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USANA Launches Nutreo(TM)–A Nutritious Chocolate Energy Bar
SALT LAKE CITY–(BUSINESS WIRE)–USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: USNA) recently introduced its new Nutreo™ bar, a delicious chocolate snack intended for health-conscious chocolate lovers. Each double-chocolate bar contains 10 grams of protein, two grams of fiber and has a low glycemic score of 44.USANA developed Nutreo to offer customers an alternative chocolate snack that provides beneficial ingredients. Nutreo contains a concentration of both whey and soy protein. This bar’s all-natural flavors and sweeteners keep its glycemic score low while offering a delicious source of sustainable energy. Additionally, Nutreo only contains 140 calories and has zero grams of trans fat, making it a convenient snack between meals.
“Our health-conscious customers have come to expect only healthy and balanced products from USANA, but they also demand great taste,” USANA President Dave Wentz explained. “With Nutreo, we developed a product that both chocolate fanatics and health enthusiasts can love.”
USANA launched Nutreo at a regional distributor convention in Orlando on April 25, and will offer Nutreo in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
Cayman Islands in the Foreign Press
NEW YORK, USA: RTT News, April 25, 2008 – Network marketing firm Herbalife Ltd (HLF) on Thursday said it is reviewing the issue of its president and chief operating officer Gregory Probert’s admission that he had not completed his Master of Business Administration degree. The marketer of weight-loss products confirmed that upon completion of this internal investigation, appropriate action would be taken.
In my soon to be released book on The 5 Key Essentials To Picking A Network Marketing Company, I talk about products. Having a unique product is vital for long term success in Network Marketing. That point apparently rubbed a MonaVie representative the wrong way.After I offered my opinion about MonaVie, I was told that I didn’t know anything and that no product compares with MonaVie in the marketplace which lead me do a little research where I found a comparison of MonaVie with a product called Perfect Acai.
I have no affiliation with Perfect Acai (or MonaVie), but I thought the information presented was interesting:
From PowerSupplements:
How much Acai is in your product?
PERFECT ACAI™: Perfect Acai contains 1,000mg (1 gram) of 100% freeze dried Sambazon Organic Acai per serving. There are 60 servings in a bottle. Most clients do 2 servings a day, so they get 2 grams of Acai per day and 1 bottle last 30 days.
MonaVie™ Juice: Unknown. Monavie is a proprietary blend of 19 fruits and there is no way to know how much Acai is in each serving.
What is the source of your Acai?
PERFECT ACAI™:Perfect Acai exclusively uses Sambazon 100% Freeze Dried Organic Acai. Sambazon Acai is Fairly Traded. Sambazon Acai is certified organic and is a member of the Fair Trade Federation.
MonaVie™ Juice: Unknown. A review of the Monavie website and promotional material does not state where they purchase their Acai from.
What is the price per serving of your product?
PERFECT ACAI™: One serving is 2 capsules and there are 120 capsules in a bottle. One bottle is $39.95 and if you buy 3 bottles the price drops down to $29.95 a bottle. One serving of Perfect Acai will cost between 50 and 67 cents.
MonaVie™ Juice:One bottle of Monavie juice is 25.35 ounces and cost about $45. One serving is 2 ounces. The cost per serving of the Monavie juice is about $3.55.
To be fair, MonaVie has other juices plus the active version contains glucosamine. In my research I also found dozens of comparable Acai liquid products, similar to MonaVie. You can see these on Google.
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Brenda Allen and Kathleen Isaacs of Mountain Home, independent Silpada Designs representatives, recently attended the Silpada Designs 2008 leadership conference in Ponte Vedra, Fla.Allen and Isaacs qualified for the conference by reaching sales and recruiting goals set by the company.
Biz briefs, April 29 - EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MA
Creative Memories, a company represented by Amanda LaFlamme, a local independent sales consultant based in Methuen, had a hand in making the new home featured in a recent airing of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” a dream come true for Ju-Juanna Latif, a single mother of four living in Wilmington, Del.Creative Memories donated $10,000 worth of its scrapbooking and memory-celebration products so that Latif could keep a visual record of the family’s transition from its old house to its new home. Products included Creative Memories’ premier photo-safe albums and accessories, tools for creating traditional and digital memory books, photo organizers and home décor items such as wall displays and frames.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA — (MARKET WIRE) — 04/18/08 — The partnership of Bo Short and Ty Tribble continues to make waves in the Network Marketing Industry. As co-founders of MaxImpact International, LLC they have aligned their business with Max International and its breakthrough product called MaxGXL. According to the most recent Max International news release, 5 of the top 9 Associate Recruiters were identified as members of the MaxImpact Team.
According to co-founder Ty Tribble, “The true sign of success in this industry is the ability to transfer the ‘win’ to members of your own team. It is one thing for Bo and me to achieve this recognition; however, the fact that 5 out of 9 of the Top Associate Recruiters in February were on our team is the key to real success.”
Among that list were Gene, Emily & Ryan Stanford, Travis & Cory Harris, Nancy Balogh, Vince & Maria Dees (also identified as Top Revenue Recruiters) and Bo Short and Ty Tribble (repeating for a second consecutive month).
Whether speaking individually or collectively, each of these entrepreneurs echoed the “importance of the team” and the willingness to pursue their businesses in a “consistent and persistent fashion.” According to Travis Harris, “While we all appreciate the recognition, it is simply a reflection of a great team of people working together to build something significant for our families while hopefully creating a new dynamic in this industry.”
“We are so proud of the teamwork, professionalism, and leadership each of these people have displayed. We believe that they represent something very unique in Network Marketing. The entrepreneurs they are working with are using their success as an example and are emulating their activity so as to enjoy the same results,” Bo stated.
Both Bo Short and Ty Tribble were identified along with Robert Kiyosaki and Paul Zane Pilzer to be among “52 of the brightest minds inside and outside Network Marketing.” They are currently building teams throughout the United States and pre-launching into Canada.
For more information contact:
MaxImpact International, LLC
www.MaxImpactllc.info
801-461-5000
UPDATE 1-Usana Health posts lower 1st-quarter profit | Markets | Markets News | Reuters
April 21 (Reuters) - Usana Health Sciences Inc (USNA.O: Quote, Profile, Research), a nutritional and personal care products maker, posted a 36 percent fall in quarterly profit due to higher operating costs and lower sales in its North American business.”Our first quarter financial results were disappointing. Unfortunately, new promotional activities during the first quarter did not increase sales, as we had anticipated,” said the company’s President Dave Wentz.
The Salt Lake City, Utah-based company reported first-quarter earnings of $7.5 million, or 46 cents a share, compared with $11.7 million, or 63 cents a share, a year earlier.
Court Upholds Seasilver $120M Avalanche Fine
SAN FRANCISCO—The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a prior district court ruling requiring the marketers of the Seasilver dietary supplement to pay almost $120 million for failing to comply with an earlier order to pay $3 million in consumer redress.This latest decision requires the defendants—Jason and Bela Berkes, Seasilver USA Inc. and Americaloe Inc.—to pay almost $120 million under a 2004 agreement with FTC, which barred them from making false or misleading claims and included a $120 million judgment that would be suspended if they paid $3 million within a specified time.
The defendants did not meet the required payment terms, and a June 2006 district court granted FTC’s request to enforce the stipulated avalanche judgment. However, the defendants appealed this 2006 decision.
FTC initially focused on the defendants in 2002 for claiming Seasilver, a combination of Aloe vera, phyto-silver sea vegetables, herbs, cranberry concentrate and other ingredients, was clinically proven to treat or cure 650 diseases, including cancer and AIDS.
It was also claimed to cause rapid, substantial and permanent weight loss without dieting. The agency alleged the claims were false and unsubstantiated.
In 2003, FTC joined with FDA in seizing $5.3 million in Seasilver inventory; this followed FDA’s efforts in 2002 to halt fraudulent Seasilver claims and violations including improperly cleaned equipment and production employees working the line in street clothes.
Newswire / Press Release: Team Double-Click® and Direct Selling Women’s Alliance Announce Strategic Alliance - Home Business/Virtual Assistant - Team Double-Click, Inc. | NewswireToday
Team Double-Click®, the country’s largest virtual staffing agency, popular for its rigorous screening, interviewing and training process to obtain qualified virtual assistant professionals, recently announced the formation of a strategic partnership with the Direct Selling Women’s Alliance (DSWA), an organization established to support direct sellers around the world who are achieving their dreams through a party plan, network marketing or person to person sales business.Under the alliance, Team Double-Click® will be the exclusive virtual assistant company trusted and used by DSWA. DSWA members will have access to the over 38,000 trained virtual assistants to help make their direct selling businesses more successful and give them more time to get out and sell and sponsor without having to worry about paperwork and administrative tasks. Team Double-Click® will have the ability to reach out to the members of DSWA, to supplement and enhance the support that distributors already receive from their companies so they advance more quickly to higher levels of success.
Synergy Summits for Platinum One Destinations Welcomes Guests to Denver, Columbus and Dallas
Direct sales company Platinum One Destinations (P1D) is holding the next round of Synergy Summits on April 19, 2008. P1D live events are held monthly in three regions across the country in order to provide comprehensive information sessions for aspiring business owners. P1D Associates have all the elements in place–for both the seasoned entrepreneur and the first time business owner–to achieve high levels of profit and success: a product that has universal appeal, high upfront commissions with a residual component, and a proven support and training structure provided by industry experts.
