Published on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 .
Today the Amway Media Blog merges with the Amway Global Insider blog to become The Amway Insider. So we’re closing the virtual doors on this blog.
Visit us at Insider for the stories and updates you came to expect from the Amway Media Blog, and a whole lot more.
Insider is the first blog to launch on the new Amway corporate blog portal, and will be followed in the coming months by the One by One and Interns Expose Amway blogs. Stay tuned to Insider for more information on these and other new blogs.
So we’re turning out the lights on the Amway Media Blog. Lock up when you leave, and we’ll have the welcome mat out for you over at The Amway Insider.
Published on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 .
Business is booming at Amway India, leading our affiliate to triple production at a Baddi facility to keep up with consumer demand.
We’ve operated in India for 10 years and are now among the biggest fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies there.
That makes us a fast mover in a market that’s moving fast.
Published on Monday, April 12, 2010 .
Last week Amway China was the focus of major news coverage that captured its growth and bright future.
A Business Week story described why Amway and China are a “good fit,” suggesting that our ”corporate culture blends with China’s entreprenurial bent.” A Bloomberg story highlighted our double-digit growth in China and purpose, in the words of Amway’s Eva Cheng, of providing an “honest income opportunity for people from all walks of life.”
A good fit? We couldn’t agree more.
Published on Wednesday, April 7, 2010 .
Some have said Amway was one of the original social networks, so it’s no surprise that we’ve got an increasing presence in social media.
We’ve told you about how we blog, Tweet, share status updates with our friends and fans and otherwise use whatever means possible to communicate with our distributors and customers worldwide.
Now we have even more to share. Amway Korea just launched a new blog, Amway Story, to communicate company news and views. And Amway Thailand added the official Nutrilite and Artistry Thailand Facebook pages to share what’s happening with those brands with Thai fans and friends.
There’s more on the online horizon as we strive to connect with distributors and customers wherever they are, online or off. Call it our version of “social studies.”
If your spring break plans include a visit to West Michigan, consider adding the Grand Rapids Public Museum to your itinerary.
Through November the museum is hosting an exhibit celebrating Amway’s first 50 years and this week offers lots of special events for spring breaking families. Tom Nemcek of our Fulton Innovation unit will host nine sessions on “The Magic of Wireless” and share how our eCoupled technology provides wireless power to everything from can openers to computers. Tom will present on April 5, 7 and 9 at 11 a.m., Noon, and 1 p.m. EST.
It’s a fun option for families breaking away to West Michigan for spring break, and even for those “staycationing” close to home.
Published on Thursday, April 1, 2010 .
When Amway President Doug DeVos visited Ukraine earlier this month, Status, a weekly business magazine sat down with him to talk about Amway’s past, present and future.
Titled, “Due to Family Circumstances,” the article covers everything from the combination of intuition and strategy employed by Rich DeVos and Jay Van Andel when they founded Amway to the way Amway approaches and encourages creativity today.
In case you’re not fluent in Ukrainian, our favorite quote from Doug is, “You have to do what is right, not just what works.”
That’s a “family circumstance” that has been part of the way we do business for 50 years globally and for the past seven years in Ukraine.
Published on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 .
Every year tens of thousands of Amway distributors earn trips as part of our incentive programs, which combine business and reward for our top sellers.
As a global company operating in more than 80 countries and territories, we’ve hosted incentive trips everywhere from Africa to the Virgin Islands.
This month Amway distributors from Thailand visited Perth, Australia, for an incentive trip. Last fall Australian distributors traveled to Tokyo for an event. And Amway Japan’s distributors visited Bangkok a few years ago.
These trips not only provide an exciting and valuable reward for our distributors, they also boost local economies. The trips, ranging in size from hundreds to thousands of distributors, translate to millions of dollars, yen, and baht in spending in host cities for everything from hotel rooms to transportation.
It’s all part of a world of recognition for Amway distributors.
Published on Friday, March 12, 2010 .
Two Amway talent development programs have been recognized by leading organizations for excellence and innovation.
LeAP (Leadership Acceleration Program) is an action-learning process that brings a select group of our top-performing execs from around the world together to tackle real business challenges. This program has been honored as an executive development learning leader by Bersin & Associates. And our Global Leadership Certificate Program, a partnership with Davenport University and Harvard Business Publishing, was cited as a best practice in corporate-academia partnership by Corporate University Xchange.
It’s well-deserved recognition for programs that are helping us grow our talented workforce by leaps and bounds.
Published on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 .
Today our parent company announced annual sales for Amway and its sister companies, and it was another record year.
Alticor sales of US$8.4 billion for 2009 represent a 2.3 percent increase over 2008. We’ve posted sales increases nine out of the last 10 years, and our growth rate would have been higher if not for currency fluctuations. Without the negative currency impact, we would have grown nearly 6 percent. Our China, India, Southeast Asian and Korean affiliates posted strong sales and our reinvented Latin American affiliate grew more than 60 percent.
We believe a focus on innovation is what’s propelling our business forward. A big part of our strategy is reaching consumers where they are – whether through an iPhone app in the United States or sachets of shampoo in South Africa. Or launching new product lines to meet the needs of consumers, like beautycycle in Europe and Ertia in Latin America. We’re even bringing in new talent and expertise to help us grow.
These investments in transformation and innovation are paying off in increased sales and market share. And another record year.
Published on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 .
While the eyes of the world are on Vancouver this week and next, we’re watching one athlete in particular - Yuki Nofuji.
That’s because Yuki is not just a top snowboarder representing Japan - he’s also an Amway distributor.
Yuki competes in the men’s parallel giant slalom on February 27. We’ll be watching to cheer him on, along with his friends at Amway Japan.
