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Why Reddit and TikTok are hating on MLM 'huns'
Reddit hates multi-level marketing companies' salespeople. But former seller Emily Paulson says MLM…
Aimee Pearcy
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A woman spent 6 years working for an MLM and made $1 million. She still warns others against joining and being exploited.
A former MLM consultant has written a book about the "dark side" of direct marketing. She claims th…
Jane Ridley
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On TikTok, a multi-level marketing scheme is hawking dubious diet supplements and targeting young women
Dozens of women are shilling It Works smoothies and gummies on TikTok, but experts say they are unl…
Lindsay Dodgson,Rachel Hosie
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I failed at multi-level marketing. It taught me a lot about my priorities — and myself.
As my passion for MLMs waned, I found other ways to be entrepreneurial without putting people in po…
Brynne Conroy
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Utah's governor highlighted a controversial essential-oil MLM as a way to protect school kids from a COVID-19
In 2020, the Federal Trade Commission issued a warning to doTerra after the company began touting i…
Áine Cain
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DotDotSmile, a children's clothing subsidiary of MLM giant LulaRoe, has filed for bankruptcy, citing more than $5 million in unpaid debts
DotDotSmile, which was often sold alongside LulaRoe products, announced earlier this year that it w…
Julie Gerstein
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Experts say LuLaRoe gets $4.75 million slap on the wrist, as company eludes admission of any wrong doing
"It's not over leggings that got wet. It's over loss. It's over lies," MLM expert Robert Fitzpatric…
Áine Cain
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Houston influencer Alexis Sharkey's death ruled a homicide involving strangulation, according to medical examiner
Houston influencer Alexis Sharkey, whose body was found on the side of the road on November 28, was…
Rachel E. Greenspan
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TikTok is banning content that promotes pyramid schemes and multi-level marketing companies
"We do not permit anyone to exploit our platform to take advantage of the trust of users and bring …
Allana Akhtar
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The Houston influencer found dead on the side of the road worked at a controversial hair care MLM
Before her death, Alexis Sharkey worked with Monat, a haircare line that uses MLM and has been inve…
Rachel E. Greenspan
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Inside the lawsuit between ex-best friends that is threatening LuLaRoe, a controversial legging company that was bringing in billions in sales
LuLaRoe and its one-time supplier Providence Industries are engaged in an increasingly personal leg…
Áine Cain
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Bitcoin scam case: ED attaches assets worth over Rs 97 cr of Raj Kundra, Shilpa Shetty
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached immovable and movable properties worth Rs 97.79 crore…
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10 Things in Tech: The end of coding as we know it, why the 4-day workweek works, and wild Kittyhawk designs
In today's edition of 10 Things in Tech: AI has come for software developers, why the four-day work…
Hallam Bullock
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Trump was deposed in a fraud suit that involved a failed 'videophone' from 2008, which lawyers alleged was 'doomed almost from the outset:' report
A class action lawsuit claims Donald Trump, his company, and his three oldest children misled inves…
Lloyd Lee
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As the COVID-19 economic crisis deepens, financially risky MLMs are moving in to fill the employment void
MLMs promise the opportunity to "work for yourself," but these companies often require people to sh…
Emma Penrod
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Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes merch is gaining popularity, making fun of the 'girlboss'
The former CEO of blood testing company Theranos is on trial for fraud.
Emily Walsh
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The husband of killed influencer Alexis Sharkey was found dead in an apparent suicide while a warrant was out for his arrest, police said
Police had issued a warrant for Tom Sharkey's arrest with the intent to charge him in the killing, …
Kelly McLaughlin,Palmer Haasch
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Russia has docked its new science module to the International Space Station, after 14 years of delays
Russia's Nauka module is 14 years late and had technical issues once it launched. But the new scien…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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11. The Amway Dream
How did multi-level marketing companies like Amway spread through America's towns and cities, and i…
Anna Mazarakis,Claire Rawlins…
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Miss USA claims to have evolved, but it's still all about looks
The pageant — which claims to have changed — spent much of two hours focusing on bikinis and glam i…