Gold Canyon, a leading candle and home decor direct sales company, today announces the appointment of Thomas F. Kelly as Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Kelly brings more than three decades of direct sales organization leadership to this position and has been tapped for his unique ability to drive revenue growth and profitability while sustaining high levels of motivation through dynamic market and organizational shifts.
Prior to Gold Canyon, Mr. Kelly served as Chief Executive Officer of Silpada Designs, where he was responsible for transforming and upgrading the company’s organizational capabilities, as well as being instrumental in successfully transitioning the company back to a privately held, family-run business when Avon Products, Inc. decided to sell it. Mr. Kelly previously built a distinguished 32-year career at Avon Products, Inc. where he rose to Senior Vice President. Throughout his
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Herbalife Retaliates With A Website Attacking Bill Ackman
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Herbalife Ltd. went on the attack against nemesis Bill Ackman on Monday, debuting a website that paints the billionaire hedge fund manager as an irresponsible opportunist.
Therealbillackman.com includes media reports about legal probes into his anti-Herbalife campaign as well as videos detailing Ackman’s investment failures. The counterpunch comes more than two years after Ackman started a site called factsaboutherbalife.com to aid his campaign accusing Herbalife of running an illegal pyramid scheme.
“When Bill Ackman’s wrong, he’s really wrong,” one video caption on Herbalife’s website reads. Another asks, “Really, Bill?”
Herbalife’s new site is its most public response yet after plenty of maneuvering behind the scenes. The company overhauled its lobbying and public-relations staffs and hired outside help to bolster its image amid federal and state probes into its business practices. The company has repeatedly denied Ackman’s allegations.
Ackman didn’t
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Reliv Launches New Mobile-Friendly Business Sites
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Reliv International, a maker of nutritional supplements that promote optimal health, announced that the company has introduced new custom websites for independent Reliv distributors. Reliv rolled out the sites to its distributor field this month via a series of instructional videos.
The new websites are mobile-ready, adjusting to fit the smaller screens of mobile devices such as smart phones and tablets. This adaptability enables Reliv distributors to use the sites’ other updated features to conduct key business activities anywhere they can access the internet.
he sites are also customizable, allowing their owners to select the pre-produced content they wish to highlight and to upload their own photo and Reliv success story.
“The new personal websites speed up the Reliv business like never before,” said Ryan Montgomery, Reliv president. “Distributors and consumers can more easily
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Amway Opens $42 Million California Manufacturing Facility
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Ada-based Amway Corp. has opened its new manufacturing and research and design facility in Buena Park, Calif.
The direct-selling giant has invested approximately $42 million in facilities at the site, which will manufacture the company’s Nutrilite brand of products, according to a statement.
Amway plans to open four additional manufacturing sites across the U.S. as part of its $322 million expansion project that it first announced in 2012.
“These facilities are a key part of the brand’s future and we couldn’t be more excited to continue the legacy of nutrition manufacturing from this site in California,” Chairman Steve Van Andel stated.
The manufacturing expansion included two sites in Michigan, including adding nutrition powder products at Amway’s world headquarters site and converting the Spaulding Avenue warehouse into a manufacturing facility for vitamins, minerals and dietary supplements.
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Isagenix Wins 19 Awards From Three Different Organizations
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The health and wellness company, Isagenix International, has won several communication awards from the Direct Selling Association (DSA), The Communicator Awards, and the American Business Awards (Stevies) in conjunction with the Asia-Pacific Stevies.
“At Isagenix, it is our pleasure to provide our independent Associates with the best possible tools for their businesses. As always, if it’s not right for the Associates, it’s not right for the company,” says Isagenix Vice President of Corporate Communications and Marketing Services Kevin Andrus.
“When we develop our tools and resources specifically for Isagenix Associates, we strive to make sure they’re the bestfrom the content to the presentation. These awards tell us that we are on the right track!”
Isagenix won two DSA Ethos Awards. The Direct Selling Association (DSA) is the national trade association of the leading firms that
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Forbes Recognizes Cindy Monroe, Thirty-One Gifts, As One Of 8 Women To Watch
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Among mega names like Jessica Alba, Natalie Massenet, and Sandra Bullock, Forbes recognized Cindy Monroe, Thirty-One Gifts CEO, as one of 8 women to watch — giving the company even further credibility for their position in the marketplace. The article, which can be found on Forbes.com, states:
Here are more details on all eight women entrepreneurs and executives to keep an eye on:
Jessica Alba
$200 million
Age: 34. Residence: Los Angeles, Calif.
The actress has found surprising success in an unrelated industry: household products. In 2011, she cofounded The Honest Company, which makes non-toxic baby gear, cleaning supplies and bath and body products. She owns up to 20% of the company, which saw revenues grow from $10 million 2012 to $150 million in 2014. The company was recently valued at $1 billion.
Sandra Bullock
$200 million
Age: 50. Residence: Austin,
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doTERRA Recognized As Best Of State
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On Saturday, thousands of businessmen and businesswomen filled the Salt Palace Convention Center Ballroom to honor Utah companies receiving the Best of State Awards. One of the companies recognized at the black tie event was doTERRA International, LLC, based in Pleasant Grove, Utah.
doTERRA received the Best of State Award for Essential Oils/Botanicals in the Merchandising and Consumer Services Category, making it the only essential oil company recognized at the Gala.
The Best of State Awards were created to recognize the people, organizations, and businesses that are achieving, innovating, and improving the quality of life in Utah. Judges review submitted material and online nominations, and assign three separate scores to each nominee, for a total of 100 possible points.
Fifty percent of the points are for overall achievement and excellence in service, products, or performance.
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Zija International’s AGX Technology Educational Series
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Zija International recently released their new Améo Gene Expression (AGX) product line, which allows its users to employ essential oils that promote positive gene expression. The following is a complete four-part educational series about the AGX technology by Zija’s Vice President of Research and Development, Dr. Joshua Plant.
Part I: What are genes and how do they impact our well-being?
Within most cells of the human body there is 3.5 billion bases of DNA, a base is the famous A, G, C, or T we see in many sci-fi movies. These 3.5 billion bases within each cell, if stretched out, would stretch 6 feet. Multiplying out those 6 feet by the roughly 40 trillion cells of the human body would yield a total of 45 billion miles of DNA in each human body. That
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Total Life Changes National Director Exceeds $100k Earnings
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The Network Marketing industry is a powerful, global entity that reaches nations nobody could have predicted. The overall trend in MLM success stories is clearly on the rise as ambitious entrepreneurs are looking for companies with valuable products that work and compensation plans that offer more than one way to build immediate and residual income. For many networkers this takes decades to achieve the right fit.
Total Life Changes National Director, Phillip Birchfield has found “The Truth” with TLC. Phillip has invested more than twenty years in the MLM industry with several different companies and teams with well over one hundred members, but was unable to capitalize on building meaningful residual wealth. Birchfield is now celebrating his one-year anniversary with Total Life Changes as well as the success of his team of over
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Talk Fusion Aids Nepal Earthquake Relief
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Tragedy struck again in the country of Nepal when a devastating 7.3 earthquake, the second quake in three weeks, rocked the Asian country. Following their corporate culture of “giving back” to the people of the world, Talk Fusion quickly responded by encouraging Customers and Associates to donate for Nepal Earthquake Relief and supplying a custom Video Email template to take the request for assistance viral.
“One of our Associates, Dustin Moore, actually was there,” said Talk Fusion Founder & CEO Bob Reina. “Not only during the original earthquake, but the aftershock. The people of Nepal are suffering.”
In the aftermath of the disaster, Talk Fusion took action. They immediately posted a link to a Nepal Relief site where concerned people could make donations. They took the concern a step further, and used the social