I posted yesterday on Amway North America’s stunning retention rate. Today it’s been followed up by the announcement of Amway’s global sales for 2010 – $9.2billion! Amway said

“… growth was fueled by strong 2010 results in China, the company’s largest market, as well as healthy gains in India, Korea, North America and Latin America.

Nutrilite, which has been the world’s largest nutritional brand for some years, chalked up nearly $4 billion of the sales, confirming Amway as a true “wellness company”. While specific figures aren’t provided, it’s good to see the North American marketing growing again. As I noted yesterday it’s already been reported that growth in that market was around 5%. Not surprisingly, alas, even after that information was released I’ve seen two separate Amway critics claiming Amway sales in North American was continuing to slide! (speaking of critics, I’ve come across some new information which further confirms the dishonesty of one well known Amway critic on the internet – more on that soon!)

But back to focusing on the good news, let’s put this figure in perspective. Sales increased by $800 million. That increase in sales is more than the total 2009 sales of all but the top 16 direct selling companies in the world. It’s more for example than the total reported 2009 sales of MonaVie ($785 million) and in the middle of a recession! It also puts Amway closer to direct selling leader Avon, who registered 6% growth and $10.9 billion in sales for the year.