Upcoming Events
Meeting: Association Performance Seminar For the Latin American Region (invitation only) Date: August 2 - August 3, 2012 Location: Lima, Peru Meeting: WFDSA Secretaries Seminar (invitation only) Date: October 4 - 5, 2012 Location: Milan, Italy |
French DSA organised its annual event in Brussels
On May 29 to 31 more than 180 participants gathered for the annual event of the French DSA organized for the first time in Brussels, to give it a European focus. Representation from other European DSA were present, Belgian of course but also form Switzerland, Luxembourg and Italy with a workshop dedicated to those markets.
Mixture of plenary sessions, workshops and networking, one highlight of the event was the introduction by the French Ministry of Employment of a 35 page brochure presenting the direct selling industry in France on the basis of an 18 months study carried out by two consumer research institutes and paid for by the State. This is a wonderful official recognition step with very positive messages about growth in the industry and some suggestions for further actions. In addition to that brochure a 4 pager providing the economical facts of the industry was also created by on of the research institutes. Both documents are extremely valuable and can make companies and sellers proud of the industry they belong to. They estimated the French direct selling market at above 5 billion dollars.
During the event, an agreement was also signed with the second larger organization helping people find a job as a strengthening of the already existing agreement to support the creation of 100 thousands job in the direct selling industry over three years, which is well on track
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 2011 Global Statistics! 2011 was a great year for Direct Selling! - Global Direct Retail Sales of US$153.7 billion were UP 10% vs. 2010 ... generated by 91.5 million Direct Sellers, UP 9%
- The Top 22 countries - all with retail sales over $1 billion - account for over 90% of the world's sales activity, with Turkey and Indonesia new to the list.
- For all the details,go to: http://bit.ly/wfdsags2011
What an honor it was to represent the Global Research Sub-committee in presenting the 2011 Global Direct Selling Statistics to the WFDSA Board of Directors and CEO Council! Both groups expressed the need for our industry to segment Direct Seller numbers by type of Seller, to better reflect the reality that some are active Sellers while others are not. This same issue arose in Europe during the SELDIA Board Meeting, providing clear direction for next year's research effort. (Read More)... |
Two DSAs Achieve Gold Status
WFDSA would like to congratulate the DSAs of Peru and Malaysia for achieving Gold Status in the Code of Ethics Recognition Program for 2011. Their dedication and hard work will contribute to raising the ethical standards and professionalism in our industry!
We would also like to recognize the DSAs' individual member companies who participated in the Code of Ethics Recognition Program and encourage other DSAs' member companies to participate this year.
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 UK DSA - ADDING VALUE TO MEMBERSHIP
Over the last twelve months the DSA in the UK has been driving through a major transformation, with the overall objective of increasing national profile whilst adding additional value to it's member companies.
Director General, Paul Southworth said " We exist to serve the industry as a whole, and pivotal to that is for our members to feel they receive value for the subscriptions they pay. Our prime focus is to ensure we add that value by protecting their interests, offering advice where needed and searching for new initiatives which bring member benefits."
The last year in the UK has seen positive change built on five major platforms.....
1) PR - the engagement of a professional PR Agency has led to over 100 positive industry articles in all major national press and supported with company case studies.
National and local radio and national TV interviews with Southworth have brought excellent comments from members who truly believe our profile is moving forward.
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 WFDSA Code of Ethics Toolkit
In order to ensure our industry remains in the forefront of highest ethical business
practices, we have designed the WFDSA Global Ethics Toolkit to make it easier for DSAs and their member companies to Follow, Communicate and Promote the Code. We have prepared concise, compelling materials to help you communicate the Code to internal as well as external audiences. In the tool kit, you will find the Code At a Glance Brochure, the one-page handouts for Our Promise to Consumers and Our Promise to Direct Sellers and a wallet-sized What Direct Seller Needs to Know card. Included is also a PowerPoint presentation to introduce the Code that would make an excellent orientation tool for new members. |
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE DEDICATED TO THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LAW ON CONSUMER PROTECTION IN RUSSIA
Russian DSA (RDSA)
Tamara Shokareva, Chair of the Russian DSA (RDSA), made a presentation "Self-regulation on the Consumer Market: Russian Direct Selling Association Experience" at the International Conference dedicated to the 20th Anniversary of Russian Law on consumer rights protection that was organized by Federal Service for Consumers' Rights Protection and Human Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor) and was held in Moscow on April 5-6, 2012 .
Full story:
In English - http://eng.rdsa.ru/news/56/340
In Russian - http://www.rdsa.ru/news/56/357
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European DSA's Annual Conference
Seldia, the European Direct Selling Association, will hold its 2nd Round Table on the Future of Direct
Selling in Milan, Italy, on the 3rd of October 2012. This major European event will take place in conjunction with Seldia internal meetings and General Assembly, and with the WFDSA Secretaries Seminar.
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