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LR Health & Beauty Announces New Financing Structure

LR Health & Beauty SE lays foundation for positive future business performance with new financing structure. 

Company receives EUR 20 million of new capital and significantly reduces debt
Sustainable financing structure creates basis to implement targeted strategic measures to consistently drive LR’s success story

LR Health & Beauty SE, Europe’s leading social commerce company for high-quality nutritional supplements and beauty products, has today taken an important step to realign its financing structure. An agreement was reached with significant investors in the Company concerning a comprehensive restructuring of its 2024/2028 Bond (ISIN: NO0013149658) (the “Bond”) and the Company’s capital structure. This agreement provides for an aggregate injection of fresh capital of EUR 20 million. At the same time, the Company’s debt structure is being significantly reduced and restructured.
Jörg Körfer, Chief Executive Officer of LR Health & Beauty SE, comments:

“With this agreement on a realignment of our financing structure, we have reached an important milestone to reposition the LR Group to make it viable for the future. On the basis of a solid financing structure, we aim to initiate targeted strategic measures to now bring the LR Group onto a successful trajectory. The consistent digitalisation of our business processes, a focused further development of our

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Neora Closes 2025 With Record Growth, Market-Disrupting Innovation, and Accelerating Global Momentum

A modern, purpose-driven social commerce company accelerates global momentum heading into 2026
Dallas, Texas – Neora, a global beauty and wellness company known for its science-backed innovation and modern approach to social selling, closed 2025 with significant growth, breakthrough product launches, and expanding global momentum—reinforcing its mission of Making People Better.
Throughout 2025, Neora remained deeply focused on elevating the customer experience to best-in-class standards while continuing to modernize the direct sales model. This included simplifying systems for Brand Partners, introducing innovative technology tools, and launching category-defining products designed to deliver transformative, real-world results.

“I’ve had the privilege of helping build several billion-dollar companies over the course of my career, and I don’t say this lightly—what I’m seeing take shape at Neora right now is unlike anything I’ve been part of before,”

said Jeff Olson, Founder of Neora.

“This isn’t just about a great product launch or a strong year. It’s about disciplined execution, simplified systems, leadership development, and a company that understands how modern consumers and modern entrepreneurs actually operate.
“When you combine those fundamentals with integrity and purpose, the scale of what’s possible becomes very real.”

A Year Defined by Innovation and Execution
One of the most pivotal moments of 2025 was the launch of Neo-FILLER

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DSA’s Joe Mariano: Lessons Learned From the Old, New Economy

 
President of the US Direct Selling Association (DSA) Joseph Mariano writes in the Morning Consult about the role of innovation and technology in the rise of the sharing economy and draws a parallel with the thriving Direct Selling industry in America.
The recent debate swirling around the so-called “gig” economy has policymakers at all levels paying closer attention to – and even weighing in on – the status of independent workers and how they’re faring in today’s economy. And while many consider this a relatively nascent issue that has arisen alongside the advent of new ride- or real estate-sharing services, the fact is, independent workers have been an important part of our economy for years. In reality, what’s changed more recently is not the sudden emergence of this workforce, but rather the

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