Disaster can strike anywhere, anytime and the effects are felt around the world. That’s when organizations like the USANA True Health Foundation step in. Because of the way the foundation is set up, it’s in a position to help with unforeseen catastrophes in an urgent and timely manner. The non-profit organization donated $1.5 million RMB to aid in relief efforts surrounding the massive 6.5 magnitude earthquake that struck Yunnan province, southwestern China province on August 2.
Contributions will go to the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation (CFPA), a non-profit organization, engaged in managing domestic and overseas-donated funds and materials.
“It’s devastating when a natural disaster hits your home, and we will be there when people are suffering,” said President of the USANA True Health Foundation, Elaine Pace.
“We thank all the members of our USANA family who have made it possible for the True Health Foundation to assist in life-saving events such as this.”
The $1.5 million RMB donation includes cash and premium products provided by USANA Health Sciences. The money will be transferred to CFPA, supplies such as food, water, tents and other urgent needs will be delivered to the Yunnan Civil Affairs Bureau and 200-thousand boxes ofUSANA® Probiotics will be delivered
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NHTC Reports Q2 Revenue More Than Tripled to $34.2 Million
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Natural Health Trends Corp., a leading direct selling company that markets premium quality personal care, wellness and “quality of life” products under the NHT Global brand, today announced financial results for the quarter and six month periods ended June 30, 2014.
Second Quarter Financial Highlights
Total revenues were $34.2 million, up 223% compared to $10.6 million in the second quarter last year.
Operating income was $6.2 million, up 551% compared to $948,000 in the second quarter last year.
Net income was $6.1 million, or $0.49 per diluted share, compared to $904,000, or $0.08 per diluted share, in the second quarter last year.
Year-to-Date Financial Highlights
Year-to-date revenues were $57.4 million, up 198% compared to $19.2 million in the first six months last year.
Operating income was $9.3 million, up 649% compared to $1.2 million in the first six months last year.
Net income was $9.2 million, or $0.76 per diluted share, compared to net income of $1.2 million, or $0.11 per diluted share, in the first six months last year.
“This was another excellent quarter for Natural Health Trends,” remarked Chris Sharng, President of Natural Health Trends Corp. “Orders taken during the second quarter were very strong. In addition, the quarter’s financial results also benefited from delivering significant orders
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4Life Japan Awards Festival Reveals Launch Of Two New Products
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Executives and distributors gathered at the Pacifico Yokohama Conference Centre in Yokohama City for a night of distributor recognition, marketing strategies, and the launch of two new 4Life Products: 4Life Transfer Factor® RioVida Stix™ Tri-Factor® Formula and 4Life Aquae Vitae™.
4Life Aquae Vitae, the company’s first bottled water product, contains highly concentrated natural taurine and represents the first 4Life orally consumable product manufactured exclusively for the country of Japan.
More than 350 distributors attended the event, including Platinum International Diamonds Juan and Damaris Rosado and Gold International Diamond Dr. Jase Khyeam who each shared an inspirational message and practical methods for distributor success.
Corporate attendees included President and CEO Steve Tew and his wife Sherma, Vice President, International Preston Richards, Director of Field Development, Spanish Markets Deborah Dixon, and Director of International Yukako Kaiser.
A popular Japanese network marketing magazine, Network Business, published an article about the company’s launch of Aquae Vitae that was shared at the awards ceremony. The report focused on 4Life’s strategic initiatives under the General Management of Yuichi Arima, as well the opportunity for success that 4Life offers entrepreneurs throughout the country and the world.
Juan Rosado: “Nobody believed that I would have achieved this success, but I could not give
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Blyth, Inc Changes Around Board Of Directors
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Blyth, Inc. (BTH), a direct to consumer company and leading designer and marketer of candles and accessories for the home, as well as health & wellness products sold through the direct selling and direct marketing channels, today announced the retirement of Neal I. Goldman from its Board of Directors. The company also announced the election of Jim Williams, President, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner of Karlen Williams Graybill Advertising, Inc. to its board. The election is effective immediately.
Mr. Goldman, age 69, who is a member of the Compensation and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees, has been a director since 1991. He is the President of Goldman Capital Management, Inc., an investment advisory firm.
Robert B. Goergen, Jr., Blyth’s Chief Executive Officer, commented “Neal has been an outstanding director for over two decades and his knowledge of the financial markets has been instrumental in shaping our thinking. I would like to thank Neal for his dedicated service over the years.”
“We are delighted to welcome Jim to the board,” Mr. Goergen continued. “Jim brings leadership, strategy and a strong knowledge of marketing, social media and global consumer insight. I look forward to the new perspective that Jim brings to the Company.”
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LegalShield Elects New CEO, Jeff Bell
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LegalShield, one of the nation’s leading providers of affordable legal plans and identity theft solutions for individuals, families and small businesses, announced today that Jeff Bell has joined the company as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Bell succeeds Rip Mason, who will now serve as Executive Chairman of the Board.
Mr. Bell comes to LegalShield with over 20 years of corporate leadership and consumer marketing experience for global brands including Microsoft, Chrysler, Ford and NBCUniversal. While serving as Corporate Vice President, Global Marketing, Interactive Entertainment Business (Xbox) for Microsoft Inc., Mr. Bellsaw tremendous success, leading the business to its first profitable year in its existence, and garnered industry recognition launching and marketing a number of successful video game franchises including “Halo 3,” “Gears of War,” “Madden,” and “Rock Band.”
In addition, he led the growth of Xbox LIVE from four million to 12 million members in two years. While serving as Vice President of the Chrysler and Jeep Divisions for DaimlerChrysler, he launched the Chrysler 300, and the ‘Grab Life by the Horns’ and Town & Country with “Stow ‘n Go” seating and storage marketing campaigns.
In 2012, NBC Senior Vice President, Kim Niemi, called upon Mr. Bell, to lead NBCUniversal’s marketing efforts in the health and fitness market. In this role, Mr. Bell developed the “Challenge
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Thirty-One Gifts Convention So Successful, They’re Doubling Up
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Thirty-One Gifts’ recent convention in Columbus proved so successful the company will do it again next year – and double up in the process.
Thirty-One Gifts spokeswoman Sara Westtold me the growing direct-sales company will host a three-day conference for associates from the eastern U.S. the week of July 26 next year, and will relocate its conference for Canadian consultants from Niagara Falls, Ontario, to Columbus as well.
“We’ll have a three-day conference, then another three-day conference,” she said. “… It will be easier to manage if we break it out into two identical conferences.”
According to Experience Columbus, the 12,769 attendees for Thirty-One Gifts’ July 22-25 event this year occupied about 15,000 room nights at 36 area hotels. The conference had an estimated $17.5 million economic impact on the hotels, restaurants and other businesses.
The Niagara Falls conference attracted 800 associates from July 16-18. Thirty-One Gifts just started in Canada in September 2012, so West said the company expects the number attending the 2015 conference to grow.
The company announced a year ago it would return to Columbus after two years in Atlanta, where 16,600 attended in 2013. The company counts about 110,000 sales associates in all.
West said the company has scheduled another conference in Denver
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Dancing With The Stars Finalists, Ryan And Ashleigh Di Lello, Earn A Jeep Through Mynt
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Ryan and Ashleigh Di Lello are Latin ballroom champions known for their guest performances on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars and for being the first married couple to be voted all the way to the finals of the hit FOX show So You Think You Can Dance.
So the question becomes: How do you parlay your dance skills into earning a Jeep through the 4×4 Program?
“We worked very hard to find good leaders to launch this business with. Then we focused on helping these leaders build their businesses by doing opportunity meetings and calls with new potential promoters,” Ryan says. “We taught them to do the same and organized meetings and charity events where our teams could invite new prospects.”
Fearless
Fear is rarely ever a productive emotion, and certainly not in business or in relationships. Ryan and Ashleigh both agree that they have taken a fearless approach to presenting the mynt opportunity. “We didn’t hold back when we thought of a new person to approach about this business.
We felt it was a disservice to them to not invite them to hear about such an incredible opportunity. We also make sure to always follow up. ‘The fortune is in the follow up,’ as they say.”
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Trévo Welcomes New Dubai Country Director
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Please join us in welcoming Senthil Kumaran to the Trévo global family. Senthil has recently joined our team as the new Dubai Country Director, and we believe his expertise, leadership and experience working in network marketing will be integral in taking Trévo Dubai to the NEXT Level of Success.
Senthil was born and raised in Bangalore, India. He came to Dubai in 1998 as a marketing manager for the Middle East countries where he was responsible for business development across 19 countries. He won three consecutive excellence awards from the government of Dubai, where he worked for 10 years. He has also acquired his Bachelor of Business Administration and Master in Business Management and Marketing in Dubai.
Senthil has trained over 10,000 professionals in his 26 years of experience in the corporate world.
One of Senthil’s many proud moments in his life so far was in 2011 when more than 10,000 networkers cheered for him when he took his parents on stage and received their blessings while being recognized as the first 10-star worldwide achiever, meaning he earned $50,000 USD in one week. “I thank God I still have both my parents,” he said. His younger brother and family work in the USA and he has two children.
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Cutco Expands To Brick & Mortar
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For decades, Cutco Cutlerysold knives to millions of Americans through a door-to-door business model, but in recent years, they’ve been expanding to brick-and-morter outlets in states across the country.
Last week, the first Texas store (and seventh nationwide) opened at 3201 Bee Caves Road.
The company chose to open a store in Central Texas because of the strong established customer base. (The company estimates that there are more than 100,000 Cutco customers in Austin.) The 1,000-square-foot store features stations where customers can try out the knives and other accessories and cutlery, and people who are already using the knives at home can bring them in to get sharpened at no cost.
In addition to kitchen tools, the store also sells garden tools, sporting knives and other products, including floor mats, candles and some food products.
About Cutco Cutlery Corporation and Vector Marketing
Cutco Cutlery is a 65-year-old company with headquarters and manufacturing facilities in Olean, New York. Vector Marketing is the company’s sales division, coordinating all sales for Cutco Cutlery through a national network of college students who sell products through in-home personal demonstrations. More than 15 million US households have a Cutco product.
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Claims Can Be Lodged For Banners Broker Loss
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Those who put money in the collapsed Banners Broker investment scheme have been given the opportunity to stake a claim for their losses.
The joint liquidators of Banners Brokers International Ltd in the Isle of Man have also taken steps to inform investors about the ongoing investigation into the company’s affairs.
A website has been established where information documents can be downloaded and proofs of claim submitted.
These are to be supported with bank statements showing the initial investment and the pictures of the onscreen balance currently held in Banners Broker accounts.
The move comes three months after the joint liquidators, Paul Appleton and Miles Andrew Benham, were appointed following concerns about the conduct of the suspected pyramid scheme.
Immediately after the liquidation of the Isle of Man company, and the seizure of up to £6m (€7.5m) in assets, the Canadian-based owners of the operation claimed the bulk of their resources had already been moved to a sister company in Belize.
The cash in the bank in the Isle of Man was described as a rainy day fund which was not core to their business.
A statement on the advisory website said the joint liquidators were still investigating where the rest of the company’s money is held.
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