Young Living promotes Lori Burgher to regional president of North America. Burgher joined the company in 2016 as the director of marketing and communications. Prior to joining Young Living, Burgher held several positions with Travel Alberta and creative agencies that supported SunRype and Honda Motor Company.
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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) positioning over the last several years has made one point clear: the agency does not view compensation plan participants as “real” customers, and takes issue with products being sold to independent distributors who resell the product to end consumers.
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