Arbonne International LLC in Irvine, California (USA) and a sister company, Nature’s Gate, will be bought by Groupe Rocher on undisclosed terms.
Arbonne is a direct seller of beauty, skincare, and nutritional products while Nature’s Gate is a personal care brand sold in retail stores. The holding company is Natural Products Group; ownership includes private equity firm Eos Partners LP in New York.
The deal expands the Paris-based buyer’s direct-selling—doubling its direct-selling consultants to about 475,000, news reports said—and its reach in English-speaking markets.
A trade journal said 80% of Rocher’s $2.5 billion in annual sales come from France and Europe, about 15% from the Middle East, South America and Asia, and 5% from North America.
“This acquisition will be a real asset that will enable us to strengthen our positioning in the direct selling channel, which has seen an upturn over the past few years.
We also have a heritage of providing employment opportunities —dating back to my grandfather, our founder, Yves Rocher, who cared deeply about providing employment since he started his business.
This, combined with our direct selling know-how, should foster company growth and longevity,”
said Bris Rocher, CEO of Groupe Rocher.
Kay Zanotti, CEO of Arbonne, added,
“We share with Groupe Rocher
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ARIIX Appoints Kunio Miyagi To Japan General Manager
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ARIIX, an international opportunity company that promotes healthy, toxin-free living, is pleased to announce the promotion of Kunio Miyagi from Sales and Marketing Executive Director to General Manager, Japan.
ARIIX is a Triple A classified opportunity by Business For Home, the top rank
Miyagi joined ARIIX at the beginning of 2017, bringing with him an extensive history in the direct selling industry, including 22 years of management experience with seven direct selling companies.
“I could not be more proud to promote from within the ARIIX family,”
says COO and Founder, Riley Timmer.
“Kunio has more than proven his capabilities to grow teams and increase sales, and we’re looking forward to witnessing what he’s going to do with our fastest-growing market in 2018. Our Representatives in Japan are young and energetic, and Miyagi has the tenacity to keep up and support their continued success.”
Upon recognizing the unique opportunity ARIIX provides, Miyagi dedicated his time in 2017 to supporting the field with new marketing and sales initiatives, while building strong relationships with the Representatives.
Miyagi has always been a staunch proponent of the direct selling industry, and after a year with ARIIX, he feels even more strongly that this company will change the industry for the better.=
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Isagenix Appoints Jonas Hedberg Joins As Europe General Manager
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Isagenix International, a global health and wellness company providing nutrition and lifestyle solutions, has named Jonas Hedberg General Manager, Europe.
Hedberg will lead the company’s efforts in the European market. Isagenix entered the market in 2017 and has operations in the U.K, Ireland, and the Netherlands.
Hedberg brings extensive experience to Isagenix. For nearly 20 years, he has led established and startup businesses in the direct selling industry, including numerous top 50 companies.
Most recently, he served as General Manager, Europe at USANA. Under his leadership, the company grew steadily through the creation of a new generation of leaders in the field and expanded into four new European markets.
“We’re honored to have Jonas join Isagenix,” said Isagenix Co-Founder and Chairman Jim Coover.
“We plan to expand our presence in Europe in the next two years, and Jonas’ direct selling expertise and strong leadership will greatly benefit our company and the Associates who share our transformational solutions with others.”
Hedberg, a Swedish national who is fluent in Swedish, English, German, and French, will manage the European market from the Isagenix London office.
“I’m pleased to be part of Isagenix as it builds its operations in Europe,”
Hedberg said.
“This is a terrific market for the company’s impressive, high-quality
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Ken Brailsford Resumes Role As Zija International CEO
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Zija International is thrilled to announce the company’s Founder, Ken Brailsford, will be resuming his position as Chief Executive Officer.
After taking time to grow several of his other businesses, he is eager to work alongside Zija President, Ryan Palmer, to achieve goals set in place by Ryan and the executive team.
“I’m looking forward to being in a more hands-on role for a company that I feel so passionately about,”
Ken said.
“Because of Ryan’s guidance, Zija has been able to maintain consistent and sustainable growth and I’m excited to see where we can take the company working alongside one another.”
Long before Zija became a household name, Ken had already successfully started and run two multi-million-dollar health and nutrition network marketing companies. After learning of Moringa oleifera in 2005, Ken came out of retirement and founded Zija International—one of the first companies to bring Moringa to market.
Ken’s love for the network marketing industry stems from the desire to help others obtain a life they’ve always dreamed of—what Zija has coined, a Life Unlimited. His companies have supplied hundreds of thousands of individuals with income, products, and relationships that wouldn’t have been possible otherwise.
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Youngevity Acquires Gigi Hill Brand
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Youngevity® International, Inc., (NASDAQ:YGYI), a leading omni-direct lifestyle company, today announced the acquisition of the Gigi Hill Handbag and Accessory Brand.
The company has also entered into a long-term contract with Gabrielle “Gigi” DeSantis, Co-Founder of Gigi Hill, to lead the integration of Gigi Hill handbags and accessories.
Gigi Hill, based in Orange County California and started in 2007, was born out of the need for women to have more stylish, and functional handbags and luggage. The line will be marketed within Youngevity’s fashion and jewelry verticals where the company believes many strong cross marketing opportunities exist.
Gigi Hill’s new collection is expected to be available in the second quarter of 2018.
“We are extremely honored and excited to join the Youngevity team and its family of brands. We feel Gigi Hill’s unique collection of travel and everyday accessories will thrive within Youngevity’s omni direct platform.
As part of Youngevity, our Stylists should greatly benefit from the robust earning opportunity and cross selling benefits that exists within Youngevity,”
said Co-Founder, Gabrielle “Gigi” DeSantis.
Steve Wallach, Youngevity Chief Executive Officer, said, “We are impressed with the loyal following of the Gigi Hill brand and we are excited to be forging a partnership with Ms. DeSantis. We anticipate this partnership has the potential to
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Isagenix Appoints Travis Ogden As CEO
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Isagenix International, a global health and wellness company providing nutrition and lifestyle solutions, has announced key executive promotions that position the organization for continued excellence and growth worldwide, including naming Travis Ogden as the company’s chief executive officer.
The CEO position was most recently held by Co-Founder and Chairman Jim Coover.
Coover made the announcement at the company’s New Year Kick Off event in Phoenix before a sold-out crowd of nearly 5,000 independent distributors.
“I’m not stepping down or stepping aside, but rather focusing on my duties as chairman of the Isagenix Board while Travis steps into a pivotal role and helps us take Isagenix to the next level,”
Coover said.
“Travis has proven himself time and again in the past two years. His strategic leadership has earned not only my respect, but also the respect of our nearly 1,000 employees and the thousands of independent distributors who share our transformational products with customers around the world.
I am confident Travis will be an exceptional CEO.”
Ogden joined Isagenix in 2016 as president and chief operating officer. He has been an integral part of the executive leadership team, helping refine operations so Isagenix can achieve its goal of becoming the world’s largest, most respected health and
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Network Marketing Company EmzaGold Aligns With Zija International
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EmzaGold, LLC recently announced it will be aligning itself with direct selling legacy company, Zija International, Inc. Zija’s commitment to provide natural, shareable, wellness products on a global scale will facilitate the addition of EmzaGold Representatives.
“We are excited for the momentum we have seen in recent months and welcome the EmzaGold Representatives to the Zija Family,”
said Ryan Palmer, President and CEO of Zija International. “The addition will absolutely help to facilitate a successful 2018.”
EmzaGold looked to Zija International as a well-established vehicle for its Representatives to achieve their business-building and health and wellness goals.
Steve Carmack, EmzaGold President and CEO, said,
“We felt Zija was a value-driven company with all the necessary components in place. Zija is where we dreamed of being in 10-15 years, and this opportunity allows us to fast forward that dream.”
EmzaGold is the third company to team up with Zija International over the past year—joining prior direct selling companies, XANGO and Qivana, on the list of effective alignments.
Leaders from both XANGO and Qivana have been impressed with Zija’s corporate support, products, leadership, and geographic reach.
“Observing and working with the Zija management team and its employees during the early days of the XANGO-Zija alignment solidified my belief that
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Mannatech Promotes Two Senior Members Of Executive Team
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Mannatech, Incorporated (NASDAQ: MTEX) a global health and wellness company committed to transforming lives to make a better world, promoted and added new responsibilities to a pair of senior members of its executive team, Landen Fredrick and Joel Bikman.
Fredrick, previously the Senior Vice President of Global Operations, was promoted to Chief Global Sales Officer and President, North America. He will coordinate worldwide sales activity and have P&L responsibility for all sales activity in the United States and Canada.
“I have seen, on a very personal level within my immediate family, the powerful health benefits of our products, particularly Ambrotose,” said Fredrick.
“Having spent my first 6 years at Mannatech in sales and recently 6 years in operations, I am excited about this new role where I can utilize my experiences to help build our sales team of over 200,000 Associates into a formidable force in the exploding wellness industry.”
Mannatech CEO Al Bala said, “
As we accelerate our sales pace, we must continue to build a pro-Associate culture inside our organization. Landen’s experience and passion for Mannatech and our life-changing products uniquely qualifies him to lead our sales growth around the world.”
Bikman, previously the Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing, was given new,
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5LINX Names Larry Harper Chief Sales Officer
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5LINX is pleased to name Larry Harper as Chief Sales Officer. Larry is a seasoned sales executive with over 35 years of experience in Multi-Level Marketing. He spent 28 years with Amway Corporation and has directed sales in both North America & Latin America.
Under his leadership, Amway North America reached record sales of $1.4 Billion.
He transformed Amway’s Latin America business model, growing revenue from $45 Million to $160 Million in less than four years.
His work provided the foundation for a market that will soon reach $1 Billion in sales. Larry is an expert in compensation planning, sales incentives, customer relationship marketing and partnership initiatives.
Larry’s specific role will be as a traveling field ambassador, representing 5LINX Corporate at local meetings, presentations and trainings.
The addition of Larry to the team, and the creation of this field-facing position is an important investment in the growth of 5LINX.
It demonstrates their commitment to supporting Representatives across the country and providing consistent, transparent and positive messaging to those who have planted their flag with 5LINX.
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Modere Appoints Asma Ishaq As CEO
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Modere, a healthy, safe and clean-lifestyle brand of dietary supplements, household and personal-care products with a presence worldwide, today announced that Asma Ishaq, the President of the company’s Collagen Sciences division and its Chief Industry Relations Officer, will become Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective immediately.
Modere is a Triple A classified opportunity by Business For Home, the top rank.
She succeeds Robert S. Conlee, who will become the company’s Chairman.
Ms. Ishaq has significant experience in skincare and nutritional supplement manufacturing, product development and formulation, across multiple distribution channels. Ms. Ishaq has served the direct-selling channel on the DSA Board of Directors, the nutrition industry as a Committee Member on the Council of Responsible Nutrition and the personal care industry as an advisory panel member of the International Fragrance Association of North America (IFRANA).
Ms. Ishaq is also a celebrated speaker who has spoken at dozens of conferences and appeared on TV and radio programs. She earned her B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, and, as a Ben F. Love scholar, received a dual M.B.A. in finance and marketing from Rice University.
Throughout her extensive career, Ms. Ishaq has maintained a clear vision to establish innovative concepts in health and beauty. Co-founding Jusuru International Inc. in 2009,