Silpada Designs Inc. says its business model that involved jewelry-sales parties hosted at home has become outdated. The company said women increasingly work outside the home, making sales parties ...

Here’s our update. Silpada Designs Inc. says it succumbed to an outdated business model — jewelry sales parties hosted at home — that had become unsustainable, though it was still profitable.

It will continue to produce and market the Silpada brand online, with a relaunch of the website in mid-November. But it also will look at different sales models going forward, maybe a hybrid that ...

Avon planned to keep Silpada as a stand-alone business, leaving its brand, leadership, employment, business model and headquarters intact. More than 33,000 sales representatives offer Silpada ...

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Avon Products Inc., the world's largest direct seller of beauty products, said Monday that it agreed to buy closely held Silpada Designs, a direct seller of sterling ...

Silpada jewelry has become a household name for women around the world who love finely crafted sterling silver jewelry that can be brought right to their home. Bonnie Kelly and Teresa Walsh, co ...

NEW YORK -- Avon Products Inc., a direct seller of beauty products, agreed to buy Silpada Designs for at least $650 million in an effort to expand its jewelry business, the company said Monday.

Silpada Designs Inc. says its business model that involved jewelry-sales parties hosted at home has become outdated. The company said women increasingly work outside the home, making sales parties ...