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Amway One by One Campaign for Children Reaches 7 Million Kids

Posted on 08. Feb, 2010 by Dan Mitchell.

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Since 2003, Amway has mobilized its employees and distributors all over the world toward bringing about better lives for children in need.

Now in its seventh year of operation, the Amway One by One Campaign for Children has improved the lives of an estimated 7 million children through locally-developed charitable and service programs that align to make a global impact.

Employees and distributors alike have volunteered more than 1.3 million hours, and the company has contributed more than $112 million in donations to partner organizations aimed at children's issues.

"In every country, and indeed every community where Amway operates, we have people who act to make a difference," says Dana Boals, Amway vice president. "Thousands of employees and Amway distributors have rolled up their sleeves to bring about positive change. That is a purposeful reflection of our citizenship, brought to life."

Source: PR Newswire

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Amway Global and Miss America?

Posted on 26. Jan, 2010 by Dan Mitchell.

Amway Global is proud to announce that ARTISTRY® Skin Care and Cosmetics, beauty power brand of Amway Global, is the Official Skin Care and Cosmetics Provider of the Miss America Pageant. Artistry will hold the title for both the 2010 and 2011 Miss America Pageants. The sponsorship will also give the Miss America Organization the opportunity to work with the entire Amway Global family of brands.

“Partnering with the Miss America Organization is an incredible opportunity for us,” said Jori Hartwig, Vice President of Marketing at Amway Global. “As a leader in prestige beauty, Artistry is dedicated to helping women of all ages feel confident that they’re putting their best face forward every day. We’re excited to introduce this brand to the Miss America contestants and look forward to showing them how it can let their inner beauty shine through on their big night.”

Source: PR Newswire

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Amway Jet Evacuates Missionaries From Haiti Earthquake Zone

Posted on 18. Jan, 2010 by Dan Mitchell.

The Amway corporate jet carried a medical team and supplies to Haiti Monday on a flight of mercy. It returned with 10 Americans who were on a medical mission trip when the earthquake struck.

North Dakota nurse practitioner Sarah Kaspari Baker recalls, "I was holding the baby and grabbed the young mom. And it just rolled under our feet. It felt like being on a ship. The roar was amazing." She was working with a Haitian interpreter at the time, and says, "A young medical student whose university collapsed. And all his friends were killed. And he would have been there if he wouldn't have been on the island helping us."

The team worked on an island ten miles off the Haitian coast called La Gonave. The damage on the island was not as bad as the capitol. They still saw collapsed buildings and felt the fear that comes with a major quake. Team leader Bruce Blumer of Mitchell, South Dakota says, "Just beyond where the clinic was, there was a big open area. And it looked like it had snowed. There were probably 500 people lying on sheets because they were afraid to be in their homes that night." 

Source: WZZM

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Amway donates $100,000 to Haiti earthquake disaster relief

Posted on 14. Jan, 2010 by Dan Mitchell.

ADA -- Amway is donating $100,000 to disaster relief efforts in Haiti -- as well as matching contributions its employees and distributors make through its Web site amway.com.

The Ada-based direct seller says its initial $100,000 donation will be split between the American Red Cross and SOS Children's Village.

"We are fully committed to offering assistance quickly and meaningfully," said Jim Hunking, managing director of Amway operations in the Caribbean.

While Amway doesn't have offices in island nation, the company does have few hundred distributors -- also know as Independent Business Owners -- there selling products through its Amway Global division.

Source: MLive.com

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Amway Donates $1 million To Today Show Toy Drive

Posted on 21. Dec, 2009 by Dan Mitchell.

As part of its One by One Campaign for Children, Amway Global donated $1.0 million in product to NBC's TODAY Show Toy Drive via a direct selling industry effort to provide holiday gifts for thousands of children nationwide. Amway Global's gift includes cosmetics, skin care, personal care, fragrances and jewelry, items aimed at teen and pre-teen girls - one of the groups often forgotten during holiday giving drives. Amway Global's donation is being shipped to 20 non-profit organizations across the country for delivery to disadvantaged children and families, providing in many cases the only gifts some children and teens may receive this holiday season.

Additionally, above the $1.0 million, Amway Global has promised for every person that visits the Amway Global Facebook page to learn more about how Amway Global shares with local communities and becomes a Fan between December 18 and Christmas Day, they will donate an additional gift, up to $100,000 worth, to the TODAY Show Toy Drive.

Source: PR Newswire

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Amway China Signs Deal With China Telecom

Posted on 07. Dec, 2009 by Dan Mitchell.

Amway China signed a new agreement with China Telecom on Friday to provide its salespeople with 3G phones with special online product and sales functions.

The agreement, which was signed at Amway China's headquarters in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, will let eligible Amway salespeople obtain custom-made 3G smart phones with several functions especially designed for them. The functions include online shopping, sales queries, customer management and makeup simulation.

"No matter whether it is 3G smart phones or the web, they are just tools or vehicles that can assist our salesmen with selling the company's products," said Gan Chee Eng, President of Amway Greater China. "Quite unlike e-shops, our model is that our salesmen will still look for customers, although they can access information through tools like 3G phones or the internet, rather than have customers look for products on the internet on their own initiative."

Amway China has considered introducing e-commerce services in recent years. But Gan said that even if the company launched its own online shops, they would serve as yet another tool for its salespeople.

"We have promised that Amway China will not leave its salesmen," Gan said.

Source: CRI

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Amway Launches iPhone Application

Posted on 03. Dec, 2009 by Dan Mitchell.

Ada, MI (PRWEB) December 2, 2009 -- Direct selling giant Amway has launched the most robust and innovative application for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch in the direct selling industry. Through the expertise of leading mobile application developer, Übermind, Inc., Amway is ushering in a new era of commerce for its distributors and consumers.

Amway this month is deploying its iPhone app to distributors in its U.S. and Canadian affiliate, giving them crucial business functionality on the iPhone or iPod Touch product. Key features include customer relationship management tools, product and marketing information, safe point-of-sale order processing, and personal business performance tracking and reporting. Version 1.0 of iPhone app is Amway's first step in a major initiative to help its distributors do business any time, anywhere through a powerful, easy to use tool that is always at their fingertips.

Source: PR Web

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Amway Axes 93 Employees

Posted on 17. Nov, 2009 by Dan Mitchell.

ADA TOWNSHIP, MICH. — Direct-selling giant Amway says it's eliminating 93 positions in the United States and Canada over the next 15 months due to a consolidation of its financial operations.

Amway Corp. said in a release issued Monday most of the jobs are finance-related and will be trimmed at its global headquarters in Ada, Mich., just east of Grand Rapids, Mich.

Amway says it hopes to eliminate as many positions as possible through attrition and early retirement, and by moving employees to open positions elsewhere in the company.

Its European operations also are being streamlined but the company says it won't have details about that until next year.

Source: Associated Press
 

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Judge rules against Amway

Posted on 29. Oct, 2009 by Dan Mitchell.

Source: WoodTV

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) - A federal judge has ruled against Amway Corp. in a class-action complaint filed by 27 former salespeople, or independent business owners.

The ruling says Amway must stop forcing its one-time distributors into arbitration over disputes between the two parties.

The independent distributors had filed a complaint against Amway asking the court to stop Quixtar, Amway's e-commerce business, from "harassing and intimidating plaintiffs ... with repetitive arbitrations asserting trumped up violations of Quixtar's unilaterally-enacted ... trade secret rules."

According to the complaint, when potential independent business owners, or IBOs, start up with Quixtar, they sign a registration form that lists the company's rules for engaging in "arbitration" as a means of resolving disputes.

But the court ruled the agreement to arbitrate did not extend to "post-termination disputes involving former IBOs who are no longer operating an Amway 'Independent Business.' "

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Amway China Bans Internet Marketing

Posted on 30. Sep, 2009 by Dan Mitchell.

Source: cri.cn

Liu Mingxiong, vice-president of Amway Greater China, revealed that the company will not open online shops, and does not allow any of its direct salespeople to open such shops.

As e-commerce businesses expand rapidly in China, more companies are choosing the internet as a platform to sell their products. However, Amway China, one of the country's largest direct sales companies, says it has other considerations.

Liu Mingxiong, vice-president of Amway Greater China, revealed that the company will not open online shops on the country's largest auction website, Taobao.com, and does not allow any of its direct salespeople to open such shops, because "the sales mode will cause unfair competition among other staff members who focus on direct sales."

"We oppose the new-style mode not because we do not like it," Liu explained. "Amway has been aiming to provide the staff with an equal-footing opportunity to gain additional earnings or to set up their own careers. Therefore, we will not sacrifice their chance to seek temporary profits."

Liu also warned consumers to be cautious about so-called Amway products sold on the internet with 50 percent discount or more, "they are too cheap to be true."

Last year, the sales revenue of Amway China hit 17.6 billion yuan, an increase of 28 percent compared with the year before. The figure makes up 31 percent of Amway's global sales revenue, making Amway China the company's largest subsidiary.

The business expansion in China is attributed to the country's improved laws and regulations concerning direct and pyramid selling since 2005, Liu said.

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