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Arbonne files for bankruptcy protection

{ Posted on Jan 28 2010 by David }
Natural Products Group, parent company to direct selling company Arbonne International has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States. In theory this simply allows the company to restructure and continue operations, but with liabilities ($804 million) outstripping assets ...Read More »

The Global Top 50 MLM Companies (2008)

{ Posted on Aug 27 2009 by David }
Rank Company Country Agents Sales (2008) 1. Avon Products United States 5.8 million $10.7 billion 2. Alticor/Amway United States 3 million $8.2 billion 3. Vorwerk/Jafra Germany 530,000 £3.4 billion 4. Mary Kay United States 2 million $2.6 billion 5. Herbalife United States 1.9 million $2.4 billion The top 5o MLM Companies globally, by 2008 revenues, as determined by Direct Selling News Read More »

My first encounter with Multilevel Marketing (MLM)

{ Posted on Aug 07 2009 by David }
My first encounter with the world of MLM, though I didn't know it at the time, was nearly 30 years ago in my native Australia. At the time I was about 12 or 13 years old and my mother used to buy numerous ...Read More »