direct selling
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Patek Philippe also does very little direct selling and only owns three stores worldwide.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
The bribes were intended to help Los Angeles-based Herbalife obtain direct selling licenses, reduce government scrutiny of its Chinese operations, and suppress negative coverage by state-controlled media, authorities said.
From Reuters • Nov. 14, 2019
“Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes has been a supporter of the direct selling industry for many years,” the organizers of the Direct Selling Edge Conference said in promoting his speech.
From Slate • Feb. 21, 2017
“The terms of the settlement in no way change our business model as a direct selling company but simply build upon current procedures,” Johnson said in a message to distributors posted on Herbalife’s website.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 29, 2016
No more canvassing with a pump undignifiedly on my back, no more manual labor; no, bold as the thought was, not even any more direct selling for me.
From Greener Than You Think by Moore, Ward
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