Note: This submission is about one of Mary Kay’s international markets, which cannot be named. Even without knowing the area of the world, however, the situation is interesting and relevant, and not much different than what we see in the Read more…

Written by Frosty Rose On May 3, with very little fanfare and not much news, Mary Kay opened a new market in Denmark. This is notable not so much in the fact that they’re opening new countries—MK has expanded into Read more…

It’s always fun to see how different (or not) things are in Mary Kay in other countries. Here’s some insight from a woman who quit Mary May in the United Kingdom. As an ex-Mary Kay consultant in the U.K., I Read more…

I was doing some research and happened across Mary Kay’s corporate website in Ireland. It was interesting to see the differences (or lack thereof) there. For one, they don’t tout 50% profit. It is “up to 40%” there.

A consultant in Australia posted this as a comment on the thread about Mary Kay Australia and New Zealand closing. I’m posting it as a separate article to highlight the information. We had about 4 NSDs but they all became Read more…

As of today, Mary Kay has announced the immediate closure of its markets in Australia and New Zealand. We’ve been beating the drum about the Mary Kay scam (and more generally, the MLM scam, since they’re all the same) at Read more…

From Mary Kay Inc.: The vast majority of the independent sales force members’ primary source of profit is selling product. In addition, all Mary Kay Independent Beauty Consultants can earn income from commissions, dovetailing, prizes and awards. To be eligible Read more…

Today Mary Kay Cosmetics announced the closing of its operations in India. The decision appears to made on the basis of the regulatory environment and the poor performance of the market. In December, a ban was proposed on multi-level marketing Read more…

Written by Lazy Gardens A common way to evaluate businesses is to do a “year on year” comparison to see if business is up, down, or holding steady from one year or decade to the next. The news from Mary Read more…

Earlier this week, I mentioned that Mary Kay is relying heavily on overseas markets to fuel its worldwide growth. Several years ago, the company stopped reporting revenue figures from the United States, and began only reporting worldwide revenue. I suspected Read more…