On 12 January, 2017, Latvian Direct Selling Association and the publishing house Dienas Bizness in collaboration with Citadele bank and the Latvian Association of Women Entrepreneurs “Līdere” organized a conference for women entrepreneurs “Women’s Entrepreneurship – Challenges and Opportunities”. Within the conference that brought together more than 200 participants, their stories and professional experience shared successful local and foreign women entrepreneurs. Therefore while the conference have been presented the results of the latest Amway Global Entrepreneurship Report that reveals the main business performance trends of both genders globally.
Latvian direct selling market last year grew over 5%
In 2015 the total retail sales of direct selling industry in Latvia increased by 5.2% till 31.2 million euros (excl. VAT). The number of people involved in direct sales in Latvia increased over 3 percent until over 44 thousand persons.
Riga TV24 reportage on Direct Selling in Latvia
On January 26th the Chairman of Latvian Direct Selling Association Aleksandrs Cakste gave a live broadcast interview for Riga TV24 about the results of survey on direct selling in Latvia and Baltic States.
Latvia remains direct sales market leader status in the Baltic States
More than half or 60% of the Latvian population has chosen direct selling as a type of shopping at least once according to the study of the Latvian Direct Selling Association (LDSA). While in Lithuania this number reaches 55% and in Estonia 54%.