Global nutrition and skin-care firm Herbalife announced six independent Florida affiliate members will take part in a group pilgrimage to Washington D.C. Their mission is to lobby lawmakers and promote the company’s focus on healthy lifestyles over the past 34 years.
Florida participants will be among 21 Herbalife Members from six states, including California, Connecticut, New York, North Carolina and Virginia.
The Floridians will represent more than 54,480 independent Herbalife Members from across the state. According to a statement from Herbalife, it will be the first time they “bring a clear message to Capitol Hill about the opportunity and integrity behind Herbalife’s products.”
“As I look across my community, I see that a healthy active lifestyle is something we all need to do a better job of embracing,” says Andres Mejia, a Herbalife Member from Miami. “Herbalife provides a roadmap to success so that an individual can achieve their fitness goals one step at a time. The goal of Herbalife is to motivate people to be the best they can be and I am proud to be a part of that.”
Mejia and the group will address four issues with lawmakers:
Herbalife is a company built on excellent products. Herbalife has been making nutritional products for nearly 35
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Scam Warning For Product Distributors, Specifically Mary Kay
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The Better Business Bureau is warning consumers, especially Mary Kay consultants, about a new scam.
A Springfield resident recently received a text message from someone claiming to be April Weiss, wanting to order $175 in products. April stated that she was opening a modeling agency and the payment would come via cashier’s check from her art director.
Upon receiving the check, the consumer noticed two business names: CU Services Center and California Coast Credit Union out of San Diego. The consumer also received another text message from Weiss stating that the check was accidentally made out in the wrong amount for $2,230.65. April asked that the consumer cash the check and send the remaining balance back to her personal assistant — who she claims is a man named Mark Queen — via MoneyGram. The number associated with the text messages is 404-490-2503, an area code out of Atlanta.
BBB conducted a simple search of the phone number and found several similar stories on www.800notes.com dating from June 16. The bureau offers the following tips on how to avoid being scammed with fake checks.
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ForeverGreen Worldwide’s June Sales Growth Increases Over 300%
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ForeverGreen Worldwide Corporation, a leading provider of nutritional foods and other healthy products, announced today that June 2014 revenue exceeded June 2013 sales by more than 300%.
“During June 2014, we had another record sales month,” said Jack Eldridge, CFO. “We remain on track to meet or exceed our previously announced revenue guidance of $13 – $15 million. While many companies are experiencing sluggish sales during the summer months, we continue to grow our revenues for the summer and the remainder of 2014. We are very pleased at how our company message is being received in the market place.”
ForeverGreen Worldwide Corporation develops, manufactures and distributes an expansive line of all natural whole foods and products to North America, Australia, Europe, Asia and South America, including their new global offerings, PowerStrips and SolarStrips.
They also offer Azul and FrequenSea(TM) whole-food beverages with industry exclusive Marine Phytoplankton, the Versativa line of hemp-based whole-food products, Immune Support, Weight management products, Pulse-8 powdered L-arginine formula, TRUessence(TM) Essential Oils and Apothecary, 24Karat Chocolate(R), and an entire catalog of meals, snacks, household cleaners and personal care products.
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Lawsuit: Nu Skin Paid MLM Compensation To Chinese Distributors
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Several former Chinese distributors of Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. claim the marketer of skin care and nutritional supplements authorized sales representatives to earn compensation on their “downline” network in violation of the country’s regulations, according to a consolidated putative class-action complaint that was filed last month in Utah federal court against Nu Skin.
Nu Skin misled shareholders, orchestrating a “massive expansion in China knowing that Nu Skin’s form of multi-level compensation violated many of China’s regulations on direct selling and prohibitions on pyramid schemes,” the lead plaintiff State-Boston Retirement System, a government pension plan, alleged in the 124-page lawsuit filed on June 30.
Plaintiffs in the consolidated complaint have requested certification of a class of shareholders who purchased Nu Skin securities including options between May 4, 2011 and January 17, 2014. The end of the class period roughly coincides with a precipitous decline in Nu Skin’s stock price (NUS: NYSE), following revelations that the Chinese government was investigating its business practices.
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The past few months have been momentous for Vi UK as two of its founding Promoters hit over $250,000 in personal earnings* within their first year with Vi.
To mark this extraordinary milestone, 3-Star Ambassador Dave Ives—along with his partner Sarah-Jane Howe—and 2-Star Ambassador Amanda Churcher were awarded with Vi’s exclusive $250,000 Earners Pendant.
Amanda had the honor of receiving her pendant from Vi Co-Founders Blake Mallen and Nick Sarnicola in front of hundreds of Promoters at May’s London Regional Success Training.
We caught up with them to get insight into what their Vi journey has been like so far.
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Vemma Nutrition Company has earned a coveted place in the DSN $100 Million Growth Club after skyrocketing 30 spots up the DSN Global 100 List in 2014 to land at #53. Vemma’s inclusion is a result of its impressive 89 percent growth, closing the year up by more than $100 million in 2014. Just 17 other companies on the DSN Global 100 List — the Direct Selling Association’s annual list that ranks the top revenue-generating direct selling companies in the world — qualified for entry into the $100 Million Growth Club, including iconic brands such as Amway and Mary Kay.
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The South Korea FTC released information on the country’s multi-level direct marketing companies and their distributors.
Distributors at Amway in South-Korea made an average of 770,000 won ($760) last year, data by the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) showed Tuesday.
According to the data, the number of such companies has been growing steadily, to 106 last year from 67 in 2010.
These companies recorded 3.9 trillion won in combined sales last year, up 19.9 percent from the previous year.
They paid their distributors 1.3 trillion won as commission, but the income was concentrated on only a handful of them ? while the top 1 percent of the active distributors were paid on average 56.6 million won for 2013, the remaining 99 percent made 469,000 won on average.
The number of those who got commissions was 1.3 million, or 22 percent of the total registered as distributors at these multi-level direct sales companies.
Among the multi-level direct marketing companies in the country, Amway Korea is the biggest, with 1.1 trillion won in sales and 1.1 million distributors last year.
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Amber stated:
I keep pinching myself that I am doing this business while I’m at the pool, park, or beach and that I’m able to bring others with me to create total physical and financial freedom! This FEELS AMAZING to empower others.
Her enroller Michael Clouse stated:
That’s an income between $56,160 to $109,512 per year!
So how did this extremely busy wife and mom of four kids under the age of 12 accomplish this impressive goal?
As I wrote less than a week ago, Amber has a BURNING DESIRE to succeed! Her passion is contagious, her determination is outrageous, and her commitment is second to none!
From the moment I met Amber, I knew she was going straight to the top of our company.
Whatever was thrown at her, whatever she needed to do, whatever it took, Amber was going to figure it out; she was going to go over it, around it, or through it…and she did just that! Well done, Amber.
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Facing steep costs to defend himself against a criminal fraud charge, TelexFREE co-owner James Merrill has asked a federal court to release more than $4 million of his money so he can pay his legal fees.
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