Amways 50th Anniversary Private Concert Bash

GRAND RAPIDS -- Grammy winners Sting, Wynton Marsalis and LeAnn Rimes are scheduled to perform in Grand Rapids in May. But unless you and your friends are selling a lot of cosmetics, vitamins or soap for Amway Global, you probably won't be able to get a ticket. As part of its 50th anniversary cele... Source: Npros.com

Amways 50th Anniversary Private Concert Bash

Posted 4/17/2009

Amway Charity Campaign Reaches 6 Million Children

Now in its sixth year of operation the Amway One by One Campaign for Children impacted more than 6 million children through employees and distributors contributing 1 million employee volunteer hours and donating more than $70 million. "In every country and every community where Amway operates, our... Source: CSRwire.com

Amway Charity Campaign Reaches 6 Million Children

Posted 2/14/2009

Amway Announces Allergy Friendly Purifier

According to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA), asthma and allergies affect one out of four Americans. The AAFA and Allergy Standards Limited (ASL) developed the asthma & allergy friendly™ Certification Program to help sufferers find products that fit their needs. The program recen... Source: PR Web

Amway Announces Allergy Friendly Purifier

Posted 2/14/2009

Amway Marketing Blitz Pays Off

Amway Global co-founder Rich DeVos says the direct-selling giant had a record $8.2 billion in sales in 2008. The Grand Rapids Press reports DeVos made the comments at an event in Grand Rapids on Friday. An official company statement will be made next week. The Ada-based company is privately ow... Source: Chicago Tribune

Amway Marketing Blitz Pays Off

Posted 2/2/2009

Amway Pushing for US Comeback

Amway hopes its once well-known name will help revive the direct sales company's brand in North America. The Ada, Mich.-based firm dropped the name in the U.S. and Canada in 2000 after becoming part of Alticor Inc. It is pumping millions of dollars into market research and national ads, and plan... Source: WLNS

Amway Pushing for US Comeback

Posted 12/31/2008

Amway to Hike Prices in 2009

Direct selling FMCG company Amway India will increase the prices of all its products by 3-5 per cent in early 2009 even as commodity and crude prices are witnessing a sharp decline. Commodity prices and crude prices have declined upto 70 per cent from their peak prices in June, July earlier this... Source: Business Standard

Amway to Hike Prices in 2009

Posted 12/15/2008

Amway Launches Energy Drinks

Amway India Enterprises, a leading direct selling company on Tuesday launched two energy drinks - Amway XL energy drinks and Amway XL energy bars here. The Amway XL energy drinks come in two flavours of citrus blast and tropical blast. Amway XL energy bars are available in apple cinnamon and frui... Source: Economic Times

Amway Launches Energy Drinks

Posted 11/5/2008

Amway to Expand Distribution Network

Amway (M) Holdings Bhd plans to expand its distribution network this year to widen its presence in the country, said executive director Paul Yee. Amway, which offers more than 200 products, currently has 13 distribution centres in Malaysia and Brunei, and some 188,000 core distributors. “Amway e... Source: Malaysia Star

Amway to Expand Distribution Network

Posted 5/27/2008

Amway India Targets Masses

Faced with the challenge of slowing growth and the threat of legal trouble to its business in Andhra Pradesh, Amway India, the wholly-owned subsidiary of the US-based direct seller Amway Corporation, is looking to reverse its fortune with the launch of a range of low-priced fast moving consumer good... Source: Economic Times

Amway India Targets Masses

Posted 4/29/2008

Amway Taking Back Its Name

ALTICOR'S GLOBAL DIRECT-SALES UNIT, AMWAY, is undergoing a brand revamp in 2008 that will be completed in 2009, the company's 50th anniversary. The company, which since 1999 has made Quixtar North America its online brand ID--and de facto brand--in this country, is bringing back Amway as the gl... Source: Mediapost.com

Amway Taking Back Its Name

Posted 3/29/2008

Amway to Capitalize on Two New Products

AMWAY (M) Holdings Bhd expects single-digit growth in revenue for the year ending Dec 31, 2008, given the cautious mood amid economic weaknesses in the US, according to executive director Paul Yee. “The US and global economies are seeing weaknesses while the domestic market faces inflationary pr... Source: Malaysia Star

Amway to Capitalize on Two New Products

Posted 3/26/2008

Amway Warns of Bogus Internet Charity Scam

Amway Corporation (Quixtar in the U.S. and Canada) has discovered an internet scam that uses a bogus Amway charity as a lure. Amway cautions individuals to be on the lookout for e-mails from a group calling itself the "Amway Children Charity Foundation". Please be advised that this is not an Amway-... Source: ITNews

Amway Warns of Bogus Internet Charity Scam

Posted 3/12/2008

Amway Founder Makes Forbes List

Amway co-founder Rich DeVos made the Forbes list of richest people in the world (again), coming in at 288th. So did Fred Meijer "and family," ranked 605th. But those were the only two of West Michigan's ultra-rich people to turn up on Forbes' radar. The New York-based magazine released its list Th... Source: MLive.com

Amway Founder Makes Forbes List

Posted 3/9/2008

Amway Lawsuit Dismissed

A federal judge has tossed out a massive antitrust action brought against Amway Corp. by several Missouri distributors just before the case was set to go to trial in Springfield. U.S. District Judge Richard E. Dorr granted Amway’s motion for summary judgment last week, abruptly ending — at least f... Source: Kansas City Star

Amway Lawsuit Dismissed

Posted 2/22/2008

UK Nears Decision on Possible Amway Expulsion

British officials are expected to rule within the next few weeks -- perhaps within days -- on a case that could result in Amway's expulsion from the United Kingdom. The U.K. government sued Amway and several large distributor groups there last year, accusing the Ada company of misrepresenting its... Source: MLive.com

UK Nears Decision on Possible Amway Expulsion

Posted 1/30/2008

Amway Launches Online Venture Fanista

The backers of the multi-level marketing company Amway have launched an online venture called Fanista (www.fanista.com), which is taking Amway’s marketing referral philosophy online. The beta Web site was launched this week, selling DVDs and CDs. In the coming weeks, the site will add videogames,... Source: Video Business

Amway Launches Online Venture Fanista

Posted 11/28/2007

Amway in the New York Times

Alticor, the owner of the multilevel-marketing company Amway, is pouring millions of dollars into a new Web site called Fanista that will be part Amazon (online retail), part MySpace (social network) and part Amway. The Web site, set to make its public debut this week, will initially sell DVDs an... Source: MediaPost Publications

Amway in the New York Times

Posted 11/28/2007

Amway in the Grand Rapids Press

ADA TOWNSHIP -- It's all about taste and nutrition. Not so much about Amway. That may be the key to success for Simply Nutrilite, the highest-profile product launch by Alticor and its Amway/Quixtar sales unit in recent years. The line is the first introduced since pledges made by corporate le... Source: The Grand Rapids Press

Amway in the Grand Rapids Press

Posted 11/12/2007

Judge Dismisses Amway Distributors Lawsuit

A lawsuit in which several prominent Amway distributors alleged the direct-sales giant was a pyramid scheme was dismissed today by a federal judge in Los Angeles. Filed in August, the suit sought to free distributors from non-compete clauses imposed by Amway parent, Alticor Inc. and its Quixtar on... Source: The Grand Rapids Press

Judge Dismisses Amway Distributors Lawsuit

Posted 10/8/2007

Amway Leads with Nutrilite

Nutrilite, the leading global brand of vitamins, minerals and dietary supplements from Amway, is also the one of the largest manufacturer of nutritional supplements. Amway India finished the 12-month period of Jan- Dec 06, at Rs 738 crores and more than 50 percent of this turnover came from its flag... Source: Express Pharma

Amway Leads with Nutrilite

Posted 7/25/2007

Amway Halted Overseas

Why didn’t the Texas AG charge Mannatech with violations of its anti-pyramid scheme statute? One obvious reason is that the multi-level marketing industry’s lobbying organization, the Direct Selling Association – Mannatech is a member of the DSA! – lobbied to change the law in Texas in 2000 so that... Source: Sunday Times.lk

Amway Halted Overseas

Posted 7/23/2007

Britain May Ban Amway

GRAND RAPIDS -- British regulators are threatening to ban Amway and two of its high-level distributors from the United Kingdom in a legal battle that has the Ada company scrambling to rein in its independent sales force. The complaint is sealed, but the ``objectionable'' practices revolve around... Source: Kalamazoo Gazette

Britain May Ban Amway

Posted 7/16/2007

Britain Threatens to Ban Amway

Britain has threatened to ban Amway from the country because it finds some of the company's business practices "objectionable," a published report says. The United Kingdom Department of Trade and Industry's complaint is sealed, but it alleges two U.S. distributors for the Ada, Mich., multilevel-... Source: Market-Day.net

Britain Threatens to Ban Amway

Posted 7/9/2007

Amway Reviews Practices Worldwide

Direct sales company Amway says it is conducting a review of its practices worldwide and has sped up a planned reorganization of its operations after British regulators filed a complaint against the company. "A sealed complaint was filed against Amway in Britain following a yearlong investigation.... Source: NDTV.com

Amway Reviews Practices Worldwide

Posted 7/9/2007

Amway Reviews Annual Results

A direct sales company, Amway, reviewed the results of the second year of operation in the Russian market. The sales volume of 2006 made up $200 mln, that almost doubled the last year’s results. Presently the company cooperates with over 500,000 independent entrepreneurs in different regions of Russ... Source: Cosmetics in Russia

Amway Reviews Annual Results

Posted 6/30/2007

Amway Brand on the Way Back

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Quixtar is on its way out. Amway is on its way back. Direct-sales giant Alticor Inc. confirmed Wednesday it will phase out its 7-year-old Quixtar Inc. label during the next 1 1/2 to two years and rebuild its Amway Corp. name in North America. There also will be less use of... Source: Houston Chronicle

Amway Brand on the Way Back

Posted 6/14/2007

Alticor to Rebuild Amway Brand in North America

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — While Amway remains a household name after more than 40 years, Quixtar still doesn't resonate with the public nearly seven years after its creation. So direct-sales giant Alticor Inc. will phase out its Quixtar Inc. label during the next 1 1/2 to two years and rebuild it... Source: The Bay City Times

Alticor to Rebuild Amway Brand in North America

Posted 6/13/2007

Amway Launches Premium Soap

Amway launches country's first premium soap New Delhi, Apr 24: Leading direct selling FMCG company Amway India today launched country's first premium soap 'Persona 3-in-1'. Amway Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director Bill Pinckney said, ''The Persona 3-in-1 soap contains various unique oi... Source: newKerala.com

Amway Launches Premium Soap

Posted 4/24/2007

Amway Launches Kids Nutrilite Chocoblast

Amway launches kid's nutritional drink 'Nutrilite Chocoblast' MUMBAI: Amway India, direct selling FMCG company, has launched a balanced nutritional drink for children - Nutrilite Chocoblast. The company is hoping to make a dent in the Rs 1200 crore milkfood drinks segment with this product. "Th... Source: IndianTelevision

Amway Launches Kids Nutrilite Chocoblast

Posted 2/8/2007

Amway entered Far Eastern region of Russia

Amway, an international direct seller, announced the launch of its trade center in Khabarovsk. Far Eastern region of Russia. The 1000sqm center required over $1 mln investment. The center is made for beauty entrepreneurs, working in the Far Eastern region of Russia, to get Amway products and partici... Source: Cosmetics in Russia

Amway entered Far Eastern region of Russia

Posted 1/29/2007

State Appeals Court Sides with Amway Parent Corp

GRAND RAPIDS --A three-judge Michigan Court of Appeals panel ruled Friday that Alticor Inc. President Doug DeVos, Chairman Steve Van Andel and former President Dick DeVos did not cheat shareholders in a former Amway Corp. Asian subsidiary. Three former stockholders had an opportunity to recover t... Source: The Grand Rapids Press

State Appeals Court Sides with Amway Parent Corp

Posted 7/23/2006

Amway Malaysia not affected by softer consumer demand

Amway Malaysia not affected by softer consumer demand so far AMWAY (Malaysia) Holdings Bhd, which is spending RM57.5 million on a new corporate headquarters, expects "steady growth" in sales this year despite the slowing consumer demand due to rising inflation. The company made RM73.3 mil... Source: Business Times

Amway Malaysia not affected by softer consumer demand

Posted 6/17/2006

Amway Malaysia Sponsors Healthy Child Workshop

Amway Malaysia’s One-by-One Happy Healthy Minds workshops foster parent-child relationships and their interaction with their counterparts. TO a child, life is a series of events to be explored and experienced. Their questis to learn new skills and to make friends, where playing and having fun are... Source: Straight Times Online

Amway Malaysia Sponsors Healthy Child Workshop

Posted 5/17/2006

Netcom to Provide Broadband for Amway

China Netcom Will Provide Broadband service and interior network service for Amway China, both companies announced Monday. "Improving our information system will make us more confident to develop our direct sales in China and provide better service to our consumers," Amway Eastern China PR Ma... Source: China Broadcast

Netcom to Provide Broadband for Amway

Posted 5/17/2006

Amway India Sees Ten Percent Growth

Calcutta, May 2: Amway India Enterprises expects its turnover to grow by 10 per cent from Rs 633 crore in 2005-06 (September 2005 to August 2006). The wholly-owned subsidiary of the $6.2-billion Amway Corporation, USA, also plans to introduce some of its global products like energy drinks and bars a... Source: The Telegraph

Amway India Sees Ten Percent Growth

Posted 5/5/2006

Amway Heirs Donate 50M to Childrens Hospital

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Dick DeVos and his three siblings have donated a combined 50 (m) million dollars toward the construction of a new children's hospital. The Republican gubernatorial candidate is the son of Amway co-founder and billionaire Rich DeVos and his wife, Helen. Each of the DeVos child... Source: 6 News WLNS

Amway Heirs Donate 50M to Childrens Hospital

Posted 4/30/2006

Amway Hopes to Increase Turnover

Amway India, a health and beauty direct selling FMCG company, on Friday announced its plans to target a turnover of more than Rs 700 crore in Septmber-August 2006 as against Rs 633 crore in the corresponding period of last year. The company is a subsidiary of Alticor Inc, a $6.4 bn American based... Source: The Economic Times

Amway Hopes to Increase Turnover

Posted 4/28/2006

Amway India faces stagnated growth

The growth of Amway India has staganated, almost unwavering in the last three years. The managing director and CEO of Amway, William Pinckney, while talking to Business Standard on Monday, said, "The turnover in India has remained more or less same during the last two years. This was a consol... Source: Business Standard

Amway India faces stagnated growth

Posted 4/6/2006