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Medifast Profits Fall 45%, Overhauls Board

April 18, 2015

  Weight-loss company Medifast Inc. announced Monday that it would overhaul its board of directors under pressure from an activist investment firm, removing eight directors and adding five. Medifast, ...
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Michael McDonald CEO Medifast
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India’s Chamber of Commerce Seeks MLM Legislation

April 17, 2015

  Sensing the need to regularise direct selling, the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has urged the government to provide clarity. Shilpa Gupta, Head – ...
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Shilpa Gupta FICCI
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NHTC Q1 Revenues Increase to $40.9 Million

April 17, 2015

  Natural Health Trends Corp. (Nasdaq: NHTC) estimates revenue for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 to be $40.9 million. The Company also estimates that its deferred revenue at ...
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Chris Sharng CEO NHTC
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$ 1,1 Billion Indian Direct Selling Industry Affected By Lack Of Laws

April 16, 2015

  Often mistaken for Ponzi schemes, the Rs,7200 crore (approximately USD 1.1 billion) direct selling industry has taken a blow in the absence of clear laws. Gurgaon resident Harpreet ...
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William Pinckney Amway India CEO
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Understanding Pyramid Scams

April 16, 2015

  About 4 million Filipinos are in direct selling. They have dreamt of being entrepreneurs but do not have the capital. Some have found financial and personal freedom, while ...
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Pyramid Schemes
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Baltic Direct Selling Market Grew By 2.5% In 2014 To 102 Million

April 16, 2015

  In 2014, the total sales of direct selling industry in the Baltic States grew by 2.5% and exceeded 102,5 million euro (without VAT). Meanwhile, the number of people ...
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Baltic States
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ASEA $70 Million Revenue In 2014

April 16, 2015

  ASEA, an emerging global leader in cellular health, made its debut on the sixth annual DSN Global 100 list ranked at No.98 by Direct Selling News magazine. We are incredibly honored ...
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Charles Funke CEO ASEA
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PUR Attitude Pre-Launches In The USA

April 16, 2015

  PUR Attitude, a new concept party plan company with a line of all natural, clinically proven and toxic-free skin care and wellness products has launched its line from ...
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David Pollock, CEO, Pur Attitude
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Sozo Global Aquires New Technology

April 16, 2015

  SOZO Global, Inc., an entrepreneurial direct selling company headquartered in Austin, Texas, USA acquires the exclusive global rights to distribute the Meridium® product from Bioactives Inc. within the ...
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Mark Adams, CEO, Sozo Global
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CAbi Launches Microlending Program To Create 8,200 Jobs

April 16, 2015

  Los Angeles-based social selling apparel business CAbi, launched the W.E. are CAbi (Women Entrepreneurs Are CAbi), the first ever one-for-one microlending program. In partnership with Opportunity International, the global non-profit financial ...
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Lynne Coté, Kimberly Inskeep
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India’s Eureka Forbes Switches from Direct Selling to Retail

April 15, 2015

  Thirty-three years after stepping into the market with a door-to-door, direct sales business model, the water purifier brand Aquaguard will now shed it's business model for a presence in brick and mortar stores. The ...
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Marzin Shroff, CEO, Eureke Forbes
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Avon Looking To Sell North American Business

April 15, 2015

  Avon Products has postponed its analyst day, and reports say the company is exploring strategic alternatives. Yahoo Finance has reported that Avon is looking to sell its North ...
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Sherylin S. McCoy,Avon,CEO

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