Archive for April 23rd, 2009

  • Direct Sales Offer A Bright Spot In Upstate’s Down Economy

    Spartanburg Herald:
    Simone Pace has sold Mary Kay products for the past 16 years. Pace, independent sales director for Mary Kay in Spartanburg, said she has seen double-digit sales growth during previous recessionary years, and this year is no exception.
    “There’s so much interest in it right now,” she said. “Every time the economy goes down, our [...]

  • It’s A Sellers Market On The Direct Sales Front

    Arkansas Online:
    Until November 2007, Janet Miller was an administrative assistant, a career she had begun 20 years earlier. That career ended when she was let go by her employer, as Helaine R. Williams reports in Tuesday’s Style section.
    Two months later, Miller saw an Avon commercial urging viewers to “start your own business for $10.” Bells [...]