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    <author>ENA</author>
    <category>Knowledge Resource</category>
    <date>2022-11-29 11:09:26</date>
    <fulldesc>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:14px&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;New Delhi, Nov 29 (KNN)&lt;/strong&gt; Showing signs of consistent growth, the size of the Indian Direct Selling Industry has grown speedily to over USD 2 billion last year, said Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:14px&quot;&gt;Direct selling companies in India account for the industry whose worldwide estimation is over USD 180.5 billion.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:14px&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://bit.ly/3B9mZSj&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;FOLLOW US on GOOGLE NEWS&quot; src=&quot;https://knnindia.co.in//uploads/gallery/GoogleNews.jpg&quot; style=&quot;border-style:solid; border-width:1px; height:95px; margin:1px; width:299px&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:14px&quot;&gt;Indian industry has grown at a CAGR of 15.7% over the past four years despite the COVID-19 pandemic and is likely grown even more rapidly.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:14px&quot;&gt;It is one of largest contributors to self-employment in India with over 80 lakh direct sellers in India and almost 50% of them are women.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:14px&quot;&gt;Rajat Banerji, Chairman, IDSA, said, The Direct Selling sector in India is at the threshold of growth. It has provided sustainable self-employment and micro-entrepreneurship opportunities for nearly 80 lakh Indians and has demonstrated consistent and sustained growth with a CAGR of 15.7% over the period of last four financial years.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:14px&quot;&gt;Direct selling involves the marketing of products and services directly to consumers in a personalised manner, away from permanent retail locations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:14px&quot;&gt;IDSA is a part of World Federation of Direct Selling Associations (WFDSA) that is an international organisation representing the worldwide direct selling industry based in Washington DC.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:14px&quot;&gt;Member companies of IDSA include companies such as 4Life, Altos, Amway, Avon, Blulife, DXN, Enagic, Glaze, Herbalife, IMC, Jeunesse, K-Link, Modicare, Oriflame, PM International, Tianshi, Tupperware and Unicity. The members comprise of both Indian and international companies.   &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(KNN Bureau)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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    <link>https://knnindia.co.in/news/newsdetails/knowledge-resource/indian-direct-selling-industry-grew-to-record-2-bn-last-year</link>
    <pubDate>2022-11-29 11:09:26</pubDate>
    <source>knnindia.co.in</source>
    <title>Indian Direct Selling Industry grew to record $2 bn last year</title>
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