Monthly Archives: October 2011

Kerala (India) issues guidelines for direct selling firms such as Amway

October 27th, 2011 | Posted in Uncategorized

As per my previous post Amway India has been having challenges in that country with some poorly worded laws and a lack of regulation for the direct selling industry. Amway is implementing some changes from November 1, including removing all joining fees. The changes were a response to the Indian state of Kerala issuing some [...]

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Amway India now free to join

October 25th, 2011 | Posted in Amway India, Amway News

I reported a couple of weeks ago about Amway India’s legal challenges, with two states (Andhra Pradesh and Kerala)  and an Indian federal body, “The Enforcement Directorate” investigating them. As I noted I thought the claims against Amway were frankly bizarre, but nevertheless Amway can’t afford to do anything but take such cases seriously. Well, [...]

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Amway Watch Lives!

October 22nd, 2011 | Posted in Amway News

A few years back I set up the website Amway Watch, with the idea of collating all PR and news media reports about Amway around the world. Unfortunately over the last couple of years the site was put to one side and not updated. Well, now Amway Watch is back! There’s an enormous back log [...]

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1222 new Founder Platinums and above for Amway North America!

October 12th, 2011 | Posted in Amway Facts, Amway North America, Steve Nakamura (JoeCool)

I saw a tweet from Jody Victor earlier today that was so incredible I had to confirm it before posting about it here – What I needed to confirm was this was just for Amway North America. It seemed too small for Amway globally, but an almost unbelievable result for just Amway in North America. [...]

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Updated Amway IBO average income statistics, plus an important clarification

October 11th, 2011 | Posted in Amway Facts, Amway North America

For the last decade, whenever Amway has published income data for the Amway business they have also reported, based on a survey in 2000, an “average income” for “active IBOs” - The average monthly gross income for “active” IBOs was $115. Approximately 66% of all IBOs of record were found to be “active.” “Active” means an IBO [...]

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The bizarre world of Amway in India

October 6th, 2011 | Posted in Amway India, Shyam Sundar

For some years now I’ve been trying to write a post about the trials and tribulations of Amway India, and I never quite manage to get one done. It’s a struggle  just to sort through the bizarre allegations, unreadable and confusing legalize, and the truly bizarre misinformation of Amway’s critics. Anyway, I’m trying again. As [...]

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