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FACT: Amway is a Global SuperBrand 2006-12-02 06:16:34 From superbrands.com (http://www.superbrands.com) - The Superbrands organisation is the independent arbiter on branding. It identifies and pays tribute to exceptional brands by recognising, rewarding, and reinforcing leading brands from all over the world. The organisation runs the Superbrands award schemes and promotional programmes, each with a brand focussed publication... Read more:Global
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FACT: IBO Organization Network TwentyOne receives World Vision Achievement Award 2006-12-01 06:38:03 On September 1, 2006, Jim and Nancy Dornan, leaders of IBO Organization
Network TwentyOne (www.n21corp.com), accepted an achievement award from World
Vision (http://www.worldvision.org) President, Richard Stearns, on behalf of Network of Caring (http://domino-201.worldvision.org/worldvision/appeals.nsf/stable/noc21_body1).Through Network of Caring, Network 21 IBOs from around the world have donated over $20,000,000 to World... Read more:Achievement
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FACT: The Better Business Bureau receives on average just 1 complaint a year about Quixtar IBOs 2006-11-28 22:40:21 You could get the impression if you read some internet sites that Amway (http://www.amway-europe.com) and Quixtar
(http://www.quixtar-inc.com) must generate a terrible number of complaints about the way Independent Business
Owners operate. What's the truth?In the last 3 years, the Better Business Bureau in the United States has received...
FACT: eSpring - the only home water system certified to remove more than 140 contaminants 2006-11-25 20:24:08 The eSpring (http://www.espring.com) ™ Water Purifier is the first (and at time of writing, only) in-home, point-of-use water
system certified by NSF International to meet all three of these major water quality standards: ANSI/NSF Standards 42 (http://www.nsf.org/Certified/DWTU/Listings.asp?Company=02850 Standard=042) , 53 (http://www.nsf.org/Certified/DWTU/Listings.asp?Company=02850 Standard=053) and 55 (http://www.nsf.org/Certified/DWTU/Listings.asp?Company=02850 Standard=055) .eSpring (http://www.espring.com)...
Welcome! 2006-08-18 01:00:00 Got any hot tips, gossip, or information from your Amway/Quixtar market or group? Any issues you'd like us to address? Please, let us know! (index.php/component/option,com_contact/task,view/contact_id,1/Itemid,3/lang,en/)You've probably reached this site because somebody somewhere showed you some kind of product or business opportunity and you thought you'd do some research to... Read more:Welcome
FACT: SA8 with BioQuest tops Consumer Reports comparison 2006-12-05 04:46:15 SA8 with Bioquest (https://www.quixtar.com/products/product.aspx?pid=731 Ctg=944 ItemNo=E0003) , available exclusively from Amway (http://www.amway.com) and Quixtar (http://www.quixtar.com) Independent Business Owners, topped the ratings of the soon to be published January 2007 Laundry detergents comparison
from Consumer
Reports (http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/home-garden/cooking-cleaning/laundry-detergents-1-07/overview/0107_soap_ov.htm) . SA8 scored a possible 99 out of 100 points,...
SA8 - it doesn't only clean the best, it's better for you! 2006-12-08 15:36:42 SA8 recently topped Consumer Reports analysis of washing detergents (http://www.thetruthaboutamway.com/index.php/content/view/2216/73) but received some criticism for it's pricing. I think the CR comparison was a little unfair, as they chose the smallest package of SA8 (http://www.quixtar.com/products/product.aspx?pid=1872 Ctg=2100 ItemNo=E0002) (and thus most expensive) and took the instructions for more heavily soiled... Read more:better
FACT: Nutrilite film wins award for "making positive contributions towards society" 2006-12-13 15:44:06 Nutrilite's (http://www.nutrilite.com) film Perfect Balance this year won multiple awards from The International Visual Communication Association (http://www.ivca.org) (IVCA). IVCA Awards are recognised internationally as marks of excellence for effective business communication in corporate video, live events, interactive media projects, business television and websites. In March 2006, IVCA website (http://www.ivca.org/308)... Read more:Nutrilite
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Blog updates in the Amway Quixtar world 2006-12-18 15:34:30 As you might know, Quixtar
's Robin Luymes (http://www.realquixtarblog.com) (Manager-PR Editorial), and Beth Dornan (http://www.realquixtarblog.com) , (Director of Communications - pictured to the right) have been blogging for some time. As they have promised, both their blogs have now moved to new sites and been updated, Beth's today.... Read more:updates
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Amway Australia and Amway New Zealand shutting down websites for a week! 2006-12-21 22:39:48 Amway Australia
's (http://www.amway-au.com/) and Amway New Zealand
's (http://www.a2k.co.nz) website and shopping portals, www.a2k.com.au (http://www.a2k.com.au) and www.a2k.co.nz (http://www.a2k.co.nz) are being shutdown for an entire week! From the a2k website -Our computer systems will be undergoing a major upgrade and will require a planned closedown from 5pm Friday... Read more:Amway
, New Zealand
Season's Best Wishes 2006-12-23 11:59:33 No matter what your faith, nationality, or beliefs, my best wishes to you and your family for the holiday season, and may 2007 bring you closer to your dreams. Read more:Season
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Quixtar and Amway IBOs - How you can help Fight Back! 2006-12-25 21:52:02 If you're an active IBO, you've no doubt noticed that a number of sites critical of Amway
and Quixtar
are ranked very highly on the search engines. Indeed, on Google six of the links that show on the first page of a search for Quixtar are to sites critical of...
FACT: Quixtar.com one of the top ranked sites for Consumer Satisfaction 2006-12-27 07:35:55 A survey of Consumer
Satistfaction of the Top 40 retail websites ranked Quixtar
.com (http://www.quixtar.com) equal 5th with Apple.Com (http://www.apple.com) and OldNavy.Com (http://www.oldnavy.com). The three sites scored a Customer Satisfaction
rating of 79%. Topping the survey was DVD rental site Netflix.com (http://www.netflix.com) at 86%, followed by Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com) at 84% and...
Cutting edge Alticor technology eCoupled to make public debut 2006-12-27 15:19:48 The public in general is probably unaware of the huge investment in research and development by Alticor (http://www.alticor.com)and it's daughter companies such as Quixtar (http://www.quixtar.com) and Amway (http://www.amway.com). According to www.thisbiznow.com (http://www.thisbiznow.com), the Alticor family has been granted more than 600 patents worldwide, with a further 450 pending.... Read more:Cutting
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How you can help 2007-01-04 11:55:02 I've gotten quite a few emails lately from people thanking me for this site and asking how they can help. There's a few ways -
Help get the word out, tell your team.
Write an article. Anything you'd like addressed? Write your own article! There's heaps of myths still to...
Amway Thailand beats expectations, with 9.1% growth in 2006 2007-01-15 16:31:09 2006 sales for Amway
(Thailand
) Co (http://www.amway-th.com) , the country's largest direct-sales business, reached 9.71 billion baht in 2006 (http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2007/01/05/2216913.htm) (US$271.6million), slightly higher than the expected 9.3 billion projected earlier in 2006 and an increase of 9.1% over 2005 revenues of 8.9 billion baht (http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2005/10/26/business/index.php?news=business_18973072.html).Looking ahead, Amway Thailand is...
16.6% growth for Amway India 2007-01-15 11:27:39 Despite the distractions of being temporarily shutdown in the state of Andhra Pradesh because of a marital dispute (http://www.thetruthaboutamway.com/index.php/content/view/1661/36), AmwayIndia
(http://www.amwayindia.com/) has reported spectactular sales growth for 2006. Amway India sales for 2006 (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Cons_Products/Fashion__CosmeticsJewellery/Amway_India_plans_to_tap_tier-II_III_cities/articleshow/1191727.cms) are reported at Rs 738 crore (US$168 million) compared to revenues of Rs...
LOC Wipes Video from Amway Europe 2007-01-17 19:50:29 An LOC Plus Wipes promotional Video from AmwayEurope
. I personally love this product! LOC was one of the world's first environmentally friendly cleaning products, and was Amway's first product way back in 1959. The LOC range has expanded since, and the LOC Plus Wipes were the most recent to...
LOC Wipes Video from Amway Europe 2007-01-17 19:50:29 An LOC Plus Wipes promotional Video from AmwayEurope
. I personally love this product! LOC was one of the world's first environmentally friendly cleaning products, and was Amway's first product way back in 1959. The LOC range has expanded since, and the LOC Plus Wipes were the most recent to...
Amway Thailand beats expectations, with 9.1% growth in 2006 2007-01-15 16:31:09 2006 sales for Amway
(Thailand
) Co (http://www.amway-th.com) , the country's largest direct-sales business, reached 9.71 billion baht in 2006 (http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2007/01/05/2216913.htm) (US$271.6million), slightly higher than the expected 9.3 billion projected earlier in 2006 and an increase of 9.1% over 2005 revenues of 8.9 billion baht (http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2005/10/26/business/index.php?news=business_18973072.html).Looking ahead, Amway Thailand is...
16.6% growth for Amway India 2007-01-15 11:27:39 Despite the distractions of being temporarily shutdown in the state of Andhra Pradesh because of a marital dispute (http://www.thetruthaboutamway.com/index.php/content/view/1661/36), AmwayIndia
(http://www.amwayindia.com/) has reported spectactular sales growth for 2006. Amway India sales for 2006 (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Cons_Products/Fashion__CosmeticsJewellery/Amway_India_plans_to_tap_tier-II_III_cities/articleshow/1191727.cms) are reported at Rs 738 crore (US$168 million) compared to revenues of Rs...
Cutting edge Alticor technology eCoupled to make public debut 2006-12-27 15:19:48 The public in general is probably unaware of the huge investment in research and development by Alticor (http://www.alticor.com)and it's daughter companies such as Quixtar (http://www.quixtar.com) and Amway (http://www.amway.com). According to www.thisbiznow.com (http://www.thisbiznow.com), the Alticor family has been granted more than 600 patents worldwide, with a further 450 pending.... Read more:debut
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Welcome! 2006-08-18 01:00:00 Got any hot tips, gossip, or information from your Amway/Quixtar market or group? Any issues you'd like us to address? Please, let us know! (index.php/component/option,com_contact/task,view/contact_id,1/Itemid,3/lang,en/)You've probably reached this site because somebody somewhere showed you some kind of product or business opportunity and you thought you'd do some research to... Read more:Welcome
The Quixtar/Amway experiences you rarely hear about 2007-01-25 20:16:47 One of my concerns about the internet and Amway
(http://www.amway-europe.com) or Quixtar
(http://www.quixtar-inc.com) is that it's an ideal environment for the perspective of critics of our business model to get their word out and amplified, something I addressed in Amway/Quixtar Myths and the Internet Echo Chamber... Read more:experiences
Amway Thailand beats expectations, with 9.1% growth in 2006 2007-01-15 16:31:09 2006 sales for Amway
(Thailand
) Co (http://www.amway-th.com) , the country's largest direct-sales business, reached 9.71 billion baht in 2006 (http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2007/01/05/2216913.htm) (US$271.6million), slightly higher than the expected 9.3 billion projected earlier in 2006 and an increase of 9.1% over 2005 revenues of 8.9 billion baht (http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2005/10/26/business/index.php?news=business_18973072.html).Looking ahead, Amway Thailand is...
16.6% growth for Amway India 2007-01-15 11:27:39 Despite the distractions of being temporarily shutdown in the state of Andhra Pradesh because of a marital dispute (http://www.thetruthaboutamway.com/index.php/content/view/1661/36), AmwayIndia
(http://www.amwayindia.com/) has reported spectactular sales growth for 2006. Amway India sales for 2006 (http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Cons_Products/Fashion__CosmeticsJewellery/Amway_India_plans_to_tap_tier-II_III_cities/articleshow/1191727.cms) are reported at Rs 738 crore (US$168 million) compared to revenues of Rs...
Alticor 2006 Sales are out - still waiting on Quixtar! 2007-02-01 05:32:21 Alticor sales data has been released (http://www.alticor.com/resource-center/releases/alticor-2006-sales.aspx), 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... Read more:Sales
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Quixtar 2006 Sales Data is out! 2007-02-02 12:48:32 Quixtar sales data has been released (http://www.quixtarnewsroom.com/2005_annual_sales.html)! Calendar year sales increased 2.2% over 2005. 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:-... Read more:Sales
, Quixtar
Nutrilite (Nutriway) tops Consumer Survey again. 2007-02-14 17:53:40 Consumer Labs (http://www.consumerlabs.com) has reported that Nutrilite
(http://www.nutrilite.com) 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... Read more:Consumer