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Here's the latest Amway Thailand news:

The new top management of Amway (Thailand) will be officially announced in the near future, whose priority task will be not only to promote the Amway brand's image of quality but to sustain its reputation as the largest direct-selling company in the country.

Over the past two years, candidates for the top job have been processed by both the parent company in the United States and the regional office to ensure that the most qualified person is named.

So far, the heir apparent is Kittawat Ritteerawee, currently general manager. He was promoted as the company's No 2 last year to allow him to learn more management and leadership skills before taking the helm.

Amway (Thailand) is currently headed by managing director Preecha Prakobkit. The parent company extended his term for three years in 2009 and his tenure will end next year.

Preecha said Kittawat's most important priority if he is appointed to the No 1 position would be to sustain business growth. In addition, he had to proceed with building the brand, becoming the new "Mr Amway".

Source: The Nation

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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

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

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

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

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

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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Update: Greg Duncan Bankrupt?

WWDB Triple Diamond, Greg Duncan actually owns one of the most popular product lines in the world of Quixtar, XS Energy Drink, according to an article in Beverage World.

The article lists the co-owners of XS Worldwide as  Josh Bradbury, Scott Coon, Greg Duncan, David Vanderveen. Scott Coon was once an Emerald, personally sponsored by Greg and I believe that David Vanderveen is a cousin to Amway/Quixtar owners, the Van Andels.

Here is the first thing that came to my mind: No matter how bad Quixtar's compensation plan is, I'm betting that Greg Duncan will be sticking around. He is probably making a lot of money when all of the other lines of sponsorship promote XS Energy Drink.

Now, speaking of XS Energy Drink and Greg Duncan, I found a bit more interesting news...

It seems that Greg Duncan is expanding his marketplace outside of Quixtar with a brand of energy drinks called, "All In". 

Here is a link to an article that calls Greg Duncan, CEO of All In Energy. So now, Greg Duncan, along with former World Wide Dream Builders diamond (current Emerald?), Rod Jao, who is Vice President of All In Energy are out selling a product that competes directly with XS Energy Drink.

"Competes directly with Quixtar" is probably the most important words to consider here if you follow the Quixtar non-compete rules that the company has been making waves over.

Here is a taste of what is being said around the net about a recent ruling...

On Friday, May 23, 2008, the Federal Court for the Eastern District of Texas ruled that the Quixtar Rules of Conduct are unenforceable because they are on their face illusory. Simmons et. al. v. Quixtar. Citing the fact that Rule 1 of the Rules of Conduct reserve in the Corporation the right to change or amend the rules at any time, the court held that on their face the Rules are but an illusion that cannot be enforced.

- Orrin Woodward's Blog quoting Attorney, Mike McCormick

Quixtar has suffered a legal setback in their dispute with TEAM. A Texas district court judge has declared that earlier Fifth Circuit reasoning in Morrison et al vs Amway et al that Amway's contract was "illusory and unenforceable" also applies to current Quixtar contracts.

- "A Win For Team" by IBOFightback at The Truth About Amway

This ruling, and a couple of other recent ones, will likely have an impact (how significant remains to be seen) on several recent TEAM cases and Quixtar’s arbitration agreement.  On February 8, 2008, on the Alticor Media Blog, the blog’s moderator, in speaking to the dismissal of the Nitro case stated:

“And another important point: Contrary to some of the spinners out there, the ruling hinges on the fact that the dispute is so very old—beginning before 1998, before we even had an arbitration program. Therefore, the effect of this ruling on our current arbitration program and current cases (a shrinking list, given the Nitro dismissal) is virtually zero. If someone’s telling you otherwise, don’t buy the hype.”

Well, it’s obvious the judge in this case clearly disagrees with the blog moderator’s assessment of the matter.  Apparently “virtually zero” isn’t “absolute zero.”  However, this is not a final ruling on the merits of the case itself, so we will have to wait to hear how the specific case itself plays out.

- Chuck Lia, Speaking of Amway

Chuck's site also includes the entire ruling for your viewing pleasure.

In my search for information about the case, I also found a new site called Amway Watch that you might want to have a look at.  I suspect that the site is run by IBOFightback, but in my quick look, I did not see any authorship.