Earlier this week, the Direct Selling Self-Regulatory Council (DS-SRC) opened its doors for business. Its objective is to provide independent, impartial, and comprehensive monitoring of direct selling ...

Direct sellers and door-to-door salespersons are frequently classified as independent contractors – and that classification is increasingly under attack, both by class action lawyers and the U.S.

A 1979 definition of direct selling describes it as “face-to-face selling away from a fixed retail location” [1]. Direct selling was simply getting the goods directly to the customer, replacing the ...

Women have long played a central role in direct selling. What was once viewed as a flexible supplement to household income is now, for many women worldwide, a primary path to business ownership and ...