Posted 14 June 2021
A recent exposé of multi-level marketing (MLM) by Good Housekeeping includes:
- stories of former distributors with links to their videos in which they criticize how MLM companies operate
- links to videos describing how distributors use their pregnancies or infertility to recruit women facing similar struggles to become distributors
- discussion of cultism in the MLM industry
- discussion of the popularity of anti-MLM content on TikTok, which has banned content promoting MLMs.
- descriptions of MLM companies’ responses to recent warnings by the Federal Trade Commission
- evidence suggesting financial success for distributors is rare
- discussion of findings from the 2018 “AARP Study of Multilevel Marketing: Profiling Participants and the Experiences in Direct Sales”
- psychological support resources offered by the anti-MLM community
Reference: Garrity A. Inside the “toxic” world of women selling you everything from supplements to skincare on social media. Good Housekeeping, May 24, 2021
Source: Consumer Health Digest #21-23 June 13,, 2021
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