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I suggest you study these companies so you can determine if the MLM company you are a part of today, has the staying power to become the next Top MLM 100 Global Company!

76. The Maira Co. Ltd.

Sales: $140.5 million
Country: Japan

Japanese consumers can find The Maira Co.’s beauty, bath and other products at salons and through distributors. The company emphasizes herbs and non-surgical rejuvenation.

Wholesale Corporate Revenue: $140.5 million
Marketing Style: Not available
Compensation Plan: Not available
Products: Cosmetics, skin care, bath equipment, dietary supplements
Markets: Not available
Distributors: Not available
Employees: Not available
Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan
Year Founded: 1991

77. Giffarine Skyline Unity Co.*

Sales: $137.5 million
Country: Thailand

Giffarine, begun in 1966 by a team of Thai medical doctors and pharmacists, created a wide range of cosmetics, body treatment products, household utensils, diet supplements and food products.

Wholesale Corporate Revenue: $137.5 million
Marketing Style: Not available
Compensation Plan: Multi-level
Products: Cosmetics, skin care, food and drink, supplements, household products
Markets: 33
Distributors: Not available
Employees: Not available
Headquarters: Bangkok, Thailand
Year Founded: 1996

78. ARSOA HONSHA CORP.

Sales: $130.8 million
Country: Japan

ARSOA HONSHA products are developed around the company’s own three pillars of good health philosophy: heart, body and skin. Natural ingredients are a prime focus.

Wholesale Corporate Revenue: $130.8 million
Marketing Style: Not available
Compensation Plan: Not available
Products: Cosmetics and nutritional supplements
Markets: 3
Distributors: Not available
Employees: 294
Headquarters: Yamanashi, Japan
Year Founded: 1998

79. Tastefully Simple Inc.

Sales: $130 million
Country: USA

At Tastefully Simple Inc. taste-testing parties, guests sample products and receive serving suggestions, recipes and entertaining tips. Tastefully Simple offers more than 30 standard and 20 seasonal products.

Wholesale Corporate Revenue: $130 million
Marketing Style: Party plan
Compensation Plan: Multi-level
Products: Specialty food items
Markets: 1
Distributors: 28,000
Employees: 350
Headquarters: Alexandria, Minn.
Year Founded: 1995

80. Kirby*

Sales: $125 million
Country: USA

For almost 100 years, the Kirby Company has focused on home care. Newer versions of the company’s vacuum systems promise to remove allergens and air pollution but continue to rely on in-home demonstrations by independent Kirby distributors.

Wholesale Corporate Revenue: $125 million
Marketing Style: Person-to-person
Compensation Plan: Single level
Products: Vacuums, cleaning products
Markets: 70+
Distributors: Not available
Employees: 500
Headquarters: Cleveland, Ohio
Year Founded: 1914

81. Ardyss International

Sales: $122 million
Country: Mexico

Ardyss International’s primary product is undergarments that “reshape” the body. A family business, the company has grown consistently since its founding and now also sells nutrition and skincare products.

Wholesale Corporate Revenue: $122 million
Marketing Style: Party plan and person-to- person
Compensation Plan: Multi-level
Products: Reshaping apparel, nutrition, skin care
Markets: 5
Distributors: Not available
Employees: Not available
Headquarters: Mexico City, Mexico
Year Founded: 1991\

82. Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing

Sales: $120 million+
Country: USA

Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing sells products and services that people use every day. It partners with name-brand providers, such as Dish Network, The Wireless Shop and GE Home Security, among others.

Wholesale Corporate Revenue: $120 million+
Marketing Style: Person-to-person
Compensation Plan: Multi-level
Products: Health and beauty products, services, entertainment, communications
Markets: 3
Distributors: 100,000+
Employees: 55+
Headquarters: Lexington, Ky.
Year Founded: 2001

83. Chandeal Co. Ltd.*

Sales: $113.5 million
Country: Japan

Chandeal is an undergarment company that began in the early 1980s. The company now has a district sales office in China and a salon in Taiwan.

Wholesale Corporate Revenue: $113.5 million
Marketing Style: Not available
Compensation Plan: Not available
Products: Lingerie
Markets: 1
Distributors: Not available
Employees: 151
Headquarters: Nara, Japan
Year Founded: 1985

84. Kleeneze

Sales: $109.3 million
Country: United Kingdom

Kleeneze was founded in 1923 as a catalog sales and direct selling company.

Wholesale Corporate Revenue: $109.3 million
Marketing Style: Person-to-person
Compensation Plan: Multi-level
Products: Household, health and beauty items
Markets: 4
Distributors: 9,800
Employees: 225
Headquarters: Accrington, Lancashire, UK
Year Founded: 1923

85. Keller Williams Realty Inc.

Sales: $108.1 million
Country: USA

Keller Williams Realty Inc. is an Austin, Texas-based, real estate franchise company with over 75,000 real estate agents, operating in more than 650 market centers (offices) across the United States and Canada. Keller Williams Realty is currently the third-largest residential real estate company in the United States.

Wholesale Corporate Revenue: $108.1 million
Marketing Style: Person-to-person via franchises
Compensation Plan: Multi-level
Products: Real estate training, coaching, technology
Markets: 2
Distributors: 76,000
Employees: 166
Headquarters: Austin, Texas
Year Founded: 1983

86. Creative Memories*

Sales: $100 million+
Country: USA

Creative Memories is part of The Antioch Company, specializing in making and selling products for scrapbooking and photo needs. This includes photo albums, decorative embellishments, custom display frames and digital scrapbooking supplies.

Wholesale Corporate Revenue: $100 million+
Marketing Style: Party plan
Compensation Plan: Multi-level
Products: Photo albums, scrapbooking materials, digital photo books and photo-organization software.
Markets: 9
Distributors: 70,000
Employees: 800
Headquarters: St. Cloud, Minn.
Year Founded: 1987

86. FreeLife International

Sales: $100 million+
Country: USA

FreeLife International products use goji berries as a primary ingredient, and the company embraces scientific validation to help distributors sell. Its latest product introductions focus on weight loss and anti-aging properties.

Wholesale Corporate Revenue: $100 million+
Marketing Style: Person-to-person
Compensation Plan: Multi-level
Products: Food/gourmet items, nutritional supplements and oral hygiene, personal-care, skincare and weight-management products
Markets: 26
Distributors: Not available
Employees: 120
Headquarters: Phoenix, Ariz.
Year Founded: 1995

86. lia sophia*

Sales: $100 million+
Country: USA

lia sophia is a family-run business, selling high-quality jewelry backed by a lifetime guarantee.

Wholesale Corporate Revenue: $100 million+
Marketing Style: Party plan
Compensation Plan: Multi-level
Products: Jewelry
Markets: 1
Distributors: Not available
Employees: Not available
Headquarters: Wood Dale, Ill.
Year Founded: 1972

86. New Image International

Sales: $100 million+
Country: New Zealand

Founded in 1984, New Image International is one of the pioneers of health products and direct selling in the Asia-Pacific region.

Wholesale Corporate Revenue: $100 million+
Marketing Style: Person-to-person
Compensation Plan: Multi-level
Products: Colostrum-based nutrition, beauty, home-care/environmental and weight-loss products
Markets: 11
Distributors: 100,000
Employees: 148
Headquarters: Auckland, New Zealand
Year Founded: 1984
Stock Symbol: NEW—NZX

90. Déesse

Sales: $100 million
Country: Switzerland

Déesse is a company based in Switzerland. Under the umbrella of Déesse International GmbH, the company sells wares in many other countries.

Wholesale Corporate Revenue: $100 million
Marketing Style: Party plan
Compensation Plan: Profit plan
Products: Cosmetics, skin care, nutritional supplements and clothing
Markets: 10
Distributors: 12,000
Employees: Not available
Headquarters: Sauerlach, Switzerland
Year Founded: Not available

90. Take Shape for Life/Medifast

Sales: $100 million
Country: USA

Take Shape for Life is a healthy lifestyle company that aims to help its customers achieve healthier weights, minds and finances. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of 25-year-old, publicly traded Medifast Inc.

Wholesale Corporate Revenue: $100 million
Marketing Style: Person-to-person
Compensation Plan: Multi-level
Products: Weight-loss coaching and supporting products
Markets: 1
Distributors: Not available
Employees: Not available
Headquarters: Owings Mills, Md.
Year Founded: 1980
Stock Symbol: MED—NYSE

90. Unicity Networks International

Sales: $100 million
Country: USA

Unicity International distributes nutritional supplements, skincare products, weight-management products and a variety of herbal remedies for many health issues. Unicity was formed when network marketing firms Rexall Showcase International and Enrich International merged.

Wholesale Corporate Revenue: $100 million
Marketing Style: Person-to-person
Compensation Plan: Multi-level
Products: Nutritional supplements and skincare products
Markets: 21
Distributors: 350,000
Employees: Not available
Headquarters: Orem, Utah
Year Founded: 2001

93. WorldVentures

Sales: $90.2 million
Country: USA

WorldVentures markets travel-related products through the Internet and personal contact. In 2009, WorldVentures expanded into several global markets.

Wholesale Corporate Revenue: $90.2 million
Marketing Style: Person-to-person
Compensation Plan: Multi-level
Products: Travel packages
Markets: Not available
Distributors: Not available
Employees: 100
Headquarters: Plano, Texas
Year Founded: 2005

94. Relív International Inc.

Sales: $85.4 million
Country: USA

Relìv International launched with a product that provides a full day’s nutrition. That product is still sold today as Relìv Classic, one of the company’s many product offerings. The company holds five nutritional patents, with several more in the application stage.

Wholesale Corporate Revenue: $85.4 million
Marketing Style: Person-to-person
Compensation Plan: Multi-level
Products: Nutritional supplements and weight-loss programs
Markets: 14
Distributors: 68,680
Employees: 249
Headquarters: Chesterfield, Mo.
Year Founded: 1988
Stock Symbol: RELV—NASDAQ

95. Entertaining at Home Inc.

Sales: $80 million
Country: USA

Entertaining at Home Inc. began as a subsidiary of The Reader’s Digest Association. The company was officially launched in 2006 provides products that help people earn income and entertain in their homes. This revenue reflects the company’s acquisition of Southern Living At Home in 2009.

Wholesale Corporate Revenue: $80 million
Marketing Style: Party plan
Compensation Plan: Multi-level
Products: Dishware, cookware, and time-saving home devices and accessories
Markets: 1
Distributors: Not available
Employees: Not available
Headquarters: Brookfield, Wis.
Year Founded: 2006

95. Regal Ware

Sales: $80 million
Country: USA

Regal Ware sells high-quality cookware. The company’s products include stainless steel and cast-aluminum cookware as well as branded food-preparation items and drinking water treatment systems for the home.

Wholesale Corporate Revenue: $80 million
Marketing Style: Party plan/retail hybrid
Compensation Plan: Not available
Products: Cookware, water treatment systems
Markets: 40
Distributors: 5,000+
Employees: 500+
Headquarters: Kewaskum, Wis.
Year Founded: 1917

97. Vemma Nutrition Company

Sales: $77 million
Country: USA

Vemma Nutrition Co. is a wholly owned subsidiary of New Vision, a leader in health and wellness. Vemma sells primarily mangosteen-based nutritional supplements that are clinically tested and designed to meet its customers’ needs.

Wholesale Corporate Revenue: $77 million
Marketing Style: Person-to-person
Compensation Plan: Multi-level
Products: Health and wellness drinks and formulas
Markets: 51
Distributors: Not available
Employees: Not available
Headquarters: Scottsdale, Ariz.
Year Founded: 2004

98. Betterware*

Sales: $74.8 million
Country: UK

Since its founding in 1928, Betterware has become one of the U.K.’s largest direct sellers. It has a team of distributors who distribute catalogs and follow up with customers. The company has an office and warehousing complex, handling around 5 million customer orders every year.

Wholesale Corporate Revenue: $74.8 million
Marketing Style: Person-to-person via catalog
Compensation Plan: Multi-level
Products: Home wares and house-care cleaning products, gifts, and personal-care, beauty, and outdoor products
Markets: 7+
Distributors: 5,000
Employees: Not available
Headquarters: Birmingham, England
Year Founded: 1928

99. Captain Tortue Group*

Sales: $67.4 million
Country: France

The Captain Tortue Group includes clothing collections for children under the label Cap’n Tortue, for women under the Miss Captain brand, and lingerie under the Java brand. The company employs a full team of designers dedicated to each line.

Wholesale Corporate Revenue: $67.4 million
Marketing Style: Party plan and person-to- person
Compensation Plan: Not available
Products: Lingerie and women’s and children’s clothing
Markets: 2
Distributors: 1,855
Employees: 30
Headquarters: Aix-en-Provence, France
Year Founded: 1993

100. YTB International

Sales: $67.3 million
Country: USA

YTB International Inc. provides e-commerce business in the United States, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, Canada, Bermuda and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Wholesale Corporate Revenue: $67.3 million
Marketing Style: Person-to-person and party plan
Compensation Plan: Multi-level
Products: Sales of travel, travel products and travel websites
Markets: 6
Distributors: 41,175
Employees: 150
Headquarters: Wood River, Ill.
Year Founded: 2001
Stock Symbol: YTBLA.OB—OTC BB

I want to give a special thanks to the true researching of this great information…

by Katherine Ponder Research Credits: Yasmin Waring, Michael Rice, Katherine Ponder, Alan Van Zelfden, Chieko Maruyama Special thanks to: Lauri Dodd, Jennifer Workman Pitcock, Tim Coleman

Direct Selling News, using data from Lexis Nexis, Hoovers, Dun & Bradstreet, professional researchers, Standard & Poor’s, personal interviews, corporate websites and others, we are proud to offer this list. When verifying data, every attempt was made to reach a company spokesperson to gain input and approvals. This was not possible with all companies. We also unequivocally recognize that research and voluntary reporting cannot provide the entire picture of our industry.

Living An Epic Adventure,

Troy Dooly

Time Inc. decided to leave MLM and sold Southern Living At Home is a stock deal. At this time, the plans are to finalize the combination of the two companies to Birmingham by late 2010. The new company will have a combined sales force of 30,000 reps. With the combined strengths of both companies now under one umbrella, the 2009 holiday season should be a great year for the field.

USANA Receives the Stevie Award

Direct selling companies and their leaders are starting to receive more and more awards outside the MLM niche, which is positive for all of us. USANA earned the 2009 Stevie award for creating the best “Live Event” in 2008. The USANA annual convention focused on energizing, educating, and entertaining their distributors, and gained the eyes of the American Business Awards organization. They were also finalist for Management Team of the year, and Marketing Campaign of the year.

Scentsy Celebrates Their Five Year Anniversary By Giving Back

Orville and Heidi Thompson, Co-owners, love their community, and instead of taking their employees on a cruise or vacation to exotic islands, they gave their employees $100,000.00 to spend in the local community. There was one catch… The money had to be spent at local family owned businesses. This one act alone brought an increase of $2500.00 into 40 locally owned businesses in their community.

Southwestern Company Rock By Receiving The National Award for Consumer Blog

Southwestern Company earned this award for their consumer safety focused blog articles. Southwestern difference.info focuses on educating consumers about door-to-door safety. These blog articles teach how to distinguish between legitimate and illegal traveling door-to-door sales teams. Southwestern Company is the oldest active direct selling company in the nation. They opened their doors in 1855 selling door-to-door. Today they use college students to drive volume and team building.

Shaklee Still Leading The Charge For Green Living

Shaklee was “Green” before “green” was cool. In 2000 Shaklee was the first company in history to be awarded the “Climate Neutral Award,” certifying a total offset of greenhouse emissions, saying, “Shaklee has a neutral impact on their environment.” From the top down, Shaklee walks their Green talk. They were the first company in the nation to be classified a green company. Their advanced research and focus on environmental stewardship has once again earned them two highly coveted awards. Breath California awarded Shaklee with the “Clean Air for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction” award. And Acterra awards Shaklee the 2009 Business Award for Environmental Sustainability. Shaklee has a 50 year record for pioneering the elimination of greenhouse emissions.

ACN and Their Distributors Put Their Money Where Their Mouth Is

ACN at their annual training event in Charlotte N.C. gives $124,870 dollars to support the Ronald McDonald House. And in his last public appearance for CAN, Donald Trump gives $10,000 of his own money above and beyond what ACN donated.

Reliv Foundation Gives To Children In Haiti

In every training or consulting conversation I have ever been involved in, I share “you must find a company you can believe in. A company where the financial success is driven by an underlying crusade/cause greater than just a temporary lifestyle change. It is this kind of environment at Reliv which has allowed this Midwestern publicly traded MLM company to have such a great reputation, and a lower than average attrition rate within our great profession.

Daily through the Reliv Kalogris Foundation 6600 malnourished children in Haiti are fed from 22 locations. Now, the foundation had built a new feeding and scooling center to support children in Bois Lance de Limonade, Haiti. This new feeding center will serve 500 children daily. Since 1995 the foundation has donated over $17 million dollars worldwide through 270 feeding programs. Summing this up, over 42,000 children and adults receive food on a daily basis.

Herbalife Enters Fives New Provinces in China

The China Ministry of Commerce has granted Herbalife five new licenses in the provinces of Fujian, Shan’ Xi, Sichuan, Hubei and Shanghai. Herbalife currently operates 80 retail stores in 30 provinces in China.

What makes this so cool, is in the 1980s people thought this company was a goner. Bad publicity, congressional hearings, and purported customer deaths, all but stopped the monumental growth Mark Hughes and Herbalife were enjoying. Yet, today some 8 or 9 years after Mark’s sudden death, this company is still growing worldwide. Taken public, back private, and then public again Herbilife has 1.9 million distributors’ 70 countries earning $2.4 billion annually.

Blake Roney, Founder & Chairman Of Nu Skin International Businessman Of The Year

Blake Roney was awarded the Stevie International Top Businessman Award. This comes during a time when we have seen several mergers, bankruptcies, and closures on great MLM companies. Yet, Nu Skin has enjoyed continual growth, breaking all their previous earn records. There is no doubt, Mr. Roney is a living, breathing example of the Nu Skin mission – Be A Force For Good!”

Arbonne Supports The US troops

Arbonne is not worried about political correctness, or how political factions may perceive them. Through Operation gratitude, Arbonne donated 30,000 skincare products to the U.S. Military. This donation has a retail value of $642,000.00. Sr. V.P. of Marketing, Brad Wayment put it this way “Our military men and women are willingly serve the country and put their lives on the line every day. These products are a small token of our appreciation and recognition of what they do.”

Mannatech Opens in Four Additional European Countries

Mannatech, is rolling into Austria, The Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden. This new expansion will allow their current field force to market Mannatech products to an additional 193 million people. Now think about this for a second. We hear the economy is down in the USA, and people are out of work. Why don’t you go find these folks and share with them, the massive opportunity they have to grow a worldwide marketing and distribution organization?

Max International Focused On Google Searches In Their Latest Expansion

When asked “why did Max International focus on the Philippines for their latest expansion, peter Norberg, CEO of Max International stated “more Google searches for Glutathione are done in the Philippines than anywhere else in the world.” Max International focuses on Glutathione, and by focusing on where there is a need or desire for more information, they were able to tap a new market with lower barriers of enter. All leaders should take a long hard look at how Max determined their expansion. Instead of creating a need, they are filling the need. Talk about tapping the power of the Internet.

Tastefully Simple Raise Funds To Fight Child Hunger In the USA

Tastefully Simple and their distributors donated 450 hours and over $135,000.00 to “Share Our Strength.” Share Our Strength is the nation’s largest non-profit focused on stomping out child hunger in the USA. Tastefully Simple donates $1.00 from every sale of its “For The Love Of Cookies Chocolate Chip Toffee Almond Cookie Mix;” which by the way is one of its top selling products.
To put this in perspective; there are currently 12.4 million children in the USA who are at risk of going hungry for an extended period of time. I challenge you to find a Tastefully Simple rep and buy some cookies. Or find a local outreach and help a child!

A special thanks to Direct Selling News, for supplying the basic information for this articles.

Living An Epic Adventure,

Troy