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Agency focuses on income claims, not pyramid claims, in latest case. By Teresa Day Craighead The decision to…shut down a company without any prior communication is made when the FTC believes that the harm to consumers is severe. – Lois Greisman, Federal Trade Commission We read the tea leaves of
Ambit Energy, the $1.2 billion energy services company, pays close attention to the regulatory climate because the nature of the company’s product—electricity and natural gas—is highly regulated. It should come as no surprise, then, that the company is also aware of FTC concerns about the portrayal of lifestyle imagery in
The information already collected about any business is vast. This information—company data—grows every day with each order, social media post, new recruit enrollment, commission payment, training viewed, email opened or customer complaint lodged. All of this data combined is an incredible business asset, one of a company’s most important. Mining
We don’t believe the FTC should have absolute flexibility. —Joseph Mariano, President DSA H.R.3409 proposes “to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to prohibit pyramid promotional schemes and to ensure that compensation is not based upon recruitment of participants into a plan or operation, but on sales to individuals who
With the May deadline now passed for major new privacy regulations in the European Union (EU), many direct selling executives are asking themselves how far the restrictions will extend into their EU field operations. Direct sellers may be particularly vulnerable to the new rules, as most not only utilize end
Greg Martin has been named CEO of Japan Power & Gas, a new direct seller of energy targeting Japan’s newly deregulated electricity and gas market. He is also a co-founder. Martin held progressively senior positions at Stream since its founding in 2005, including general manager, SVP operations and director of
Sabika announced that Alexandra Mayr-Gracik, was named President and CEO. Mayr-Gracik succeeds her mother Karin Mayr who will continue her role as Chairwoman of the Board. Mayr-Gracik joined Sabika in 2005, most recently serving as vice president of design and product development.
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