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Network marketing, or multi-level marketing, is one of the fastest-growing business models of the past few decades. Between 1993 and 2003, total direct selling revenues grew by 7.1% annually, ...

The MLM industry saw a global decline of 2.3% in 2023, with significant drops in North America and Asia/Pacific markets. Major MLM companies like Rodan + Fields, Beautycounter, and Tupperware are ...

Multi-level marketing is an industry that relies on motivating and recruiting people. Each independent distributor must have a solid strategy to build her sales network into an exponentially growing ...

Many people still fall for new forms of network marketing, multi-level marketing (MLMs) and other organizations that, despite ...

Third party marketing and multi-level marketing, while similar in name, have little in common when compared side by side. Third party marketing firms provide a legitimate funding source for investment ...

Most people know that certain religious and political cult groups manipulate and control members. In addition, there are other types groups that recruit millions of people all over the world that use ...

Most Americans have been aware for some time that multi-level marketing schemes are bad — either through recent books or documentaries like LuLaRich. But did you know exactly how bad? Bridget Read, ...