Headquarters in Ada, Michigan

Amway is a multi-level marketing, or network marketing, company founded in 1959 by Jay Van Andel and Rich DeVos. The company's name is a contraction of "American Way."^[1] Based in Ada, Michigan, the company and family of companies under Alticor reported sales of $6.4 billion for the performance year ending August 31, 2005, marking the company’s sixth straight year of growth. Its product lines include personal care products, jewelry, Nutrilite dietary supplements, water purifiers, air purifiers, insurance and cosmetics. Amway conducts business through a number of affiliated companies in more than ninety countries and territories around the world.^[2] In the United States and Canada it now operates as Quixtar. Multi-level marketing (MLM, now sometimes called network marketing) is a business model that combines direct marketing with franchising. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 331 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Amway Alticor Metadata This file contains... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 331 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Amway Alticor Metadata This file contains... Ada Township is a township located in Kent County, Michigan, United States. ... Multi-level marketing (MLM, now sometimes called network marketing) is a business model that combines direct marketing with franchising. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Multi-level marketing. ... Jay Van Andel, (b. ... Richard DeVos (1926-) is one of the founders of Amway, reorganized as Alticor in 2000, now distributes more than US$4. ... Ada Township is a township located in Kent County, Michigan, United States. ... Alticor is a privately-held corporation, owned by members of the DeVos and Van Andel families. ... is the 243rd day of the year (244th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nutrilite is a brand of nutritional products manufactured by Access Business Group at its facilities in California. ... In the United States, a dietary supplement is defined under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 as a product taken by the mouth that contains a dietary ingredient that is intended as a supplement to the diet. ... Chemical, Elevated, Hydropneumatic and Ground Storage Water Tanks shown together in one installation. ... Make-up redirects here. ... Quixtar is a multi-level marketing or network marketing company, founded on September 1, 1999. ...

The intent of Amway's founders was to create a business using a novel means of product distribution that facilitates entrepreneurialism, understanding of economic management, and economic independence among its associates ^{[citation needed]} (i.e. distributors; the term currently in use is Independent Business Owners, or IBOs). Rich DeVos also wrote a book called Compassionate Capitalism while Jay Van Andel wrote a book entitled An Enterprising Life.

History

Founding and expansion

Ja-Ri Corporation was the original multi-level marketing distributorship for Nutrilite nutritional products, founded by Jay Van Andel, Richard DeVos and Michael Pacetti in 1949.^[3] Ja-Ri's name comes from the founders' first names, Jay and Richard. Friends since childhood, Van Andel and DeVos became business partners in endeavors such as a hamburger stand, air charter service, and a sailing business. Multi-level marketing (MLM, now sometimes called network marketing) is a business model that combines direct marketing with franchising. ... Nutrilite is a brand of nutritional products manufactured by Access Business Group at its facilities in California. ...

Ja-Ri was incorporated in 1959, and changed its name to "Amway" in 1963.^[4] All Amway and Quixtar distributors are "downline" to the founders. Their first product was the cleaner L.O.C. Originally sold by its inventor under the name Frisk, it was noticed by Nutrilite distributor Fred Hansen who brought it to Rich DeVos and Jay Van Andel as a product that they could use to launch their own company. Van Andel and DeVos and some of their distributors including Hansen were getting frustrated by the seemingly inconsistent way Nutrilite founder Dr. Rehnborg wanted his products to be sold. DeVos and Van Andel bought the rights to make and distribute Frisk and changed the name to L.O.C. thereby beginning Amway. In 1964 the Amway Sales Corporation, Amway Services Corporation, and Amway Manufacturing Corporation, merged to form a single company.^[5] Nutrilite is a brand of nutritional products manufactured by Access Business Group at its facilities in California. ...

Amway bought the Mutual Broadcasting System radio network in 1977 and sold it in 1985. The Mutual Broadcasting System (MBS) was an American radio network, in operation from 1934 to 1999. ...

Amway expanded overseas to Australia in 1971, to Europe in 1973, to parts of Asia in 1974, to Japan in 1979, to Latin America in 1985, to China in 1995, to Africa in 1997, and to Russia in 2005. Amway India was established in 1995 and commenced commercial operations in 1998.^[6]

The product line grew, with a new detergent SA8 added in 1960, and later the hair care range Satinique (1965) and Artistry(1968). Amway bought control of Nutrilite in 1972 and full ownership in 1994. SA8 may refer to: SA-8 Gecko, the NATO reporting name for the 9K33 Osa surface to air missile system SA8 is also the brand name for the laundry detergent sold by Amway Category: ... Artistry is a brand of skin care and colour cosmetics, produced by Access Business Group and marketed by the direct sales and multi-level marketing company Quixtar in North America and Amway in more than 60 countries and territories worldwide. ...

FTC investigation

Main article: In re. Amway Corp.

In the 1979 In re. Amway Corp. (93 F.T.C. 618) ruling,^[7] the Federal Trade Commission found that Amway does not qualify as an illegal pyramid scheme since the main aim of the enterprise is the sale of product and money is paid only for business volume, personal and group. It did, however, order Amway to change several business practices and prohibited the company from misrepresenting the amount of profit, earnings or sales its distributors are likely to achieve with the business. Amway was ordered to accompany any such statements with the actual averages per distributor, pointing out that more than half of the distributors do not make any money, with the average distributor making less than $100 per month. The order was violated with a 1986 ad campaign, resulting in a $100,000 fine.^[8] In re. ... | logo_caption = | seal = US-FederalTradeCommission-Seal. ...

Amway and its American online incarnation, Quixtar have been controversial due to allegations that these companies are pyramid schemes or cults, despite the 1979 FTC ruling^[5] that legitimized the Amway business. The case revealed that, as of 1979, most of the products sold by Amway were to the Independent Business Owners (IBOs) themselves for personal consumption rather than to retail consumers who weren't enrolled as IBOs. Buying products or directing clients to buy from Amway or Quixtar gives IBOs points and they are paid back on the number of points that they generate from personal consumption or from client volume. An existing IBO can sponsor others to get an IBO number so that they can help others divert their buying habit from other stores to Amway or Quixtar. Thus, the business grows as a greater number of people join the group. The share of profit is based on the volume that an IBO is responsible for each month, therefore an IBO may actually make more money per month than the IBO who sponsored them into the Business. Quixtar is a multi-level marketing or network marketing company, founded on September 1, 1999. ... The unsustainable geometric progression of a classic pyramid scheme A pyramid scheme is a non-sustainable business model that involves the exchange of money primarily for enrolling other people into the scheme, usually without any product or service being delivered. ... This article does not discuss cult in its original meaning. ...

Other legal cases

In 1983, Amway pleaded guilty to criminal tax evasion and customs fraud in Canada, resulting in a fine of $25 million CAD, the largest fine ever imposed in Canada. The company was fined another $45 million CAD in 1989 to settle a suit brought by Canada's trade office.^[9][10] This article contrasts tax evasion, tax avoidance, tax resistance and tax mitigation. ... A customs duty is a tariff or tax on the import or export of goods. ...

In a 1994 interview, Amway co-founder Rich DeVos stated that this incident had been his greatest "moral or spiritual challenge", first in "soul searching as to whether they had done anything wrong" and then for pleading guilty for technical reasons, despite believing they were innocent of the charges. DeVos stated he believed that the case had been motivated by "political reasons".^[11]

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), as part of its anti-piracy efforts, sued Amway and several distributors in 1995. The RIAA alleged that copyrighted music was used on "highly profitable" training videotapes. Amway settled the case out of court for $9 million.^{[citation needed]} In a related lawsuit initiated by the distributors involved, the Court established that Mahaleel Lee Luster, who had been contracted to make the videotapes, had violated copyright without the knowledge of three of the five of those distributors.^[12] The RIAA Logo. ...

Amway grew quickly in China starting from 1995. In 1998, after abuses of illegal pyramid schemes led to riots, the Chinese Government enacted a ban on all direct selling companies, including Amway.^[13] After negotiations, some companies like Amway, Avon, and Mary Kay continued to operate through a network of retail stores promoted by an independent sales force. Although multi-level payments were still banned, it is alleged that Amway didn't significantly alter its pay scheme, and justified them as payments for services.^[14] China introduced new direct selling laws in December 2005, and in December 2006 Amway was one of the first companies to receive a license to resume direct sales. At the time they had a reported 180,000 sales representatives, 140 stores, and $2 billion in annual sales.^[15] Multi-level marketing (commissions on sales of new sales persons recruited) is still forbidden under the new laws. Direct selling is the marketing of products or services to consumers through sales tactics including presentations, demonstrations, and phone calls. ... Avon Products, Inc. ... Mary Kay is a brand of skin care and color cosmetics sold by Mary Kay Inc. ...

On August 14, 2007 the Supreme Court of India has ordered the Andhra state police to complete the investigate against Amway in 6 months. The public interest petition alleges that the activities of the company violated laws related to drugs, income tax and sales tax. The state high court had declared that Amway's business scheme was an offence under the Prize Chits and Money Circulation Scheme (Banning) Act, 1978.^[16] is the 226th day of the year (227th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Andhra Pradesh (ఆంధర దేశం), a state in South India, lies between 12°41 and 22°N latitude and 77° and 84°40E longitude . ...

Corporate restructuring

In 1999 the founders of the Amway corporation established a new holding company, named Alticor, and launched three new companies, 1) a sister (and separate) Internet-based company named Quixtar, 2) Access Business Group, and 3) Pyxis Innovations. Quixtar replaced the North American business of Amway in 2001, with Amway operating in the rest of the world; however, in June 2007 it was announced that the Quixtar brand would be phased out over an 18 to 24 month period in favor of a unified Amway brand worldwide. The other two companies, Pyxis Innovations (since dissolved) and Access Business Group, were established to help take Alticor into new strategic directions. ^[17] Amway's internet sales in Europe are conducted via their Amivo website. Quixtar is a multi-level marketing or network marketing company, founded on September 1, 1999. ...

Later additions to the core product range included water filters and cookware.^[18] The eSpring water filter, introduced in 2000 and developed by Alticor, includes eCoupled wireless power induction technology. Alticor subsidiary Fulton Innovation introduced the technology in other consumer electronic products at the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show. Companies licensing the technology include General Motors, Motorola and Visteon.^[19][20] General Motors Corporation, also known as GM, an American multinational corporation, is the worlds largest auto company by production volume for the first 9 months of 2007, and by sales volume for 76 consecutive years. ... Motorola Inc. ...

Orlando Arena naming rights

In December 2006, Alticor secured the naming rights for the 17,000-seat basketball arena in Orlando, Florida - home of the Orlando Magic which are owned by the family of Rich DeVos. The arena, formerly known as the TD Waterhouse Centre, is now called Amway Arena. Nickname: Location in Orange County and the state of Florida Coordinates: , Country State Counties Orange Government  - Mayor Buddy Dyer (D) Area  - City 101 sq mi (261. ... The Orlando Magic is a professional basketball team based in Orlando, Florida. ... Richard DeVos (1926-) is one of the founders of Amway, reorganized as Alticor in 2000, now distributes more than US$4. ... Amway Arena (formerly known as the Orlando Arena, TD Waterhouse Centre, and The Arena in Orlando [1], and colloquially known by the nickname of O-Rena) is an indoor arena in Orlando, Florida. ...

DTI complaints in UK

In 2007, following investigations that lasted more than a year, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in UK issued petitions against Amway as well as two IBO organizations Britt World Wide and Network 21, and initiated civil court proceedings. According to Amway, DTI's objections include misrepresentation of the financial rewards expected from the Amway business, excessive promotion of BSMs (Business Support Materials like books, tapes, CDs, meetings, websites) and Amway's failure to prevent these abuses. The Department of Trade and Industry is a United Kingdom government department. ... Bill Britt is one of the most successful Independent Business Owners (IBOs) in the Amway/Quixtar business. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ...

Subsequently, Amway imposed a ban on sale of BSM in UK that are not authorized and distributed by Amway. It further announced a 120 day moratorium on registration of new IBOs in UK, and a thorough review of its business practices globally.^[21][22]

Politics and culture

Commentators have identified Amway as supporting the U.S. Republican Party,^[23] and its founders contributed $4,000,000 to a conservative 527 in the 2004 election cycle.^[24] Amway states that its business opportunity is open to people regardless of their religious and political beliefs [4]. The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... A 527 group is a type of tax-exempt organization named after a section of the United States tax code, created primarily to influence the nomination, election, appointment or defeat of candidates for public office. ...

Former Amway CEO Richard DeVos has been connected with the dominionist political movement in the U.S.^[25] Richard DeVos, Sr. ... This article is on the political-religious concept of dominionism. ...

Multiple high-ranking Amway leaders, including Richard DeVos, Dexter Yager, and others are also owners and members of the board of Gospel Films, a producer of movies and books geared towards conservative Christians as well as co-owner (along with Salem Communications) of Gospel Communications.^{[26][citation needed]} Richard DeVos, Sr. ... Gospel Communications International (formerly Gospel Films) is the founder and parent organization of several Christian websites based in Muskegon, Michigan. ... Salem Communications (NASDAQ: SALM) is a media company operating in the United States, with 99 U.S. radio stations (pending acquisitions) that are primarily concentrated in the nations biggest markets, including 65 stations in 23 of the top 25 markets. ...

One of Amway's most successful distributors, Dexter Yager, has attacked Democratic President Bill Clinton.^[27] and allowed Republican George W. Bush to send messages to thousands of downline distributors using Yager's voicemail system.^[28] William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III[1] on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the forty-third and current President of the United States of America, originally inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ...

Doug Wead, who was a Special Assistant to former U.S. President George H. W. Bush, is a successful IBO who is a regular speaker at group rallies.^{[citation needed]} Doug Wead Doug Wead was a Special Assistant to former U.S. President George H. W. Bush, and is the author of over twenty books, including the New York Times best-seller, All the Presidents’ Children: Triumph and Tragedy in the Lives of the First Families. ... George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) was the 41st President of the United States, serving from 1989 to 1993. ...

Amway cofounder, the late Jay Van Andel (in 1980), and later his son Steve Van Andel (in 2001) were elected by the board of directors of the United States Chamber of Commerce as chairman of that organization. ^{[citation needed]} Jay Van Andel, (b. ... The United States Chamber of Commerce is the worlds largest not-for-profit business federation, representing 3,000,000 businesses (via its Federation of local chambers and association members. ...

In May 2005, former Amway President Dick DeVos, one of the wealthiest and largest charitable givers in Michigan, announced that he would run against Governor Jennifer Granholm in Michigan's 2006 gubernatorial election. DeVos, running as a Republican, won 42% of the popular vote, while Granholm won 56%.^[29] Dick DeVos Dick DeVos (born Richard DeVos, Jr. ... Jennifer Mulhern Granholm (born February 5, 1959) is a Canadian-born American politician and the current Governor of the U.S. state of Michigan. ... Jennifer Granholm during the 2006 campaign Dick DeVos, the GOP candidate for governor. ...

Amway touts the environmental benefits of many of its products, and in June 1989 the United Nations Environmental Program's Regional Office for North America recognized it for its contributions to the cause of the environment.^[30] This article is about the natural environment. ... Klaus Töpfer, UNEP Exec. ...

Controversy

Several groups including those associated with the anti-cult movement have expressed concern that tactics of some of the organizations that support Amway IBOs may constitute cult-like activity. Steven Hassan's Freedom of Mind Center lists the practices of some of these groups as potentially abusive according to his "BITE" Model of mind control.^[31] Other similar organizations that have expressed concern with the activities of AMOs in practice include FACTnet,^[32] Cult Awareness and Information Centre (Australia),^[33] and others. The Rick Ross Institute keeps a collection of related material in its website.^[34] It has been suggested that Opposition to cults and new religious movements be merged into this article or section. ... Steven Alan Hassan (1954 - ) is a licensed mental health counselor and an exit counselor. ... Mind control (or thought control) has the premise that an outside source can control an individuals thinking, behavior or consciousness (either directly or more subtly). ... Rick Alan Ross (born 1952 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States and later named Ricky Alan Ross) is a consultant and lecturer in the area of cults. ...

A Dateline NBC report from 2004 picked up the criticism against Amway's successor Quixtar and explicitly linked the two companies as being effectively one and the same.^[35] Dateline NBC, or Dateline, is a U.S. weekly television newsmagazine broadcast by NBC similar to ABCs 20/20 or CBSs 60 Minutes. ...

One controversy that Amway was involved with was an urban legend that the (old) Procter & Gamble service mark is in fact a Satanic symbol or that the CEO of P&G is himself a practicing Satanist (in some variants of the urban legend, it is also claimed that the CEO of Procter & Gamble donated "satanic tithes" to the Church of Satan^[36]). Procter & Gamble alleged that several Amway distributors were behind a resurgence of the urban legend in the 1990s and sued several independent Amway distributors and the parent company for defamation and slander. After more than a decade of lawsuits in multiple states, by 2003 all allegations against Amway and Amway distributors had been dismissed. However, in October 2005 a Utah appeals court reversed part of the decision dismissing the case against four Amway distributors, and remanded it to the earlier court for further proceedings.^[37] On 20 March 2007, Procter & Gamble was awarded 19.25 million dollars by a U.S. District Court jury in Salt Lake City, in the lawsuit filed against four Amway distributors in 1995.^[38][39] An urban legend or urban myth is similar to a modern folklore consisting of stories often thought to be factual by those circulating them. ... Procter & Gamble Co. ... Satanism can refer to a number of belief systems depending on the user and contexts. ... Satanism is a religious or philosophical movement centered around Satan or another entity identified with Satan, or centered around the forces of nature, particularly human nature, represented by Satan as an archetype. ... Church of Satan logo The Church of Satan is an organization for those who practice self-preservation as articulated in The Satanic Bible, written in 1969 by Anton Szandor LaVey. ... is the 79th day of the year (80th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

Roger & Me

Michael Moore's 1989 documentary Roger & Me profiles a woman named Janet who quits as a feminist radio host after General Motors' closings of several factories in their hometown of Flint, Michigan send the town into an economic tailspin. The woman, whose husband is a GM auto worker who may soon lose his job, joins Amway as a saleswoman, and is seen demonstrating how she uses "color consulting" to analyze potential customers.^{[citation needed]} Michael Francis Moore (born April 23, 1954) is an American political-activist, a film director, author, social commentator, and political humorist. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to document reality. ... Roger & Me is a 1989 American documentary film directed by independent filmmaker/author Michael Moore. ... Feminism is a social theory and political movement primarily informed and motivated by the experience of women. ... General Motors Corporation, also known as GM, an American multinational corporation, is the worlds largest auto company by production volume for the first 9 months of 2007, and by sales volume for 76 consecutive years. ... Nickname: Location of Flint within Genesee County, Michigan. ...

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Books

• Ain't It Great: A Look Inside Amway published September 1, 2001 by Authorhouse; ISBN 0-75962503-4
• An Uncommon Freedom, the Amway Experience and Why It Grows published 1982 by Revell; ASIN B000HFJE1Y
• American Victory: The Real Story of Today's Amway published April, 1997 by Chapel & Croft Publishing; ISBN 0-96451716-7
• Amway: The Cult of Free Enterprise published December 1, 1985 by South End Press; ISBN 0-96487951-4
• Amway: The True Story of the Company That Transformed the Lives of Millions published September 1, 1999 by Berkley Publishing Group; ISBN 0-42517040-3
• Behind the Smoke and Mirrors: Amway Motivational Organizations published September 1, 1999 by Backstreet; ISBN 0-96710702-4
• Commitment to excellence: The remarkable Amway story published 1986 by Benjamin; ISBN 0-875021360
• Empire of Freedom: The Amway Story and What It Means to You published September 3, 1997 by Prima Lifestyles; ISBN 0761510885
• The Possible Dream: A Candid Look At Amway published 1977 by Revell; ISBN 0800708571
• Promises to Keep: The Amway Phenomenon and How It Works published 1986 by Berkley Books; ISBN 0425098567

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Documentaries

• Profiles of the American Dream: Rich DeVos and Jay Van Andel and the Remarkable Beginnings of Amway 1997 by PREMIERE FILMS; ASIN: B000OK0YRA

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External links

• Amway Corporation
• Alticor Inc. (Amway & Quixtar Parent Company)
• Amway Japan Limited
• Amway India
• Amway Europe
• Amway Latin America
• Independent Business Owners Association International

Government documents

• Prepared Statement of Debra A. Valentine, General Counsel for the U.S. FTC, on "Pyramid Schemes"

Profiles

• Alticor Inc.
• Yahoo! - Amway Corporation Company Profile

Media articles

• "Apex court clears deck for probe into Amway's direct sale scheme", August 2007
• "She Did It Amway" Mother Jones, September 1996
• "No Amway Christian" Augusta Free Press, February 4, 2005
• "With soap in their hands and hope in their hearts" Bangalore Magazine
• "Amway.com" Forbes, June 25, 2001
• "In pursuit of the almighty dollar" MSNBC Dateline, May 7, 2004
• Quixtar's response to the Dateline report
• "Amway II: The Kids Take Over", BusinessWeek, February 16, 1998