The lawsuit Mary Kay Inc. filed against Touch of Pink Cosmetics and Amy and Scott Weber carries on. Depositions are being taken and both sides are looking for evidence in discovery. This was the first lawsuit to be filed by Read more…
Written by The Scribbler Some of you may have seen the Dirty Jobs episode in which host Mike Rowe visits the Forked Tree Ranch and meets maggot farm owners Dennis and Pam Ponsness. Of particular interest is Pam’s past life, Read more…
This is the latest email being circulated in Mary Kay… a sales director claiming a $30,000 “raise” in 2008 from Mary Kay. That sounds exciting, doesn’t it? Take a look at the email this director sent, and then read my Read more…
Check out this director communication…. Mary Kay Inc. doesn’t want consultants to know about the new Red Jackets and the promotion associated with. The key here? They don’t want to risk having consultants hold orders. That’s right… the Mary Kay Read more…
Written by Raisinberry I guess I did a bad thing. I dug up an email from late in 2007 and compared it to one from now. The 2007 email contained the list of all the Directors in my former National Read more…
Written by BlessedOne The awe inspiring spectacle of this polished flimflam scheme is the amazing camouflage it employs. The Mary Kay Cosmetics sham is truly elegant. Like an injurious social disease, the MK plight is spread from one woman to Read more…
Written by The Scribbler It’s interesting to me to go through old Mary Kay Applause magazines, choose a couple of feel-good propaganda pieces, and look up some of the I-story tellers. The piece I combed through tonight involves 10 women Read more…
It's not always easy to get information about the real numbers in Mary Kay. The company is private, and therefore not required to release any information about the sales or the independent contractors. The company does offer some limited information Read more…
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"The Mary Kay consultant agreement bars consultants and directors from selling product to a customer in a retail setting." Where…
“Being a director is the most difficult job I’ve ever had” Recruiting, advertising, training, mentoring, coaching, answering the same questions…
Very good point! Maybe Mary Kay will end up screwing themselves in the long run if there isn't much frontloading…
In other words, your typical MLM where the company picks up virtually none of the costs or risks associated with…
Can you imagine the BBBBBSSSSSSS a director will spew to get the consultant to not read it and just sign…