Herbalife
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Supplement marketer will increase product/sales training events, enhance market-specific instructional materials and rejuvenate reward and recognition programs to address sales shortfalls in Japan and South Korea, Herbalife announces Feb. 22 during analyst call on fourth quarter and year-end results. Disappointing sales in those countries, coupled with unfavorable currency fluctuations, resulted in 14% decline in fourth quarter retail sales to $423.3 mil. and flat sales for 2000 at $1.76 bil. Firm says it is working successfully with large number of suppliers to increase operating flexibility; Herbalife was sued by Global Health Sciences in December for allegedly reneging on oral agreement by forming new supplier contracts with alternative manufacturers (1"The Tan Sheet" Jan. 22, p. 13)