, people, products and seamless compensation plan. Rolf feels that all of these features make it relatively simple and easy to build a strong organization and team. It has been his experience that the unique and highly effective products, as well as the company’s message of sharing love, light and happiness, are what really attract the most prospects to ForeverGreen.
When approaching a new candidate for the business, some of the first things Rolf shares about ForeverGreen include:

The highly effective, patented products and new technologies.
The products can be shipped in a cost-effective envelope model to any address in the world.
The opportunities begin at the ground-floor level.
The seemingly limitless ForeverGreen teamwork and support.

Rolf is most impressed by the company’s integrity, vision and the

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More Enthusiastic Associates Return To Talk Fusion

by Nicole Dunkley • August 12, 2015 • 0 Comments

Soon after joining Talk Fusion in 2011, Double Diamond Yuliya Bykova from Russia was truly living the Dream Lifestyle. She had worked to earn an extremely comfortable income, qualified for the spectacular Dream Getaway incentive vacation in Hawaii, traveled the world, built a strong team, met her husband (and future Talk Fusion Associate) Boris Krymoff, got married, moved to the United States, and had a beautiful baby daughter.
With so many new and exciting changes in their lives, Boris and Yuliya wanted to try other new things. So they decided to experiment with other direct selling companies. It only took a few months for them to realize that “new” isn’t always “better.”
“Away from Talk Fusion, we missed the team and the support and the Instant Pay,” said Yuliya. “We missed having all

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Nature’s Sunshine Q2 2015 – Down 12.5% To $81.2 Million

by Nicole Dunkley • August 12, 2015 • 0 Comments

Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc. a leading natural health and wellness company engaged in the manufacture and direct selling of nutritional and personal care products, recently reported its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2015.
Second Quarter 2015 Financial Highlights

Net sales revenue of $81.2 million, decreased 12.5% compared to $92.8 million in the second quarter of 2014. On a local currency basis, net sales revenue decreased 7.7% compared to the second quarter of 2014. Net sales revenue was negatively impacted by a $6.0 million decline in net sales in the NSP Russia, Central and Eastern Europe segment, as well as a $4.5 million unfavorable impact in foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations.

Net income from continuing operations was $2.4 million, or $0.12 per diluted common share, compared to $3.6 million, or $0.22

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