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Study Group: Direct Selling Experts(?)

Council Members in this Study Group: 119

This study group may include experts knowledgeable on topics such as automotive manufacturing and dealerships, after market distribution, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, convenience stores, supermarkets, packaged goods manufacturing, department stores and discounters, jewelry and cosmetics, hotels and resorts, restaurants, casinos, and the travel industry, among others.

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Cyrus Bulsara, President, Professional Consultants & ResourcesCyrus Bulsara
President
Professional Consultants & Resources

Cyrus Bulsara is the President of Professional Consultants and Resources(PCR), where he has worked since 1998. PCR is a full-service strategic consulting company specializing in beauty, salon, cosmetics & consumer products. PCR is one of the leading sources of industry data, competitive intelligence...

Thomas Souza, MBA, Chief Executive Officer , Personalized ExpertsThomas Souza, MBA
Chief Executive Officer
Personalized Experts

Thomas Souza is the President and Chief Executive Officer at Personalized Experts, a rapidly growing marketing and promotions company. Personalized Experts offers almost one million promotional items including shirts, silk screening, embroidery, direct to garment, signs, banners, engraving, pens mugs....

Joel Abramson
Principal Partner
JJ Sales

Joel Abramson is a Principal Partner of JJ Sales and Marketing, a private sales and marketing firm, where he has worked since June 2001. JJ Sales provides sales and account management for cosmetics, health, beauty aids, and salon products. Mr. Abramson has direct contact with companies like Wal-Mart,...

Dirk Aschmoneit, Director of Food & Retail Marketing, Jenny Craig, IncDirk Aschmoneit
Director of Food & Retail Marketing
Jenny Craig, Inc

Dirk Aschmoneit is currently a Director of Marketing, Food & Retail at Jenny Craig - a division of Nestle Nutrition, where he has worked since 2004. He manages a $500 million group of food and non-food products. His duties include product development, assortment, merchandising for 500+ stores in the...

David Oliver
President
The Leverage Team, LLC

David Oliver is the president of The Leverage Team, LLC. and has over nine years of combined experience specializing in network, multilevel, and referral marketing. Mr. Oliver has written several books, including “The Ultimate Home Business,” which details the benefits of multilevel and network marketing,...

Roy Larke, Professor of International Marketing, Rikkyo UniversityRoy Larke
Professor of International Marketing
Rikkyo University

Roy Larke has more than 20 years of experience working in Japan both as an academician and consultant. Currently, Mr. Larke is based in Tokyo, working as Professor of International Marketing and Japanese Business at Rikkyo University. Rikkyo is the eighth ranked private university in the country, but...

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Godrej is a safe bet | 05-30-2008
Analysis of: Godrej industries net profit up 185 percent | in.news.yahoo.com
Author: Cyrus Bulsara, President, Professional Consultants & Resources

Godrej Industries, is a highly diversified $1.87 billion conglomerate. Godrej Cosumer Products, also has a sales volume, of over $1.1billion and operates in various CPG/FMCG categories in a 7-8% growth market in India. Godrej's varied and disparate businesses, operate in a market catering to India's...

PRIVATE EQUITY FEELING THE PINCH | 04-15-2008
Analysis of: Home Retailer Expected to File For Bankruptcy | online.wsj.com
Author: Thomas Souza, MBA, Chief Executive Officer , Personalized Experts

Private Equity Firms;  the squeeze is just beginning.  Overpaying, loading companies with debt with little financial risk investment from private equity has been the norm for almost 10 years.  TIMES R CHANGING.  Banks have begun to reel back financing and companies cannot afford...

Circuit City one foot into the grave yard - Can they survive???? | 04-10-2008
Analysis of: Circuit City Critic Stirs It Up | online.wsj.com
Author: Thomas Souza, MBA, Chief Executive Officer , Personalized Experts

That fact that this is Circuit City is the article headline only leads way to retail 2008.  Can we take another round of mergers and acquisitions.  Does the independant survive?  How does Circuit City stabalize and survive during an economic crisis.  Is it over for Circuit City? ...

Sustainable and profitable Share of Market Gains | 10-15-2007
Analysis of: Ugly Quarter at Avon | www.fool.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

The dream for any business, beyond Avon boundaries, is to expand business sustainable and profitably. In the Avon case, the cost of expanding their customer base may be costing more than expected in consumers & representatives promotion and advertising, as well as in the product line...

Nutrisystem hits plateau. Is NTRI the next diet fad after Atkins? | 10-04-2007
Author: Dirk Aschmoneit, Director of Food & Retail Marketing, Jenny Craig, Inc

Evaluation of NTRI Q3 performance: Q3 underperformance is not an indicator of a fad diet. Competition and lack of new campaign are primary drivers of recent performance. However, this might be an early indicator that NTRI is done with their steep growth phase and enters into the maturity phase with...

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