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http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/24/amway-at-50-owners-are-independents/
By Katherine Timpf THE WASHINGTON TIMES
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Ilkyung Sin came to the United States 10 years ago from Korea eager to pursue the American dream and start her own business. Lacking start-up capital and strong English language skills, she at first encountered tough going.
But today, Ms. Sin is one of more than 3 million people who have found success being distributors for Amway Global, which celebrated its 50th anniversary at the Baltimore Convention Center earlier this month. Distributors sell vitamins, skin care, cosmetics, energy drinks or cleaning products.
Amway, a direct selling company founded in 1959, has markets in 58 countries worldwide, and many U.S. Amway distributors come from other nations. It uses multilevel marketing to sell a wide variety of products, primarily in the health-and-beauty industry. It is ranked by Forbes magazine as one of the largest private companies in the United States and by Deloitte magazine as one of the largest retailers in the world.
"They come to America looking for opportunity, but they don't have a lot of language skills and they don't have a lot of capital, so this helps them find their American dream," said Amway spokesperson Robin Luymes, who works for Amway Global's U.S. headquarters in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Mr. Luymes said that independent business owners do "dual business" with their customers: They sell products and also try to recruit people who might make good IBOs themselves.
Ms. Sin said she loves this business not only because it allows her to make money, but also because it allows her to help people, both through its products and by recruiting other people in her community.
"I found my dream. I like to help people find their dream. I want to know what [clients] want, what is their dream? I want them to find their dream and go and go and go," she said, waving her arms around excitedly.
Her husband, James Vine, said his wife's command of the Korean language gives her an advantage in this business, especially given Virginia and the District's large Korean populations.
The combination of her Korean skills and his English skills have allowed the couple to reach out and do business with a lot of different people.
"Generally, first-generation Korean people don't do business with anyone except people in their own community," he said. "So in a sense, what Ilkyung has done is kind of open them up a bit and show them that they can do business outside."