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  • Amway forays into the herbal oral care segment

    Amway forays into the herbal oral care segment

    Amway India, the country’s largest FMCG direct selling company has announced the launch of its latest innovation – ‘Glister Herbals Toothpaste’, to mark its entry into the herbal oral care market. Building on the success of its globally popular Rs 100 crore brand – Glister, the new herbal oral care product is a seamless blend of numerous herbal ingredients with appealing taste and pleasing color to suit everyone’s palate. With this new and advanced product, Amway aims to target the flourishing Rs 1,980 crores oral care segment in India.

    Announcing the launch of Glister Herbals, Sundip Shah, Chief Marketing Officer, Amway India, said, “Glister has been one of our most popular global brands. A bestseller for over five decades, it has won the trust of millions of consumers worldwide and has been an integral part of their oral hygiene routine. Keeping with our commitment of offering highest quality products and addressing the increasing demand for natural and herbal alternatives for long-term healthy living, Glister Herbals is an expansion of our flagship brand and indigenously developed for our Indian consumers.”

    He further added, “The industry for herbal oral care products has grown significantly in recent years, fueled by consumers’ preference for herbal solutions and trust in their long-term benefits. However, our research empirically highlights the need for likeable sensorials – a gap that exists in the available offerings in the market currently. This often leads to consumers shifting to regular and non-herbal products. Glister Herbals’ has the goodness of herbs with great taste and appealing colour. With this powerful mix, we aim to transform the product usage experience and long-term adoption of herbal toothpastes in the market and I am confident in our latest innovation and its potential to transform the category”

    Anisha Sharma, Category Head, Beauty & Personal Care, Amway India, added, “Glister Herbals is best defined as the herbal oral care solution from Amway offering great taste with the goodness of herbs. This multi-action toothpaste is enriched with 11 ingredients such as spearmint, clove, ginger, neem, mulethi, among others, which are known for their benefits and great taste. It also has biodegradable microbeads of essential oils comprising clove and tea tree to ensure maximum efficacy of the constituents. The goodness of herbs promises 12-hour germ protection and fresh breath benefits along with remineralization and teeth whitening.”

    She further added, “We are excited with the business opportunity offered by the market. In order to ensure national wide reach and to engage consumers, we are introducing digital activations across platforms and organizing dental camps in key markets. As ingredient story and taste is key to the success of our new herbal offering, we have begun taste challenges for our direct sellers for which we have received an overwhelming response. We are sure that the Glister Herbals will receive favorable response from the consumers.”

    Glister Herbals follows the thriving success of Amway’s Nutrilite Traditional Herbs in its Nutrition and Attitude Be Bright Herbals in beauty categories last year.

    Amway Glister Herbals is sold exclusively by Amway Direct Sellers across India and can be easily ordered on the company’s website.

  • Amway Global launches app for Artistry brand

    Amway Global launches app for Artistry brand

    Multi-level marketing health-and-beauty company Amway has launched a mobile app for its beauty brand Artistry in partnership with technology company Perfect Corporation.

    The global rollout starts in Korea this month, with Japan, Thailand, and the US to follow.

    Using YouCam Makeup’s award-winning AR beauty technology, Artistry Virtual Beauty App users will be able to find products and see how they would look. The virtual experience draws on more than 150 global makeup SKUs that shoppers can test and instantly buy, along with the brand’s top-selling skincare products.

    Personalised product recommendations based on user skin concerns will be available through the integration of YouCam’s AI technology and the Artistry skin assessment tool.

    Amway VP of global beauty for Artistry Kelli Templeton describes the app as a fun and engaging way for Amway business owners and their customers to explore Artistry products.

    “It puts the beauty counter right in their hands for personalised beauty recommendations.”
    The app can be downloaded free in the App Store and Google Play.

    Amway is a US$8.6 billion global direct-selling business based in Michigan, while Artistry was founded in 1958 by an entrepreneurial husband and wife team, its portfolio featuring skincare, make-up and holistic beauty products. The brand has an advisory network of more than 900 scientists and skin doctors from universities.

    Perfect Corporation has had more than 550 million downloads globally of its beauty apps.

  • Amway Vietnam under investigation

    Amway Vietnam under investigation

    Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) is investigating seven multi-level marketing companies, including Amway Vietnam.

    With a focus on uncovering illegal pyramid schemes masquerading as business opportunities, the investigation is expected to be completed next month.

    In late March, the MoIT assembled a team to look into Amway Vietnam, Unicity Marketing Vietnam, Thien Ngoc Minh Uy, Tap Doan Lien Ket Vietnam, Lien Ket Tri Thuc, Lien Minh Tieu Dung Thang Long and Nhuong Quyen Thang Long.

    Amway Vietnam, Unicity Marketing Vietnam and Thien Ngoc Minh Uy have the largest revenues of multi-level marketing companies in Vietnam.

    In the investigation team are representatives from MoIT’s  Vietnam Competition Authority (the government’s management body for multi-level marketing businesses) and Market Management Department, which works in tandem with the Police Investigative Department on Economic and Corruption-related Crimes.

    Since March 9, the Vietnam Competition Authority has revoked the registration certificates of five companies for fraudulent activities, and the Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade has punished several companies for violating regulations on multi-level marketing businesses in the capital city.

    The investigations were launched after MoIT’s minister Vu Huy Hoang issued a directive requiring agencies to search out pyramid schemes falsely labelled as multi-level marketing companies.

    In February, the Lien Kiet Viet company was caught after swindling about 60,000 people in more than 27 cities and provinces, appropriating a total of VND1.9 trillion ($87.15 million) since 2014.

    Multi-level marketing firms were allowed into Vietnam at the request of foreign countries during Vietnam’s negotiations to join the World Trade Organization. Since 2009, foreign-owned companies have been permitted to run these businesses, and now nearly half of the 61 companies in this segment are wholly foreign-backed.

  • Amway China in online push

    Amway China in online push

    US direct selling retailer Amway is planning a major push in China where it sees potential with younger consumers.

    Globally, Amway sold US$10.8 billion worth of household goods last year, down eight per cent on 2013.

    In China it has spent a year testing online sales models, creating 10 WeChat accounts and 12 apps through which its sellers can interact with customers. Online already accounts for 30 per cent of its China sales – with mobile sales about one fifth of that and expected to grow to half within 10 years.

    Last week Amway held a digital strategy launch in Guangzhou where it revealed plans to allow consumers to shop through its online platforms and apps with Amway taking responsibilities for delivering the goods to purchasers. That marks a significant variation from its traditional model of having its sellers deliver goods personally.

    Chief marketing officer Frances Yu said the company knows its strength lies in a solid offline relationship it has with customers. “The same will be upgraded further when we move online.”

    Mobile eCommerce will potentially cut costs for Amway’s direct selling staff as they won’t have to rent physical store space, have capital tied up in inventory or cover delivery charges. Amway will assume responsibility for storage and distribution.

    “Our entrepreneurs will be able to spend more time with their clients,” said Yu.

    Amway has opened 10 ‘experience’ stores in China to link online with offline, display products to prospective customers and build brand awareness. Eight more are planned.

    Amway also wants to double its sales distributor network from 60,000 currently to 120,000 by 2025.