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August 2012 Issue [Article]

The pink pyramid scheme

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How Mary Kay cosmetics preys on desperate housewives
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21st century Cosmetics industry Direct selling Employment Home parties (Marketing) Housewives Mary Kay Ash Mary Kay Cosmetics Multilevel marketing United States

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Virginia Sole-Smith is a reporting fellow with the Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute. Her article “The Pink Pyramid Scheme: How Mary Kay cosmetics preys on desperate housewives” appears in…
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