MLM Company USANA Announces Record Results

MLM company USANA Health Sciences announced its results for both Q4 and full year 2006.

Consolidated net sales in the fourth quarter of 2006 increased by 16.5% to $99.8 million, compared with $85.6 million in the fourth quarter of the prior year. Excluding the positive impact of currency fluctuations, this sales increase would have been 15.0%. Net sales growth for the fourth quarter of 2006 resulted primarily from a 15.0% increase in the number of active Associates, compared with the fourth quarter of the prior year.

MLM Companies Expand In China

Direct sellers in China have begun the year with bold marketing campaigns. Amway got Olympic star Liu Xiang on board to endorse its products, while Avon's recruitment drive for direct sellers is frequently on TV.


Article about how MLM companies such as Amway are expanding in China as a result of the new regulations allowing direct selling.

Buyout Offer For MLM Company Herbalife Seen As Too Low

MLM company Herbalife, the maker of nutrional supplements, has received a buyout offer from Whitney V LP for about $2 billion, but at least one equity analyst thinks the offer is too low to merit shareholder approval.

Forbes magazine discusses the buyout offer for MLM company Herbalife.

Shares In MLM Company Herbalife Jump On Bid By Private Equity Group

A private investment group that owns more than a quarter of MLM company Herbalife Ltd., the Century City-based direct seller of nutritional and weight-loss supplements, has made a bid for the entire company, Herbalife said Friday.

J.H. Whitney & Co., which took Herbalife private in 2002 when it purchased the company with another investor, offered $38 a share in cash this time, valuing the company at $2.7 billion.

Whitney's latest offer was 15% higher than the $33.10 that Herbalife shares closed at Friday on the New York Stock Exchange. After the news was released in the late afternoon, the stock jumped to more than $39 in extended trading.