SOZO Global, an entrepreneurial direct selling company expands its Ignite® energy drink product line with the launch of a new natural drink mix in the United States and Canada.
Ignite® Natural contains no harmful chemicals, artificial colors, artificial flavors or artificial sweeteners. Powered by a high antioxidant superfruit, CoffeeBerry®, it also contains healthy vitamins C and D. The caffeine used in the formula is a naturally occurring source of caffeine – unlike many other products on the market that contain a synthetic source.
Ignite Natural was previewed at the SOZO 2014 National Empowerment Convention in St. Louis, Missouri, where co-founder / director Larry Cantrell announced, “This is a great-tasting and natural alternative to other unhealthy energy drinks on the market.” Mark Adams, CEO and co-founder of SOZO also commented, “Energy Drinks are over $12 billion in the United States alone. We plan on taking our product to a global audience.”
SOZO will engage its independent active distributors with an I IGNITE video contest to show how they are using the Ignite Natural energy drink to “ignite” their day.
About SOZO GLOBAL
SOZO Global is a healthy lifestyle company founded in 2009 with its headquarters in Austin, Texas. SOZO products are sold through independent Distributors
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Direct Selling Sales In India Up Just 4.3%, Policy Uncertainty Blamed
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The Indian direct selling industry grew 4.3 per cent in 2013-14 and achieved sales of Rs 7,472$ crore, a sharp decline from previous fiscals, according to the industry’s annual survey conducted by the Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) and the PHD Chamber of Commerce.
Sales grew at 12.2 per cent (Rs 7,164$ crore) in 2012-13 and 22 per cent (Rs 6,385$ crore) the year before. The survey estimates industry turnover at about Rs 24,000$ crore by 2019-20.
“The dip in sales is on account of lack of policy. There is no clarity and the industry faces much uncertainty. That’s what we’ve been asking the Government for over the last six or seven years,” said Chavi Hemanth, Secretary General, IDSA.
Reports indicate that the Finance Ministry is looking to make changes to the Prize Chits and Money Circulation Scheme (PCMCS) (Banning) Act of 1978 to prevent the spread of ponzi schemes. However, direct selling companies have often come under the scanner of the Act, evidenced by the arrest of Amway CEO William Pinckney and two company directors in Kerala last year.
“The Ministry of Consumer Affairs (MoCA) has also come forward to support the industry and frame a separate law. What shape it will take
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Frontrow Worldwide Wins In 27th Global Excellence 2014 Awards
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Frontrow Worldwide focuses on helping innovative entrepreneurs start their own unique business while conveying a selection of premium body and bath products and food supplements. The company is excited to announce that they are the recipient of several awards from the 27th Global Excellence Awards.
The 27th Global Excellence Awards, presented by Rob Wilson Inspirational Projects, recognizes and advocates for companies that deliver quality and excellence. The 27th Global Excellence Awards named Frontrow Worldwide the recipient of 4 awards: 2014 Global Brand Award, 2014 Best Multi-Level Marketing Company, 2014 Most Outstanding Business Venture in Asia, and 2014 Most Outstanding International Business Venture.
Ian del Carmen, business consultant at Frontrow Worldwide, said, “We just opened a new branch in Dubai and we’ll be opening more new branches in other countries soon so join us now at this early stage so you don’t miss out!”
President of Frontrow Worldwide, RS Francisco, said about the awards, “We have just started!”
Frontrow Worldwide’s top selling product is Luxxe White Enhanced Glutathione with 775mg, the highest on the market. This offering is an example of the fine products available from the company.
About Frontrow Worldwide
Frontrow Worldwide is a Philippines-based direct selling company in the health, beauty, and wellness industry. Dedicated
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Creative Memories Under New Ownership, Hoping To Rebuild Company
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The remnants of an embattled St. Cloud-based scrapbooking company have been reassembled and launched again under new ownership.
CM Group Holdings Inc., reopened offering of the Creative Memories and Ahni & Zoe brands of scrapbooking and memory keeping materials last week in a soft launch to former consultants.
Caleb Hayhoe, chairman of Flowerdale Group Ltd., is the new owner of the Creative Memories and Ahni & Zoe brands, patents, artwork, products and manufacturing equipment in North America. He also is owner of Creative Memories operations in Japan.
Hayhoe said he is “delighted to be a part of the rebirth of Creative Memories with the talented teams in St. Cloud, Tokyo and Hong Kong.” He said the response to the new offerings has been “enthusiastic,” and the new facility at 640-60th St. S in St. Cloud is operational.
Mark Lerud, Ahni & Zoe’s vice president of operations, has taken over as president of CM Group Holdings. He’s one of about 20 employees working with the new company in St. Cloud. Many of them previously worked for Creative Memories and Ahni & Zoe.
The new building is just around the corner from where much of the former Creative Memories property was offered in a two-day auction in
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Kim Eun Ji Is Synergy’s Newest Presidential Executive
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While studying Optical Science and Business Management in college, Kim Eun Ji dreamed of running her own business instead of working in a standard office job.
“While I was looking for business items, my friend told me about network marketing. After hearing about it, I realized that it was the very business model that I was looking for. Helping someone and achieving my success at the same time? What a wonderful business that would be!”
She initially began working with local company in Korea and found success. But before long, she realized that she was being limited by that company and could not trust it to be reliable. It was at that time that she met Emerald Executive Yoon Ji Young who happily introduced her to Synergy. She then met with Double Presidential Executive Hwang Han Tae in Busan. After the meeting with Hwang Han Tae, she finally decided to work in Synergy.
“That was amazing! Everything I need to succeed was already in Synergy. Especially the products were the best in the world, and the best system in the world. I was convinced.”
Kim’s Synergy business grew well, but just as in most cases, it didn’t always work out the way she wanted.
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Max International, A Growing Health and Wellness Company, Expands To Africa
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Max International, an industry leader in the production of wellness and weight-loss supplements and products, has officially launched its operations in Africa through the opening of the Ghana office.
Max International aims to empower people around the world to experience better health, success and significance.
The company also offers more passion, inspiration, stability and community according to its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Joe Voyticky.
“At Max International, people can make more than money. We provide three primary benefits – a chance to improve health, enhance your wealth and achieve more through personal development “, he remarked.
Mr. Joe Voyticky said Max International is committed to providing all of its associates with the resources they need to build a successful business.
He also revealed that, the company has created several sales and educational materials custom designed for Associates of all levels of experience who will spearhead the company’s dreams across the globe.
Mr. Voyticky further explained that the company offers Nutrition that is not Available in Africa or Ghana until now, and that they are “doing massive expansion into Africa and you can be the one that overrides this growth and earn fortunes helping us to expand our business.”
He emphasized “We will together build a foundation that
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Industry Leaders, Chad and Joni Robbins, Join Modere
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Chad and Joni Robbins, network marketing industry leaders who have reached top levels in their previous company, have begun a new business chapter in their lives by recently joining Modere. They’ve earned upwards of $35,000/month in their previous company.
“MLM is a career that you can start at any age, young or old. At any education level…it doesn’t seem that education determines someone’s paycheck at all, but work ethic certainly does! So in other words if you are willing to work, you can practically write your own paycheck!”
Modere describes themselves as:
Modere is safe made sexy. We offer a category-leading portfolio of lifestyle essentials—personal care, health & wellness, and household products that are equal parts safe, high performing, and beautifully designed. Our formulas are proven and tested, and have been trusted by customers around the world for more than 25 years.
We believe in the importance of having a personal touch. What we create here is art—from the colors to the chemistry. We’re proud of our products, and see them through from conception to execution.
Loyalty runs through our veins. At Modere, we create more than just products—we create meaningful experiences. We’ve seen the power of creating lasting relationships with our customers through distinct,
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Direct Selling Industry Growth In India Is Slowing
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The direct selling industry, which is facing challenges in the Indian market due to regulatory issues, has witnessed a reduced 4.3% growth in 2013-14 compared to 12.2% in 201213 fiscal, says a report. Gross sales stood at Rs 7,472.2 crore in 201314 while the industry had posted a growth of 12.2% in 2012-13 with sales amounting to Rs 7,164.1 crore, said a report issued by industry chamber PHD in association with the Indian Direct Selling Industry (IDSA).
“The direct selling industry has registered growth rate of about 4.3% in 2013-14 as against the growth rate of 12.2% of 2012-13, 22% of 2011-12 and 24% of 2009-10,” the report said.
Although the growth rate in India is on a decline in the past three fiscal years, on a global basis the direct selling industry has grown over 8% in 2013, it added. The North region accounted for 29% of sales the highest level with an increase of 12.2%, followed by South region with 25%. However, the South region saw a drop in sales.
“Southern region, which was earlier our main base, is not doing well due to lack of clarity on the policy for direct selling. In state like Kerala, direct selling has stopped,” said IDSA Secretary General Chavi Hemanth.
Products related to healthcare/wellness contributed 44%, followed by cosmetic and personal
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Lyoness Develops Program To Help Small & Medium Sized Businesses
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As part of its loyalty program for loyalty merchants, Lyoness increasingly focuses on the area of SME. With the Lyoness Solution Pack SME partners receive marketing solutions which are reserved otherwise to large companies: Efficient tools to gain new customers and retain loyal customers. “This way, also SMEs can implement a professional and personal customer management and, thus, achieve a sustained profit increase“, says Harald Koch, Member of the Board Lyoness Group AG.
Lyoness Solution Pack
The SME service package’s basis is a tablet with a specifically developed app providing a variety of functions for customer binding. A set of customer cards branded with the respective company logo allows Lyoness members to use all Lyoness benefits at all loyalty merchants. In addition, SMEs are provided different modules for their professional new and regular customer management: With the CRM system (Customer Relationship Management) by Salesforce – the worldwide leading provider for CRM solutions – amongst others, newsletters can be sent to selected loyal customers and customer satisfaction surveys can be implemented.
Furthermore, market- and customer-specific statistics and sectoral comparisons can be collected so as to use the data for target group optimized marketing strategies and decisions. Besides all this, SMEs can advertise online sales campaigns and will shortly be able to offer target group
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Avon Under Investigation
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Zamansky LLC announces that it has commenced an investigation of Avon Product Inc.’s (AVP) employee personal savings account plan (the “Plan”) for potential violations of the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”).
ERISA imposes fiduciary duties to prudently manage and invest plan assets. These duties were allegedly violated by Avon Products’ continued offering of its company stock during a pending federal investigation for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”).
Since 2010, Avon’s stock price has fallen from over $40 per share to below $10 per year. Avon’s collapse in stock price relates to the FCPA investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission. The FCPA makes it illegal for U.S.-companies operating in foreign countries to pay bribes or kickbacks.
Separate shareholder lawsuits have alleged that Avon engaged in systemic FCPA violations, and misrepresented its revenues from various foreign countries. One lawsuit also alleges that Avon made numerous misrepresentations about the extent, reach and costs of the investigations against the company.
According to employee stock and investment fraud attorney, Jake Zamansky, Avon Products’ employees who purchased and held company stock (AVP) through the Plan since 2010 have suffered substantial losses to their retirement savings. The FCPA