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Sunrun was founded in San Francisco in 2007 by Lynn Jurich and Edward "Ed" Fenster, who developed a residential "solar-as-a-service" model intended to reduce the upfront cost of installing home solar equipment. The compa... Read complete profile
Thermomix is a premium kitchen-appliance brand owned by the German Vorwerk Group. Vorwerk was founded by Carl and Adolf Vorwerk in Wuppertal, Germany, in 1883 as a carpet manufacturer and introduced direct selling in 193... Read complete profile
marketing company founded by Barani Karunakaran and his father, Karunakaran Dsamy. The company was incorporated in Malaysia on May 3, 2012. Destina 1 developed from a home-based operation into an international direct-sel... Read complete profile
Premier Financial Alliance, Inc., commonly known as PFA, is a Georgia-based insurance marketing organization that lists 2003 as its founding year. Headquartered in Suwanee, the company built its business around permanent... Read complete profile
Vector Marketing Corporation was founded in 1981 as an independent seller of Cutco cutlery. Alcas Corporation acquired Vector in 1985 and made it the primary direct-sales organization for Cutco products in the United Sta... Read complete profile
brokerage designed to operate without the traditional network of brick-and-mortar offices. Agents, brokers and corporate personnel instead worked through an online platform and three-dimensional virtual office environmen... Read complete profile
The Federal Trade Commission has filed an action against Stormy Wellington, a prominent participant in the multilevel marketing industry, alleging that she used misleading or unsupported income claims to recruit people into MLM business opportunities. According to the FTC, Wellington promoted Total Life Changes and later Farmasi by suggesting recruits could earn substantial income, even though mos...
August 20, 2020 -- A federal judge recently upheld a $925 million judgement determined by a jury in April 2019 in a class-action lawsuit brought by a former ViSalus representative. The class-action suit argued that the nearly 2 million prerecorded "robocalls" placed by ViSalus to potential customers violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. Each violation called for a $500 penalty under the ...
LEHI, Utah, July 8, 2020 -- Kristi Hubbard, a direct-selling executive leader with a strong record of success, has been appointed President of Younique, effective July 13, 2020. Ms. Hubbard will assume the Chief Executive Officer role after a period of transition, during which Derek Maxfield, the company's Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, will continue to lead the business. Upon her appoint...
April 24, 2020 - The Federal Trade Commission sent letters warning 10 MLM companies to stop making claims about their products' ability to treat or prevent the coronavirus and/or claims of potential income targeting people who are unemployed as a result of the pandemic. Companies receiving warning letters for making both health and earnings-related claims were doTERRA International,Total Life Chan...
FRISCO, Texas, April 27, 2020 -- Altair Acquisitions, LLC ("Altair") announced today that it has acquired all of the material assets of Wildtree, Inc., a manufacturer of organic and allergen-sensitive spices, oils, mixes, sauces, and meal replacement products. Wildtree, Inc., originally founded in 1999, has been providing flavorful, healthy, all-natural products and meal solutions to customers for...
Homemaker's Idea Company no longer appears to be active as a direct sales company.
Original Npros business profile for Homemaker's Idea Company, preserved below for archival purposes:
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Ethos no longer appears to be active as a direct sales company.
Original Npros business profile for Ethos, preserved below for archival purposes:
Ethos Environmental developed and marketed Ethos FR, a liquid... Read complete profile
Escape International, LLC no longer appears to be active as a direct sales company.
Original Npros business profile for Escape International, LLC, preserved below for archival purposes:
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Enlyten no longer appears to be active as a direct sales company.
Original Npros business profile for Enlyten, preserved below for archival purposes:
Enlyten was launched in the late 2000s as a nutritional-p... Read complete profile
Changes International no longer appears to be active as a direct sales company.
Original Npros business profile for Changes International, preserved below for archival purposes:
founded in 1994 by Scott and ... Read complete profile
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