Licensees help Eagle’s Flight take off in foreign markets

Controversy is again casting a shadow over the multilevel marketing industry, as nutritional supplement company Herbalife Inc., which has thousands of distributors in the Chicago region, has been publicly called a pyramid scheme by a prominent investor -- an allegation the company vigorously denies.

Trefis submits: American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO) is a specialty retailer that designs, markets and sells its own brand of trendy, high-quality clothing, accessories and personal care products at affordable prices, targeting the 15-25-year-old demographic

(Alan Rappa)

Jason Chew submits: Historically, the Big Pharma business model has been that of a fully integrated pharmaceutical company, complete with basic research and development, clinical trials, sales and marketing, focused on the development of blockbuster drugs. This model has recently been roundly criticized.

(rightonbro)

The much-denied hard landing in China is now underway with weakening data everywhere one looks. Today there is More Bad News For China as FDI Falls. Foreign direct investment in China fell to the lowest level in two years in July, fueling concern that waning confidence in the nation’s growth prospects may restrain any economic rebound.