Multi-Level Marketing

Vemma makes changes to business model in response to Italian ruling

25-Apr-2014 By Hank Schultz

The network marketing sector has come under renewed scrutiny with the news that Vemma Nutrition, a multilevel marketing comany that markets beverages based in part on mangosteen juice, has been sanctioned by an Italian regulatory body for being a pyramid...

Herbalife confirms FTC investigation

12-Mar-2014 By Hank Schultz

Network marketing giant Herbalife has confirmed that is the subject of an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission.  Trading in shares of the company were briefly halted on the New York Stock Exchange after the price plunged 12% in the minutes after...

Asia-Pacific sales growth drives USANA's strong results

07-Feb-2014 By Hank Schultz

USANA Health Sciences, a network marketing company based on sports nutrition, weight management and general health nutritional products, posted an impressive 10.6% gain in net sales for its fourth quarter of 2013. Net sales hit $186.3 million for the...

More clouds over Herbalife with complaints in Canada, letter from Sen. Edward Markey

30-Jan-2014 By Hank Schultz

Herbalife, the world’s biggest network marketing company devoted solely to selling nutrition products, has come under renewed scrutiny with reports of complaints about the company made to a regulatory body in Canada and the receipt of a letter from Sen....

Herbalife's business model changes should finally put criticisms to rest, CEO says

30-Oct-2013 By Hank Schultz

Herbalife, the network marketing nutritional products giant, has recorded another quarter of double-digit growth, a quarter in which it moved to alter its business model to respond to public criticism, CEO Michael Johnson told analysts in a recent earnings...

Usana accepts lower earnings to revise compensation structure for distributors

24-Oct-2013 By Hank Schultz

Usana Health Sciences has accepted lower sales and revenues in order to accomplish some needed restructuring steps, the company said yesterday.

Strong China sales push Usana to record results

25-Jul-2013 By Hank Schultz

Usana Health Sciences has achieved another quarter of record financial results based largely on strong sales within China. In an earnings call with analysts discussing the company’s second quarter 2013 financial results, Paul A. Jones, Usana’s CFO, said...

USANA pursues measured growth strategy with entry into Colombia

26-Mar-2013 By Hank Schultz

USANA, a global network marketing company focused solely on nutritional products, recently announced plans to expand into Colombia during the third quarter of 2013.  It is the 19th country the company will operate in.

Herbalife fights back hard in presentation to analysts

11-Jan-2013 By Hank Schultz

Herbalife Inc. fought back against negative press about its business model in a presentation for analysts Thursday that ran more than two hours.  The company sought to refute in detail allegations made by hedge fund manager William Ackman in December...

Herbalife expands US manufacturing capacity with purchase of North Carolina plant

19-Dec-2012 By Hank Schultz

Network marketing giant Herbalife Ltd. is expanding its US manufacturing capacity with the purchase of a facility in Winston Salem NC. The acquisition furthers Herbalife’s goal to increase the number of products it manufactures in-house, the company said.

LifeVantage's shift to network marketing saved company, CEO says

19-Nov-2012 By Hank Schultz in Utah

LifeVantage, the manufacturer of the herbal supplement Protandim, was on the financial ropes when it took the leap into network marketing.  The turnaround since then has been nothing short of remarkable, said Doug Robinson, president and CEO.

Amway breaks ground on $38 million herb facility

30-Aug-2012

Direct selling giant Amway is on schedule for its a new 48,000-square-foot extraction and concentration facility in Quincy, WA, as the company breaks ground on its Nutrilite Botanical Concentrate Manufacturing facility.

Amway to build new $31.8 million herb facility

10-Apr-2012 By Stephen Daniells

Direct selling giant Amway is to build a new 48,000-square-foot extraction and concentration facility in Quincy, WA, as the company restructures it supply chain.

NBJ puts a price on nutrition direct sales channels

30-May-2008 By staff reporter

Direct sales, and particularly the internet, is a source for growth
in the US nutrition industry, according to a new report from the
Nutrition Business Journal.

NuSkin's Pharmanex makes for record 2Q

28-Jul-2005

NuSkin Enterprises has reported record revenues of $310.1 million
in 2Q 2005, a 9 percent increase on the prior year period, thanks
to its Pharmanex supplements brand, writes Jess Halliday.