Three-and-a-Half Decades on in Malaysia, Amway Rolls with the Punches in Global Slowdown

Amway Malaysia Bhd Executive Director Paul Yee discusses:

- Continuing relevance of the direct marketing model - competition - newer, local brands;
- Distributor force - active - sales per distributor;
- Malay distributor force - importance of this sector;
- Comparative youth of agency force - 60 percent 35 years old and below - continuing proposition;
- Product localisation;
- Plans to convert Regional Distribution Centres to shops - reasons - philosophy;
- New product launches - pipeline;
- A&P expenses - outlook;
- Distributor price increases;
- Impact - global slowdown;
- Effect - Amway's business;
- Distributor productivity growth;
- Dividends - payout policy.