China Probe Finds Issues With Nu Skin Compliance, Not Business Model
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Nu Skin’s direct-selling model in China, the legality of which some investors have questioned, was not cited in fines levied on the company totaling $540,000. Firm says it “is not aware of any other material enforcement investigations currently pending” in the country, which accounted for nearly half of Nu Skin’s fiscal 2013 fourth-quarter sales.
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