As we shared consistently throughout this series, the news surrounding all generations is that EACH generation is radically different in how they want to be prospected, talked to and approached about direct selling opportunities. We have highlighted that a “One-Size-Fits-All” approach simply doesn’t work anymore, and that feedback is amplified when it comes to Training.

Avon Russia is teaming up with Disney to create a Fashion Academy where designers compete to take training at the RANEOA School of Design. Budding Russian fashion designers are being offered the opportunity to design their own Disney-inspired fashion collection, which will be sold in Avon brochures in Russia next year. The project offers talented […]

Tupperware Brands, the Orlando, Florida-based direct seller of storage and serving solutions and personal care products, recently announced that it is expanding its Global Links program into Brazil. The program, which is in partnership with Rollins College and the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Global Women’s Issues, is designed to build capacity for women’s […]

Herbalife Ltd., a Los Angeles, California-based health and wellness company, has created its first-ever “China Growth and Impact Investment Fund” to stimulate the development of its business and accelerate growth in China as well as help address challenging public-policy issues such as the rise in obesity. Funds for this new initiative were granted to Herbalife Nutrition by governments in China as part of […]

4Life Research, a Sandy, Utah-based immune health company, has appointed Ivan Huang as general manager of 4Life Taiwan and Daniel Taylor as senior director of the newly created business intelligence department. Huang, who has an educational background in international trade, started in network marketing as a distributor. Since 2004, he’s held a variety of corporate […]

Click here to order the December 2017 issue in which this article appeared. In This Issue: The Most Influential Women in Direct Selling Bringing Gender Parity to Direct Selling  Advocating for the Direct Selling Community  Navigating the Millennial-Driven World Sticking to a Winning Business Model Leading with Passion and Commitment Launching New Products and Segments Recruiting and […]