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NEW YORK - Julie Spreckels used to just shop catalogs and the mall. But lately, she's shopping in someone else's living room. The Levittown, N.Y., resident recently bought $100 in Lillian Vernon products such as holiday candy dishes at a party thrown by a company consultant.
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... commerce consists of the buying and selling of products and services via the Internet. It incl...As online activity increased, companies quickly saw the Internet's marketing potential. Su... make products and services do not have direct responsibility for selling them on the Web. One pr...
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WITH the recent proliferation of direct selling companies, it takes a lot to succeed in the Malaysian market. Among those who have proven their
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In reading Jon Taylor's attack on the direct selling industry (My View, March 19), I was struck by a strong sense of deja vu. Eventually I realized I'd read many of the same words by Mr. Taylor in a 2006 Deseret Morning News piece attacking the industry. That's unfortunate for two reasons. First, Mr. Taylor's attacks do a great disservice to the hard-working men and women involved with direct selling companies -- particularly those that contribute significantly to Utah's economy. Second, his frequent access to this forum may convince some that he is a credible, unbiased observer of direct selling companies rather than someone whose agenda is to destroy the industry regardless of the facts. At the core of Mr. Taylor's misrepresentations is his inaccurate assertion that 99 percent of dire...
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Jon Taylor has launched a vicious attack on multilevel marketing companies, most recently in an op-ed piece in this paper that decries the inclusion of such companies on Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr.'s recent trade mission to China. Taylor uses fabrications and misinformation to malign a thriving industry that brings thousands of jobs to Utah. At the core of his misrepresentations is Taylor's inaccurate assertion that 99 percent of direct sellers lose money from being involved in multilevel-compensation direct-selling companies. For the record, based on nearly 2,000 completed interviews with randomly selected direct salespeople representing the entire industry, the following are the facts:
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Think home shopping parties mean Tupperware and Mary Kay Cosmetics, burping plastic and pink, pink, pink? Think again. Nowadays, home parties are just as likely to be about power tools or pet care. And often, you're "not just going to buy something; you're going to learn something," says Amy Robinson, spokeswoman for the Direct Selling Association, a trade group representing more than 170 companies that sell directly to consumers.
