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A arousing and attention holding look at five decades of Amway's innovation

Amway started in 1959 as a way for people to earn extra cash selling soap and cosmetics. Today, it has recaptured the public's attention for the most part because of an spacious print and broadcast venture featuring the Quixtar name-with ads saying "you know us as Amway."

Amway Forever chronicles the amazing inside story of this global business phenomenon. Page by page, it explores the history of Amway and it is noteworthy resurgence around the world. From how the company started out and it is growing pains in the 70's and 80's to it is recent online revival, this book explores how Amway has pulled through and thrived over the past fifty years.

• Delves into how innovation has led to Amway's growth into an global powerhouse
• Reveals Amway's pioneering retail tactics and sales strategies
• Offers an historic perspective, as well as a contemporary look, at how the company has evolved

Engaging and informative, Amway Forever is a must-read for any person fascinated in this company's distinctive business model and buzzworthy emergence into a global success.

From the Inside Flap

Amway Forever: The Amazing Story of a Global Business Phenomenon chronicles the history of a noteworthy syndication success story. Founded in 1959 as a way for persons to earn extra income selling soap and nutritional supplements, Amway has not long back returned to public attention by way of broad broadcast campaigns, along with a stream of controversies, that have made it office chatter around the nation and around the world.

Despite stalling in the 1980s, in the last decade Amway has increased it is export business to include more than eighty countries, generating $9 billion in sales and getting one of the most profitable and powerful global merchants who sells goods at retail on earth.So, how did a direct syndication company from the Mad Men–age keep pace with today's tough times, not only finding success,but thriving?

Delving into how innovation—particularly pioneering selling tactics and most times questionable sales strategies—turned the company into an international powerhouse, Amway Forever presents the full story behind this hugely profitable business. Tracing Amway from it is early days, through the growing pains of the '70s and '80s, and up to it is recent reemergence throughout the globe, the book combines an historic perspective with a contemporary look at how the company has evolved. Offering an unbiased, unflinching look into one of the outstanding business success stories of recent years, the book offers an investigative look at the history of Amway for the primary time.

Essential reading for person investors, business professionals, and any individual fascinated in learning more in regards to the "American Way" of sales, the book is an unbiased and level-headed examination over the decades of one of the nation's most remarkable business enterprises.

Engaging and informative, Amway Forever looks at the real story behind how one company overcame the odds to reinvent itself for the twenty-first century.

From the Back Cover"Kathryn Jones offers a arousing and attention holding look at how two poor Dutch immigrants built a buyer product giant that made them billionaires, but also spawned decades of litigation and controversy."
—Mark W. Tatge, Eugene S. Pulliam Distinguished Visiting Professor of Journalism, DePauw University

"Unraveling the mysteries of Amway is a occupation bestleft to the most experienced reporters. Kathryn Jones ismore than up to the task in this revealing story."
—Bob Mong, Editor, The Dallas Morning News

An unfettered look at Amway'sfirst five decades of innovation

How did a direct syndication soap business from the1950s reinvent itself as a $9 billion industry?

On one hand a story of the power of passion, commitment,and innovation, on the other a tale of questionable businesspractices and controversy, Amway Forever is the finish story ofa company that brought together a distinguishable business model withinnovative syndication and advert campaigns in order tobecome one of the biggest success stories in recent years.

Tracing Amway's growth from a little startup to an internationalgiant, the book provides a comprehensive look at incisively what Amway's leaders did to get the company where it is today.

Authored by expert business writer and editor Kathryn Jones, Amway Forever will modify your very idea ofwhat is possible in today's business climate.

About the AuthorKathryn A. Jones is an experienced business writer and editor. A freelance writer for the New York Times where she has written for the Business, Money, National, and Travel sections, and a former writer-at-large and current contributing editor for Texas Monthly, she has also written for Time, Life, The Dallas Morning News, and numerous other news outlets.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
Global reporting, outstanding writing, straight-shooting story-telling.
By Dan Malone
This was a arousing and attention holding examination of a business whose story is too many times told by Amway loyalists or disgruntled former insiders. As a reader who is neither -- nor, for that matter, a big fan of business histories in frequent -- I may say Amway Forever breaks out of the genre. I imagine it will be of interest to readers in a large, standard audience. Amway Forever also takes the reader around the world with the author's meticulous research. Crisp, clear writing makes Amway Forever a breeze to read. Amway Forever gives balanced treatment to the controversies that have dogged the company all around it is history as well as the company's successes as it spreads around the globe -- both without the joint operation of the company itself, no little feat. But given that the author is a discerned business and magazine writer and newspaper editor with a long list of professional accolades, what else would you expect? Amway Forever is a five-star read.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
Surprise! A Really Good Read
By James Davis
A friend of mine gave me this book for my birthday, in all likelihood remembering a speech we had regarding our mothers, their friends and direct-sales parties they held or attended years ago. "Oh, thanks. That sounds interesting," I said, not in truth meaning it. But assorted days ago I woke up before the newsprints arrived and looked for something to read. Three hours later I put the book down when my stomach genuinely started growling for breakfast. The next day I finished this story of determination, drive and, perhaps, a little hanky-panky on the way to unbelievable success. And the lawsuits and the politics. Wow! I had no idea. I thought the author handled the story right down the middle, manufacturing neither a propaganda piece for the company nor an over-the-top expose. I'm going to order a copy for another friend whom I think would get enjoyment from it. Maybe I'll ask him to do the same for another friend who may do it for another friend, etc. We might even have little parties to talk in regards to the book. Hey, this sounds a little bit like something I read regarding recently. Not as profitable, of course.

2 of 2 persons found the following review helpful.
Fascinating Story; Excellent Read
By Texas Chick
I in truth enjoyed this book. Loved reading with regards to the development of such a big business enterprise; the giants that built it; the good and the bad. It was very well written. A real page-turner--which I never thought I'd say when it comes to a business publication! Not actually understanding the one-star review, but perhaps it was from one of the "disgruntled" folks another reviewer mentioned. Buy this book!

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