In 2019, the direct sales companies increased their sales by 5 percent to 18.55 billion euros. In addition, direct sales will probably not suffer any losses in the Corona year 2020. This was the result of a survey of German direct sales companies that the University of Mannheim carried out in May / June 2020 on behalf of the German Direct Sales Association (BDD).
"This is impressive in view of the fact that direct sales, especially in the 2nd quarter of 2020, were in some cases not even possible due to the Corona measures", stated Prof. Dr. Florian Kraus from the University of Mannheim. Direct sales are thus against the general economic trend. "On the one hand, the hygiene standards of direct sales,
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