Direct selling takes consumers out of the retail store and puts them face-to-face with a personal consultant. Usually, these one-on-one sales take place during home parties. Consultants for direct ...

In late 1951, inventor Earl Tupper bought a thousand acres of cow pasture and swamp in Kissimmee, just outside the quiet farm town of Orlando, Florida. There, he and his new vice president and general ...

You’ve probably heard of “paint ‘n’ sip” businesses, where groups of friends or colleagues can congregate for an evening at a retail store-turned-art-studio and down glasses of wine while painting ...