Monthly Archives: February 2007

Vitamins can increase risk of death?

You may have seen various news reports today about a Danish study on antioxidants. Headlines state things like Vitamins may increase risk of death – study. Well, I've obtained a copy of the actual study. It was a meta-analysis, meaning it reviewed lots of other studies and tried to do an overall analysis. The researchers' [...]

There are somethings you should be ashamed of – Success is not one of them

Amway Australia is continuing their theme of "There are somethings you should be ashamed of – Success is not one of them" with the release of a new video clip – "Bad Car Parking". Enjoy!

This is the second clip with this theme, the first, released last year, was titled "The Window Cleaner"

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It’s all about integrity, values, and trust

As you may be aware, Jim Payne has started blogging. Jim is an executive vice-president of Alticor, parent company to Amway and Quixtar , and managing director of Quixtar itself. The blog is called Ada-tudes , a clever mixture of the home town of Alticor, Ada, Michigan, and the word attitude.
There's been [...]

Nutrilite (Nutriway) tops Consumer Survey again.

Consumer Labs has reported that Nutrilite supplments (marketed as Nutriway in some countries) have again topped their survey of consumer satisfaction. While the actual 2007 survey results for individual companies was not revealed, Consumer Labs states -
“Nutrilite … received the highest overall satisfaction rating both as a brand and merchant.”
In 2006 Nutrilite topped the [...]

Quixtar 2006 Sales Data is out!

Quixtar sales data has been released!  Calendar year sales increased 2.2% over 25.  This report shows calendar year reporting and suggests Quixtar has also transitioned from a FY ending in 31 August to calendar year reporting, following parent company Alticor's lead.
Some great numbers from the report include:
-  IBOs earned $37.1 million in bonuses and other incentives in 26, up [...]

Alticor 2006 Sales are out – still waiting on Quixtar!

Alticor sales data has been released, with a slight drop from $6.4 billion to $6.3 billion. As expected, sales in China decreased substantially, indeed by nearly a quarter, meaning a loss of revenue of more than half a billion US dollars. This was offset by 42% growth in Amway Europe (led by the new markets of [...]

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