Customer Story

When a company specializes in network marketing, it means that this company can expand rapidly. Network marketing is business of promoting and selling products and services, including market research and advertising, through the network of professional independent agents, who usually travel and thus advertise the company. In contrast with the past, it is difficult to say, who was really the inventor of this type of marketing that allowed such companies as Herbalife and Melaleuca to grow in such as short period of time. Nowadays these companies are the brightest examples of network marketing and are know almost everywhere in the world.

Herbalife. Herbalife is a public company. The company was founded by Mark Hughes in 1980 in Los Angeles, California. In the very beginning Mark Hughes was selling his weight loss products right from the trunk of his vehicle. And already in two years he opened his first distributionship in Canada. Herbalife specializes in development, production and distribution of a huge range of weight loss products, nutrition products, personal care products, and so much more. The company distributes the products through a well developed network of independent distributors who usually ride in the cars with a sign: “Lose weight now, ask me how!” This attracts the customers and people get interested in the products of Herbalife. In 1990s there have been many complaints filed against Herbalife by its own distributors who claimed that is was very difficult to exit the networks and that the company has many issues with inappropriate business practices.

Melaleuca. Melaleuca is a privately owned company. This company was founded in 1984. Since then the company has been distributing its products through the network of independent agents. Melaleuca specializes in developing, manufacturing and distribution of a vast range of wellness products. The company provides a number of various lines of cosmetic products, nutritional products, skin care products, and many other products with help of which a customer can get fit and healthy. At the present time, Melaleuca is one of the most popular and fastest growing companies in the United States. But still some customers are unhappy with the quality of Melaleuca products. These people even filed two class action suits that alleged that company misled the customers with its advertising and then provided products that were really worthless. People complained that the products have to do with health and organism and they are not tested and researched properly.

There are many companies that are well known and have operations all over the United States. Some people like to deal with them, some do not, and the reasons for this are different, but still these companies succeed and grow. They are mostly retailers that operate thousands of stores. And Target is one of them. This company does not need advertising, consumers are well aware of its products and services. But sometimes consumers do not know about the problems they can meet.

About the company. Target is a retail company that operates in the United States of America. The company was founded in 1912. Target Company is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The company was named Target for the customers to differentiate between the department store and discount store. The company is considered to be the fifth largest retailer in the United States of America according to the sales. Target was even ranked 33rd place in Fortune 500. This company specializes in retail sale of a huge range of products: clothes, home décor, furniture, electronics, healthcare products, jewelry, footwear, pet products, sporting goods, and so much more. The tagline of the company is: Expect More. Pay less. The stores of target are very popular with consumers with average income. People love shopping at Target because the prices there are really down to earth and most of products are affordable. But people should remember that the company would proceed if there were no income. If the prices are low, something should be low as well. That is why many people complain about the poor customer service.

Controversies. The most wide spread problem at Target is their return policy. People state that Target return policy is really unreasonable. It makes it difficult to replace the products if it was broken, damaged or defected. The company refuses to cooperate with customers after the purchase was done. Thus, they underline that their main objective is to sell and it does not matter what can happen to those products they sell. Besides, some consumers complain that the employees are very rude and pushing. They do not leave a customer alone until they make him buy a thing he did not want at all. And Target customer service representatives are very rude. It is almost impossible to talk to someone over the phone that would understand what it is all about and could make some decision. Most customer care representatives are inapt and incompetent.

At the present time many people are obsessed with the idea to lose weight. The reason are very different: pollution, fast food, stresses; but the result is one and only: people gain weight and after that they are eager to lose it. And in this race with gaining and losing calories and pounds we forget that everything concerning our organism should be very natural. Otherwise we break some rules and then we can lose the most precious thing: our health. It is very important to keep everything in balance. But we are desperate, short of time, and such companies as Wu-Yi Source keep on writing their slogans everywhere. Thus we can get into this trap.

About Wu-Yi Source. Wu-Yi Source is a company that specializes in development, production and sale of weight loss products, dietary products and so on. The company scream and shout around every corner that only they know the secret of weight loss that was discovered by some Chinese people many years ago. And the company promises not just a weight loss, but also a perfect body. Wu-Yi Source offers such products as Wu-Yi tea, Wu-Yi Weight Loss System, and so much more. The company claims that all Wu-Yi Source products are absolutely natural and convenient and do not require any special exercises. The system works like this: people drink Wu-Yi Source Tea whenever they like and lose weight without any special efforts. Besides, the company promotes its products as being health improving and energizing.

Wu-Yi Source criticism. Hundreds of customers of Wu-Yi Source complain about their services. People state that this diet industry is cheating everyone. These companies, including Wu-Yi Source, develop special programs and plans and force the customers to buy them all. Poor people who just try to lose weight, spend thousands of dollars on these pills, teas, shakes, meal replacement shakes, and so on. And these products appear to be useless. They do not help and make people addicted to them, so they cannot just stop buying these products because their weight would go up quickly. The companies such as Wu-Yi Source get involved in this slick misleading advertising and cheat poor people. And it still remains a mystery: how such companies can still be in business? They ruin the lives of other people. That is why it is very advisable to stay away from such companies like Wu-Yi Sourceand be very careful.

I would like you to try a little thought experiment with me. Let`s put our heads together and design the Worst Diet in the World. I mean such a diet that can easily undermine your health and shorten your life. So, let`s start.

The way to obesity. First of all let`s stuff our diet with calories, more than most people will be able to burn out, so that it will promote obesity. We should overload it with carbohydrate calories. That means lots of refined flour in fluffy breads and pastries, a lot of potatoes, sweets and sweet drinks. For fat we will need a glut of saturated fat in the form of cheese, butter, cream and other whole-milk products, along with a lot of beef and unskinned chicken. Such a diet will ensure that most people will develop unhealthy levels of cholesterol and increased risks of cardiovascular disease. We should also include into our diet plenty of fat in the form of margarine, vegetable shortening and snack foods. A lot of meat in the diet should be processed to add more sodium and unhealthful chemical addictives.

What the worst diet doesn`t provide. To crown it all we should restrict fruits and vegetables but we certainly will allow unrestricted amounts of floury potatoes, preferably French fried or prepared with quantities of margarine, butter and sour cream. According to our Worst Diet people shouldn`t eat many greens. Perhaps pickles, high in sodium and ketchup, high in sugar and sodium will count as vegetable in our diet. From what I know about the scientific basis of human nutrition, I`m sure, that a diet of this sort will increase the frequency of degenerative diseases, lowering the age at which they appear. Such a diet will promote hypertension, coronary heart disease and cancer. It may even make people less energetic and worsen their moods. At the end of our experiment I would like you to visit three different fast food restaurants of your choice, study the menus in them and observe what the customers are eating. Then I want you to think about how closely those menus approximate the Worst Diet in the World we have just designed.

In today`s fast-moving world, people have less and less time to spend eating and cooking. It is probably for this reason that junk food has become so popular, and there is no doubt that it`s here to stay. In fact, it seems that you simply cannot get away from it.

What exactly is junk food? Basically, it is anything that is high in calories but lacking in nutrition. Hamburgers, crisps, chocolate bars and hot dogs fall into this category. Pizzas are also included as they contain a lot of fat. Obviously, a diet of junk food is not the best thing for your health, particularly as it is high in saturated fat. The best advice, then, for those who cannot live without their hamburgers or chocolate bars, is to limit the amount of junk food they eat. A little now and then will probably do no harm. But why have our eating habits changed? People think that it happened because of lack of time and loss of tradition.

The way to gain weight? Another alarming thing about people`s lifestyles today is that while the amount of junk food we eat has increased, the amount of exercise we do has actually decreased. Recent research has shown that young French people, who prefer burgers and chips to rich gourmet dishes, tend to become overweight. Weight gained in adolescence is extremely hard to lose in later life, so researchers are predicting that new French generation are not going to be admired for their slim figures as the French have traditionally been. People nowadays are far more aware of the importance of exercise and a healthy life than they were a few years ago, but the new unhealthy way of life is surprisingly popular. Not all junk food is bad for your health, however. If you cannot live without hamburgers, you are at least to find out what goes into the food before you decide to eat it. What is more, you don`t have to exercise much to gain visible benefits. Doctors say that twenty minutes exercise three times a week is all that is necessary.