(August 9, 2004 Fortune Magazine)... http://www.reliv.com/docs/relivinthenews/DirectSellingAUG2004.pdf
"In the next 10 years the industry will have more growth than in the entire prior 50 years...
Industry sales keep rising steadily. Last year they went up about $1 Billion in the U.S., hitting $29.6 Billion. Overseas the increase was even more substantial during the same period sales rose $2.6 Billion and reached a stunning 88.4 Billion. Now observers predict that much bigger expansion lies ahead. "In the next 10 years the industry will have more growth than in the entire prior 50 years,....
...each week about 175,000 enlist in the U.S. and 475,000 sign on worldwide...
An army of highly motivated independent contractors, often called consultants or distributors is now a legion of 49 million individuals globally...
After years of skepticism, the investment community is finally walking up to the viability of Direct Selling as a good investment opportunity...
The stocks of some publicly traded direct-selling companies have risen more than 100% over the past 12 months...
Quote from Tracy Biller September 7, 2004...
"The first thing I want to point out is that as a network marketer you have chosen to participate in an industry that right now is positioned to explode in the United States. I don't know if you saw it or not, but the August 9th issue of "Fortune Magazine" featured a wonderful 20-page special advertising article about our industry titled "The Direct Selling Phenomenon." The article was fantastic reading, and was chock full of incredible facts and figures. Plus, the full-page and half-page network marketing company advertisements that were sprinkled throughout the article were simply superb. It is my opinion that over the next 5-7 years the network marketing industry will achieve record-breaking growth just like it did in the late 80s and early 90s, only this time the growth will be much bigger and more people will become wealthy as a result. It's been a long wait, but the network marketing "wave" is finally coming."