Clear Choice Beverage Awards honor Iconic XanGo® juice bottle

Drinks Media Wire

The Glass Packaging Institute today honored global nutritional leader XanGo, LLC with its 2008 Clear Choice Award for the category-creating iconic bottle design of XanGo Juice. Chief Marketing Officer John Digles accepted the award at the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) Show in Las Vegas. XanGo was honored among some of the world's most renowned beverage brands.

"In creating a new global category, XanGo introduced a bottle image that is now cast as one of the world's most recognized nutrition brands," said Digles. "We thank the Glass Packaging Institute for this honor. And special thanks to nearly a million XanGo distributors worldwide for establishing the XanGo Juice bottle as a global symbol of wellness and prosperity."

In accepting the award, XanGo also recognized Anchor Glass Container Corporation, the company's global bottle manufacturing partner.

USANA Ordered To Pay Critic $142,510

MLM Blog

Utah Network Marketing company, USANA was ordered to pay convicted felon and critic, Barry Minkow $142,510 after U.S. District Judge Tena Campbell ruled on March 3 that USANA violated California's anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) law.

Salt Lake City federal Magistrate Samuel Alba ordered USANA to pay $142,510 in attorney fees to Minkow and his Fraud Discovery Institute.

Reliv International Declares Dividend

Prime Newswire

Reliv International, Inc., a maker of a proprietary line of soy-based nutritional supplements, today announced that the Board of Directors has declared a dividend of $0.05 per share to all holders of record as of May 16, 2008, to be paid on or about May 26, 2008.

Reliv International, Inc., based in suburban St. Louis, MO., develops, manufactures and markets a proprietary line of nutritional supplements addressing basic nutrition, specific wellness needs, weight management and sports nutrition. Reliv sells its products through an international network marketing system of approximately 70,000 independent distributors.

RBC Life Sciences Reports 18 Percent Higher Revenues in the First Quarter of 2008

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

RBC Life Sciences, Inc. today announced that net sales for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008, increased 18 percent to $6.35 million, compared to net sales of $5.39 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2007. The Company's net earnings for the first quarter of 2008 improved 9 percent to $355,000, or $0.02 per share, compared to net earnings of $325,000, or $0.02 per share, in the first quarter of 2007. Diluted shares outstanding for the 2008 quarter were 22,573,000, compared to 21,557,000 for the first quarter of 2007.

"We are pleased with RBC's continued growth in the first quarter," said Clinton Howard, Chairman and CEO. "Our Nutritional Products segment grew more than 14% compared to last year's first quarter, due primarily to an increase in revenues from our international licensees. Our Medical Products group showed 32% growth quarter over quarter, due to an increase in the customer base for our wound care products and increased sales to our largest customer in this segment. We look forward to continued growth from each of our segments in 2008."

Amway India to go retail

Newindpress.com

Amway India, the country’s leading direct selling FMCG company, has announced its plans to enter the retail market with the launch of a number of products catering to the mass market.

`Great Value Products’ from Amway include coconut oil, hair oil, shaving cream, hair cream and disposable razors. The products are priced in the range of Rs 19 and 75.

Announcing the launch in a press conference on Tuesday, vice-president (south) Anshu Budhraja said the consumers will get a product that has Amway guarantee for quality.

Three Reasons We Don't Reach Our MLM Goals and Dreams

MLM Multi Level Marketing and Network Marketing Information

So many books, tape programs, and articles expound the goal philosophy. We all work toward our goals, but sometimes, maybe many times, we fall short.

Why? What went wrong? Did we? Or is this all a sham? We know some people make it. Some people reach their goals. We read about them all the time. Why not me?

Goals and goal-predicting are critical to success in your MLM Network Marketing Business opportunity, and one must focus on the intended result. We have written down our goals in crystal clear terminology. We have made those little cut-out pictures and put them on the walls for constant moral and visual support. Haven’t we all chanted our goals robustly, with confidence, unwavering and vibrato? Probably that and then some.

Mannatech posts first-quarter loss

Dallas Business Journal:

Nutritional supplements maker Mannatech Inc. swung to a loss in its first quarter, sunk by lower North American sales and litigation costs.

The Coppell-based company, which has been involved in lawsuits over its sales practices, posted a loss of $2.3 million, or 9 cents per share, compared with a profit of $6.9 million, or 26 cents per share, in the quarter last year.

Sales fell 13 percent to $91.5 million from $104.8 million last year. Mannatech (Nasdaq: MTEX) said sales were dragged down by a 23 decrease in North American sales. International sales rose 14 percent, led by sales in Japan and Korea.

"Our U.S. market continues to experience a decline in net sales and recruiting impacted by ongoing litigation and a weaker economy," President and Chief Executive Terry Persinger said in a statement.

Herbalife's Probert Steps Down After Faking Degree

Bloomberg.com

Herbalife Ltd., the maker of nutritional supplements accused of fraud by researchers last month, said Chief Operating Officer Gregory Probert resigned after faking an academic qualification on his resume.

Other employees have taken over Probert's duties, the company said today in a statement. Cayman Islands-based Herbalife also reported a higher-than-estimated 69 percent gain in first-quarter profit and raised its annual earnings forecast.

Herbalife joins a list of companies from RadioShack Corp. to InterContinental Hotels Group Plc that have severed ties with managers who lied about their resumes. Probert, who resigned yesterday, enrolled in the Masters of Business Administration program at California State University, Los Angeles, though he never obtained a degree, the company said last week.

Natural Health Trends Corp. Appoints Joe Wood as President of Its Northern Asia Markets

CNN Money

Natural Health Trends Corp. (NASDAQ: BHIP), an international direct-selling company, today announced that Joe Wood, currently President of NHT Global Korea, is appointed as the President of NHT Global, North Asia, and will now also oversee the Japanese market. In addition, Mr. Wood is expected to provide assistance on product development to the markets in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Mr. Wood joined the Company in 2002 as the president of the Korean subsidiary. As this was a new subsidiary, Mr. Wood was responsible for starting up the Korean operations from scratch. Over the next five years he built the Korean company into a solid, consumer- and product-based business, a microcosm of the Company's long-term business goal.

Chris Sharng, President of Natural Health Trends, said, "Joe has the experience and the proven track record to develop the kind of business that we envision as the future of the Company. The business model he has created in Korea is much in line with our long-term goals for all of our Company's markets. The Japanese subsidiary, after some costly false starts in 2005 and 2006, has been stable since early 2007. There is a great deal of synergy between the Korean and the Japanese markets in terms of membership growth, product development and consumer base increase."