Who became the president of an American company specializing in the use of multi-level marketing to sell health, beauty, and home care products in 2002?
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Doug DeVos Doug DeVos (born october 6, 1964 in Grand Rapids, Michigan) is an American businessman. As President of Amway since 2002, Doug DeVos oversees daily operations of the company with Chairman Steve Van Andel. Together, they form the Office of the Chief Executive. DeVos is the youngest son of Helen June (Van Wesep) and Amway co-founder Rich DeVos, who, with Steve’s father Jay Van Andel, started Amway in Ada, Michigan, in 1959.
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Amway Amway (short for "American Way") is an American company specializing in the use of multi-level marketing to sell health, beauty, and home care products. The company was founded in 1959 by Jay Van Andel and Richard DeVos and is based in Ada, Michigan.
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Vitamin World Vitamin World is a retailer of vitamins and nutritional supplements in the United States.
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Artistry (cosmetics) Artistry is a brand of skin care and color cosmetics, manufactured by Access Business Group and marketed by Amway in 108 countries and territories worldwide, including Korea, Japan, Italy, China, Canada, Finland, South Africa, Germany, Norway, etc. Access, Quixtar, and Amway are part of the Alticor group of companies. Euromonitor International, a researcher and publisher of market reports, business reference books and online information databases, independently categorises Artistry as a "prestige brand" and ranks Artistry as head of the top five in sales in this category, alongside Clinique, Estée Lauder, Lancôme, and Chanel. Artistry is the only direct sales brand classified in the "prestige" category. Artistry is also sponsoring Miss America, officially providing skin care and colour cosmetics . The Artistry Scholarship, sponsored by Amway Global has been supporting young women to achieve their goals and careers.
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Myron W. Wentz Myron W. Wentz is the founder, chairman and former CEO of USANA Health Sciences, a Utah-based multi-level marketing company that produces various nutritional products and supplements.
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Mark R. Hughes Mark Reynolds Hughes (January 1, 1956 – May 21, 2000) was an American businessman who was the founder, chairman and CEO of Herbalife International Ltd, a multi-level marketing company.
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Don Jones (wireless health) Don Jones (also known as Donald Jones) is Vice President of Global Strategy and Market Development at Qualcomm Life, and is considered a pioneer in the Wireless Health field. Jones also serves on the boards of the American Telemedicine Association, the Alliance Healthcare Foundation, and the Wireless Life Sciences Alliance, which Jones also co-founded. In 2010, Jones was named to Sanofi-Aventis Pharmaceuticals’ Consumer Products Innovations Board.
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Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) of 2008 is a United States law signed on August 14, 2008 by President George W. Bush. The legislative bill was known as HR 4040, sponsored by Congressman Bobby Rush (D-Ill.). On December 19, 2007, the U.S. House approved the bill 407-0. On March 6, 2008, the U.S. Senate approved the bill 79-13. The law—public law 110-314—increases the budget of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), imposes new testing and documentation requirements, and sets new acceptable levels of several substances. It imposes new requirements on manufacturers of apparel, shoes, personal care products, accessories and jewelry, home furnishings, bedding, toys, electronics and video games, books, school supplies, educational materials and science kits. The Act also increases fines and specifies jail time for some violations.
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Jeffrey T. Mezger Jeffrey T. Mezger is an American businessman. He serves as the president and chief executive officer of KB Home.
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Alex Azar Alex Michael Azar II (born 1967) is the former Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under George W. Bush (2005-2007) and President of Lilly USA, LLC, the largest affiliate of global biopharmaceutical leader Eli Lilly and Company from 2012- 2017.
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Unilever Unilever ( ) is a Dutch-British transnational consumer goods company co-headquartered in Rotterdam, Netherlands and London, United Kingdom. Its products include food, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products. It is the world's largest consumer goods company measured by 2012 revenue, and is also the world's largest producer of food spreads, such as margarine. It is Europe’s 7th-most valuable company. Unilever is one of the oldest multinational companies; its products are available in around 190 countries.
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BioPerformance BioPerformance is a multi-level marketing company that sells fuel additives, often in the form of "gas pills", which are claimed to increase fuel efficiency in automobiles. The company was founded by Lowell Mims and Gus Romero in 2006.
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Emlin Emlin Cosmetics is a privately held company based in Bensenville, Illinois and has been in business for over fifty years manufacturing customized soap and bath amenity products for the most exclusive hotel chains. Their products are formulated with natural botanicals, rich emollients, and their retail lines have been carried in upscale stores such as Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus. For over twenty-five years, they were the exclusive provider of bath care products for the Hyatt hotels domestically as well as many properties internationally. Additionally, for over fifteen years, they provided an exclusive amenity line for the Princess Cruises and Medline Industries. Their client list of clubs include numerous American Airlines Admirals clubs, the prestigious Standard Club, and the East Bank Club of Chicago, as well as many country clubs. Most recently, Emlin has been selected by both United Airlines and J.P. Morgan Chase Bank to be the only cosmetic line featured in their respective employee discount programs.
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President's Choice President's Choice (French: Le choix du Président) also known as “PC”, is a private label or store brand owned by Loblaw Companies Limited. President’s Choice includes a wide variety of grocery and household products, in addition to financial services and mobile phones. President’s Choice products are available across the company’s various retail banners, which include Loblaws, Loblaw Great Food, Dominion, No Frills, Real Canadian Superstore, Maxi, Provigo, Extra Foods, Your Independent Grocer, Atlantic Superstore, Zehrs Markets, Valu-mart, Fortinos, and Shoppers Drug Mart. Many storefronts promote themselves as "The Home of President’s Choice".
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Help Remedies Help Remedies, Inc. is an American pharmaceutical company, founded by Richard Fine and Nathan Frank in 2008, based in New York City that sells an assortment of single-ingredient over-the-counter medications. The company has been noted for its unique product packaging and design ethic. All products are packaged in a flat, white, textured box that opens like a tin.
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Jim Stengel James R. Stengel (born May 5, 1955) is an American businessman, author, professor, and public speaker. He served as the global marketing officer of Procter & Gamble from 2001 to 2008. Stengel is currently the president and CEO of The Jim Stengel Company, where he advocates for ideals-driven businesses and brands. In December 2011, he released his first book, "Grow: How Ideals Power Growth and Profit at the World’s Greatest Companies".
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AmeriMark Direct AmeriMark Direct is an American privately held mail order and direct marketing company founded in 1969 and based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It operates 10 catalogs and 7 websites and specializes in ladies apparel, shoes, jewelry and accessories, perfumes, fragrances and cosmetics, diet and weight loss, personal care products, As Seen on TV products and housewares. The company has about $400 million in annual revenue and employs 700 in the Cleveland suburbs of Middleburg Heights, Ohio and Berea, Ohio.
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Primerica Primerica, Inc. is a United States-based multi-level marketing company that sells insurance and financial services. As of 2016, it reported 116,827 independent representatives. Primerica is headquartered in Duluth, Georgia and conducts business mainly in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.
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SK-II SK-II (pronounced S-K-Two) is a Japanese prestige beauty brand launched in 1980. It is owned by Procter & Gamble and is sold and marketed as a premium skin care solution in East Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. One of its main competitors is the long established fellow Japanese company Shiseido. Shisedo originated in the south of Japan and then moved to the north after a factory fire. SK-II claims the active ingredients can make skin younger and marketing supports claims of visible improvements within one month.
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Coty, Inc. Coty, Inc., is a North American beauty products manufacturer based in New York founded in Paris, France, by François Coty in 1904. Its main products are fragrances, colour cosmetics and skin and body care products. It is known for its cooperation with designers and celebrities for the creation of fragrances. Its biggest brands, or "power brands" as it calls them, are: Calvin Klein (fragrance and cosmetics), Chloe (fragrance), Davidoff (fragrance), y (fragrance), Marc Jacobs (fragrance), Philosophy (beauty), Adidas (fragrance and beauty), Playboy (fragrance), OPI Products (beauty), Rimmel London (make-up), Max Factor (cosmetics) and Sally Hansen (beauty).
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Category management Category management is a retailing and purchasing concept in which the range of products purchased by a business organization or sold by a retailer is broken down into discrete groups of similar or related products; these groups are known as product categories (examples of grocery categories might be: tinned fish, washing detergent, toothpastes). It is a systematic, disciplined approach to managing a product category as a strategic business unit. The phrase "category management" was coined by Brian F. Harris.<ref name=n/a group=n/a> </ref>
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Neutrogena Neutrogena is an American brand of skin care, hair care and cosmetics, that is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. According to product advertising at their website, Neutrogena products are distributed in more than 70 countries.