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Leading the way

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Leading the way

WITH OVER 50 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE IN THE DIRECT SELLING INDUSTRY, AMWAY OFFERS A BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY TO SUIT EVERYONE

Founded by Jay Van Andel and Rich DeVos in Michigan, USA in 1959, Amway is one of the world’s largest and most successful direct selling organisations.

When founding Amway, Van Andel and DeVos had a clear vision for the organisation, which remains today. Amway aims to:

•  Help people live better lives by helping them to discover their potential and achieve their goals by offering better products and opportunities for the future.

• Help consumers live better lives by providing products and services that offer superior quality and value to better meet personal household needs and make the Amway shopping experience faster, easier and more convenient.

• Help business owners live better lives by providing a business opportunity that empowers people to realise their potential and by making that opportunity flexible enough to accommodate each person’s individual goals, priorities and interests.

• Help neighbours live better lives through corporate contributions that help improve the quality of life in every community where Amway does business and by providing personal assistance to individuals in need, particularly children, through the One By One Campaign.

REWARDING

To achieve the above, Amway provides a flexible and rewarding earning opportunity, which is perhaps why it is no surprise to learn that there are over three million Amway business owners in over 80 countries, the company had sales of over $9.2 billion in 2010 and has paid its business owners $27 billion in bonuses since the company’s foundation in 1959.

Amway’s success can be attributed to the 450-plus top quality products - not available on the high street - from its range of leading prestige brands. By becoming an Amway business owner, individuals are provided with access to world leading brands at their fingertips.

ARTISTRY is a collection of skin care solutions and prestige cosmetics that sets standards in skin science and research, while NUTRILITE is the world’s number one selling vitamins and dietary supplements brand. Beautycycle skin care and colour cosmetics harness the power of the elements to address skin’s ever changing needs.

Amway UK/ROI’s business success is significant, with the number of individuals wishing to become Amway business owners increasing - 8,980 individuals joined Amway as a business owner this year and of this number 68 per cent are under the age of 40. This indicates that those aged 18-40 are looking for a flexible supplementary income opportunity that enables them to run a business full or part-time to suit their own individual lifestyle and earning needs, which is exactly what Amway offers. Additionally, 2010 sales were up 48 per cent on 2009 and the forecast for 2011 is an increase of 20 per cent on last year. It is also interesting to note that 15 per cent of sales come from Ireland and 22 per cent of sales from the UK Flagship Experience Centre.

INNOVATION

The UK Flagship Experience Centre is a state-of-the-art dual purpose site in Holborn, London that represents Amway UK’s venture into retail premises and was opened in May 2009. The concept was a first for the company worldwide, heralding Amway’s commitment to innovation and development of the business within the UK. The centre provides a sophisticated retail experience with professional training facilities. It was also a completely new concept for the direct selling industry and, importantly, serves as a central location to train current distributors and support new business owners in building and managing their own businesses. In addition, the Flagship Experience Centre was recently named as an Institute of Leadership and Management Approved Centre for the Leader Coaching Programme.

Amway UK is committed to facilitating the development of its business owners and committed to offering unprecedented training and support, which has led to one of the Amway Academy Training programmes being awarded accreditation from a leading professional body.

Amway UK’s 12-month Leader Coaching Programme has been accredited by the Institute of Leadership and Management, the UK’s largest management body combining industry leading qualifications and specialist member services. This means that any Amway business owner who successfully completes the programme will receive an internationally recognised leadership qualification. This proves Amway UK’s dedication to helping improve the lives of its business owners by helping individuals to achieve their goals and develop the business to the best of their abilities.

Andy Smith, General Manager of Amway UK/ROI, says: “Amway has been in the UK for over 35 years and we are intent on leading the way among the other direct selling organisations in the industry, which we achieve through facilities such as the UK Flagship Experience Centre and the Institute of Leadership and Management accreditation.

“It is also encouraging to see the number of Amway business owners and Amway UK sales continuing to increase and indicates the favourability of direct selling to the public in helping them to supplement their income in what are still challenging economic times, which not only benefits Amway, but the growth of the direct selling industry as a whole.”

Ultimately, Amway provides a business opportunity that can suit everyone from working mothers, students and people aspiring to run their own business, to retired individuals looking for a supplementary income

For more information call 01908 629400, email InfoCenter-uk@amway.com or visit www.amway.co.uk.