Rodan + Fields faces a federal class action lawsuit over side effects from isopropyl cloprostenate, a key ingredient in its Lash Boost eye serum. The suit claims the company failed to disclose the side effects of the ingredient. The suit was filed in U.S. District Court in Oakland, California.
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In a win for Uber and other companies heavily reliant on independent contractors (including direct sellers), the US District Court in Pennsylvania ruled that Uber drivers are not employees but rather independent contractors. Factors in favor of independent status included that drivers worked as much or as little as they
On March 13, a California district court granted certification of a class action against Enagic USA (Makaron v. Enagic) for violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), which regulates telemarketing and robocalls as in what consent is necessary and in what manner businesses can call consumers both on cellphones
Sharing Services Inc. (OTC: SHRV), a direct selling holding company led by industry veterans Robert Oblon and CEO JT Thatch, announced it has made an investment in Direct Cellars Wine Club, which sells memberships in its wine club through the direct-selling model. Founded in 2014, Direct Cellars operates in the
Korean conglomerate LG’s subsidiary LG Household & Health Care Ltd. has acquired Avon Japan for $96.5 million. Avon Japan, a 50-year-old company based in Tokyo, is the 21st-largest cosmetics manufacturer in Japan, according to LG.
LulaRoe, the $2.3 billion direct sellers of leggings and apparel, faces more than a dozen lawsuits for issues ranging from pyramid scheme allegations to warehouse worker suits to defective products claims. The largest suit against the six year-old company is a proposed class action in which participants allege the company
Young Living Essential Oils founder Gary Young passed away on May 12 at the age of 68 in Salt Lake City due to complications following a series of strokes, the company announced. CEO Mary Young, and Jared Turner, president and chief operating officer, will continue to run the company.
The entire business landscape has changed dramatically over the past decade and our channel of distribution has certainly been impacted. Technology has brought a revolution to the way we buy and sell goods. The shifts we’ve experienced within our channel—from the empowered consumer to the social media explosion to the
Real value online comes by educating or entertaining The best content gets the most shares. Most viral content in 2016 and 2017 has been short. Written content is more likely to get shared than videos. In the day of fake news, propaganda press releases, clickbait, animated gifs, voodoo magic blackhat
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