Proposed Federal Trade Commission rules could devastate the United States’ multibillion-dollar, multilevel marketing industry and even trigger a recession, say experts.
But local industry giant Tupperware Brands Corp. seems to have adopted a wait-and-see attitude.The FTC is proposing new rules that would require the nation’s estimated 1,500 multilevel marketing companies such as Orlando-based Tupperware to tell potential recruits how many sales representatives have failed to earn more than startup costs, as well as how many customers have filed lawsuits for deceptive practices, among other provisions in a 90-page filing.
Will proposed FTC multilevel marketing rules crash Tupperware’s party?
