Epicure, Canada’s fastest-growing party plan company just might be Vancouver Island’s best-kept secret — well, until now. Epicure CEO Amelia Warren, in Vancouver last week to promote her burgeoning women-led clean food company, was all smiles sharing the “overnight success story” that actually began in the 1990s with lots of elbow grease and little fanfare.
Last year, the self-proclaimed “ambassadors of good food” registered $50 million in retail sales thanks, in part, to a trending back-to-the-kitchen movement, social media and a national sales force of 15,000-plus.
“My mother has always promoted healthy living. She insists if you want to eat healthy you have to cook so you’ll know exactly what’s in your food … and cutting out the liberal amounts of fat, sugar and salt you see in the convenience food industry,” said Warren.
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4Life Reveals 4LifeTransform At 2015 Convention
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In front of 7,000 people from 70 countries, 4Life launched the new 4LifeTransform product line, featuring the much anticipated Pro-TF™, during General Session I of Convention 2015: Bring Dreams Home. The international event was translated into eight languages.
The 4LifeTransform brand includes PRO-TF™, PRO-TF™ Protein Bars, and a repositioning of the top-selling product, 4Life Transfer Factor Renuvo®.
PRO-TF is a proprietary Protein Blend that provides 20 grams of high DH protein and ultra-fast whey and egg protein, plus undenatured whey protein concentrate and 600 mg of 4Life Transfer Factor® in every two-scoop serving. Currently the product is registered in 21 markets around the world.
Chief Scientific Officer Chris Lockwood, PhD, CSCS: “I’ve spent years researching the physiological effects and benefits of different types of proteins. I believe that PRO-TF is one of the most advanced
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Immunotec 2014 Revenues To $81 Million, Rising 47.5%
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Immunotec, a direct-to-consumer company and a leader in the nutritional industry (the “Company” or “Immunotec”), today announced its year-end consolidated financial results for Fiscal 2014. All amounts in this press release are denominated in Canadian dollars unless otherwise indicated.
“We are pleased to report record full-year revenues and Adjusted EBITDA(1) in Fiscal 2014 fuelled by solid growth in our activities outside of Canada and operational leverage,” said Mr. Charles L. Orr, Chief Executive Officer.
“We are currently addressing some challenges related to our recent implementation of value-added taxes (VAT) in Mexico. More importantly, a growing number of consultants and customers throughout the world are experiencing the tangible benefits of Immunotec’s products and the business opportunities provide by our business model,” concluded Mr. Orr.
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Organo Gold Turkey Now Open For Business
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OrganoGold, the global gourmet coffee company that caters to consumers’ active lifestyles, recently announced that it has opened operations in Turkey. Paul Jarvis, Regional Vice President of Europe, CIS and Africa, will manage the Company’s activities in the country.
“The opening of Turkey is a significant operational achievement for Organo Gold”, said Bernardo Chua, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Organo Gold. “In line with our Global Footprint Initiative, Turkey unites the Company’s Asian, European and African operations and allows us to better serve our Distributors and Customers across this diverse and dynamic region.”
Co-Founder and Global Master Distributor Shane Morand added, “Turkey’s geographical importance, booming economy and young demographic complements Organo Gold’s mission, product lines and opportunity.”
It is highly gratifying for Organo Gold to be opening in a country with such a significant
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Medifast Profits Fall 45%, Overhauls Board
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Weight-loss company Medifast Inc. announced Monday that it would overhaul its board of directors under pressure from an activist investment firm, removing eight directors and adding five.
Medifast, is seeking to break into international markets and expand its national reach as it copes with growing competition from technology-driven diet programs on smartphones and other gadgets. CEO Michael MacDonald, who will continue as chairman, said the new board would help the company reach those goals.
The board members who are being replaced “were good board members but didn’t have the national experience or exposure that these guys were looking for,” MacDonald said. “What we’re doing now is putting in what we feel will be people who have very good skill sets to take us to that next level.”
MacDonald said he began talking last year with
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LEOCoin Founders Linked to Pyramid Scheme in Pakistan
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The latest alternative currency hype launch, LEOCoin, has received quite a bit of attention, following a series of outlandish claims. The developer team behind LEOCoin, in a recent CNBC article, claimed that several thousand merchants were willing to accept the digital currency.
“The company therefore claims it has 131,176 registered businesses ready to use LEOCoin, potentially making it the “second largest digital currency” in the world.”
Several media outlets have requested the founders of LEOCoin to provide some evidence to back up the claims made in that particular CNBC article. However, no commentary has been so far by LEOCoin representatives. As of today, nobody seems to have any idea as to who the 131,175 merchants really are. LEOCoin’s developers, Dan Anderson and Atif Kamran, have a somewhat checkered past.
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NHTC Q1 Revenues Increase to $40.9 Million
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Natural Health Trends Corp. (Nasdaq: NHTC) estimates revenue for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 to be $40.9 million. The Company also estimates that its deferred revenue at March 31, 2015 was $10.2 million, compared to $2.7 million at December 31, 2014. In the first quarter of 2014, revenue was $23.2 million, with deferred revenue of $7.9 million at March 31, 2014 and $2.6 million at December 31, 2013.
Increase in quarter end deferred revenue compared to a year ago was attributable to the rapid increase in total orders, the Chinese New Year falling on a later date this year compared to last year and the labor strife on the U.S. West Coast.
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India’s Chamber of Commerce Seeks MLM Legislation
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Sensing the need to regularise direct selling, the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has urged the government to provide clarity. Shilpa Gupta, Head – Retail, FMCG, Luxury Gems & Jewellery, Direct Selling, FICCI, shares her views about the potential of this multi-level marketing model and the steps to regularise it.
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Sozo Global Aquires New Technology
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SOZO Global, Inc., an entrepreneurial direct selling company headquartered in Austin, Texas, USA acquires the exclusive global rights to distribute the Meridium® product from Bioactives Inc. within the direct selling industry.
SOZO is a healthy products company that is a curator of best-in-class nutritional technologies. Since its inception it has cultivated ingredients to formulate products grounded in science with powerful health-protective properties to help you live a fuller, more youthful life. The next addition to the global product line of SOZO is a 100% natural ingredient that has been clinically shown to have multiple health benefits – Lucedin™ xanthohumol.
Just like SOZO went to the source of the coffee fruit to get CoffeeBerry® extract, SOZO goes inside of a humulus lupulus plant to extract the xanthohumol ingredient. This ingredient works at the
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Sozo Global Aquires New Technology
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SOZO Global, Inc., an entrepreneurial direct selling company headquartered in Austin, Texas, USA acquires the exclusive global rights to distribute the Meridium® product from Bioactives Inc. within the direct selling industry.
SOZO is a healthy products company that is a curator of best-in-class nutritional technologies. Since its inception it has cultivated ingredients to formulate products grounded in science with powerful health-protective properties to help you live a fuller, more youthful life. The next addition to the global product line of SOZO is a 100% natural ingredient that has been clinically shown to have multiple health benefits – Lucedin™ xanthohumol.
Just like SOZO went to the source of the coffee fruit to get CoffeeBerry® extract, SOZO goes inside of a humulus lupulus plant to extract the xanthohumol ingredient. This ingredient works at the