Mary Kay Says They’re Number One
Once again, Mary Kay Cosmetics claims “best selling brand” status with some fancy math. Another year, another claim to be the “best selling brand.” I dispute that title for the following reasons:
Category: Numbers
Mary Kay Math Gets a Reality Check
Written by Lazy Gardens Breaking down the real profits a Mary Kay consultant makes from a skin care class. My neighbor, whom I shall call “Boopsy”, recently signed up with MK and had her first party Friday, from 1-3 PM. Boops came over on Saturday morning to tell me she …
Zero Profit In Mary Kay? It’s Inevitable.
Explaining a concept called “zero profit condition” and applying it to Mary Kay to show you how it’s next to impossible to build a viable retail selling business. In an article on Slate, Austan Goolsbee explains why most real-estate agents can’t get rich, even when the prices of the houses …
Mary Kay Is Still NOT Number One
We’ve been hearing for ages how Mary Kay is the “Best Selling Brand” of this that and the other. I think many of us are wise to how Mary Kay can make such claims: Hire a marketing company to go out and conduct “market research” on your products, mix the …