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Comparison between NuSkin vs Unicity

 

 

 

NuSkin

Unicity

1

Company

*  Nu Skin Enterprise founded in 1984 from a garage.

*  17 years old company

*  Represent “Old Business”

 

*  Incorporated in April 2001 with US$400 million start-up capital.

*  Wholly owned by Royal Numico, a 106 years company, the largest specialized nutritional company in the world

*  One of only 5 “Royal” status companies in Netherlands.

*  Rexall – 97 years old nutritional company

*  Enrich – 16 years old nutritional company

*  Combined track record exceeds 215 years.

*  Unicity represent “NEW OPPORTUNITY”

 

2

Corporate Listing

*  NASDAQ

*  Rexall New York Stock Exchange

*  Royal NumicoAmsterdam Stock Exchange

 

3

Company Focus

*  Primarily Personal & Hair care

*  Nutritional Supplements (secondary)

*  Primarily Natural Nutritional Supplements

*  Personal & Skin care (secondary)

 

4

Business Challenges

*  More difficult to talk to men about personal care (skin & hair) products.

*  Much easier to share with prospects or customers (including men) about their own health and bring in personal care (skin & hair) products for their other halves (husband & wives).

 

 

5

Products

*  NuSkin

*  Personal Care (skin & hair) products

*  www.nuskin.com

*  “All of the good, None of the bad”

 

*  E-International

*  Personal care line of excellence

*  Launched in 1997

*  Not only “All of the good, None of the bad”, but “Simply The Best” with the unique Botanasome technology

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*  Pharmanex

*  Preventive Nutritional Supplements.

*  Founded in 1994 by Dr. Michael Chang

*  Only 7 years of track record.

*  Endorsed by US Olympic Team

*  In the business world, endorsement is based strictly on how much the company is prepared to “pay” or contribute to the U.S. Olympic Team.

*  For so long as the products are not detrimental to the overall athletes’ health, any reasonably good natural supplements will be acceptable to any sports bodies. 

 

 

 

 

 

*  www.pharmanex.com

 

*  Royal Numico

*  106-year history

*  US$4.3 billion annual sales

*  Brands include GNC, Rexall Sundown, Efamol, Milupa, Nutricia, and MET-Rx

*  Market share in over 100 countries

*  Enrich International

*  Innovation & Quality

*  Pioneer in herbal supplements since 1985

*  Rexall Showcase International

*  A history of Excellence

*  Rexall health care in U.S. since 1903

*  Introduced BiosLife-2, patented, clinically proven, healthy-heart fiber supplement.

*  More than 100 scientifically based products

*  Bios-Life 2 endorsed by Gerald F. Bresnahan, private physician to U.S. President.

*  Embraced by health professionals

*  Voted Manufacturer of the Year – 2000 by renowned “Nutritional Outlook” magazine

 

 

*  Big Planet

*  E-Commence, Internet Technologies and Services

*  www.bigplanet.com

 

 

*  Unicitynetwork.com – provides E-Commence facility. Adopted from Rexall.com, voted by Solomon Smith Barney as the best Direct Selling E-Commence model in year 2000.

 
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Products

 

NuSkin

Unicity

 

 
Motto
 
“All of the Good, None of the Bad”
 
“Simply The Best”

 

Ingredients

*  Humectants

*  Aloe Vera

*  Protein

*  Avian Collagen

*  Anti-Oxidants

*  Mutli Hydroxy Acids (MHA)

 

Do Not contain the following ingredients:-

*  Mineral Oil

*  Lanolin

*  Borax

*  Beeswax

*  Yes, use in E-Line

*  Yes, use in E-Line

*  Yes, use in E-Line

*  Yes, use in E-Line

*  Yes, use in E-Line

*  Yes, use in E-Line

 

 

 

*  Not found in E-Line

*  Not found in E-Line

*  Nor found in E-Line

*  Not found in E-Line

*  No Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLS), which has been linked to cancer in long term use.

*  No Aluminum (linked to Alzheimer disease due to it’s effect on our neurons)

*  No animal testing or ingredients

*  Non-clogging / comatogenic

*  Non-irritating

*  Naturally fragranced with essential oil (which is more expensive)

*  No artificial coloring

 

Technology

*  Single Layered Liposome

*  Multi-Layered Liposome

*  Botanasome Technology (only kind in the industry)

*  Permeates the surface layer of the skin with active ingredients

*  Feeds the basal cells (5th layer) of new cells (subcutaneous) to produce strong, healthy cell when it becomes our radiant new surface skin every 28 days.

*  Provides prolong release action

 

Buy Back Guarantee

*  7 days

*  60 days

 

 

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Plan (Compensation)

 

NuSkin

Unicity

 

Qualifying Legs

*  12 Legs

*  3 Legs

 

Generation Payment

*  Pay up to 6 generations

*  Pay up to 12 generations

 

Break-Away

*  Yes

*  (Breakaway’s group volume will not contribute to your monthly Group volume)

*  No

*  (No breakaway, frontline’s volume will always contribute to your monthly Group volume)

 

Month Personal Volume

*  500 PV (US$500)

*  100 PV (US$100)

 

Monthly Group Maintenance Volume

·        2,000 GV (US$2,000) overrides 2.5% six generations

·       3,000 GV (US$3,000) overrides 5% six generations

·        1,000 TV (US$1,000) overrides 5% first six generations, 3% generations 7-9, 1% generations 10-12

 

 

 

Deadline

*  3 consecutive months to achieve 500PV and 2,000, 2,500 and 3,000 GV monthly to become an Executive.

 

*  Only given 1 month grace period, failing which, the entire group will move up to the your sponsor permanently.

 

*  Will need to re-start all over again.

*  No deadline, only needs to achieve 100PV and 1,000TV once to become a Manager

 

 

 

*  No such pressure, the entire group will be with you  permanently.

 

 

 

 

 

Horizontal Compression

*  No

*  Yes (Patent Pending).

*  Unheard of in the NM industry

*  One of it’s kind.

 

Vertical Compression

*  Yes

 

*  Yes

 

Other Benefits

 

 

*  No Lifestyle Bonus

*  No Global Bonus Pool / Profit Sharing

*  Lifestyle Bonus provided

*  2% Global Bonus Pool / Profit Sharing

 
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Potential (Point in Time)

 

NuSkin

Unicity

 

Global potential

*  Already in 34 countries worldwide

*  Lesser Potential

*  Only in 11 countries,

*  Parent company’s (Royal Numico) products are already in more than 100 countries.

*  Expansion globally for Unicity is much easier and realistic.

D

Manufacture it’s own products?

*  External manufacturers manufacture majority of the products.

 

*  Manufacture our own products, thereby fully in control on quality and pricing

E

Research & Development (R&D)

*  1999 set up NuSkin Center for Dermatologist Research at Stanford University School of Medicine

*  No mention of how many scientists.

*  300 Full-time paid Scientists, more than half are Doctorates (PhD) in the Royal Numico Group

 

 

 

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