The multi-level marketing (MLM) industry has been part of American commercial life for at least 100 years. What began as the door-to-door selling of vitamins and perfume has become a channel worth ...

FTC enforcement actions against MLM pyramid schemes can be viewed in eras, with recent years among the most active. The FTC’s first-ever Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) regarding ...

Herbalife still operates in 95 countries using a direct selling and MLM model with six million independent distributors. Currently, HLF is facing declining sales volumes, which have been partly offset ...

Multilevel marketing businesses (also known as MLMs) — a method that uses everyday people to sell and distribute products and services — have existed for decades. Instead of selling directly to ...