Oral History Interviews with Richard Rogers, November 1974 Page: 59
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Rogers: Now if you'd . . . we can go on through the evolution
of the company as it matured with the basic foundations
that we have down now in terms of concepts, marketing,
dual management concept, and so on. I've left out some
of the basic things like just sheer supply of merchan-=
dise, money, finance, etc. We can go into these and
bring ourselves to the mature corporate entity now.
Then if you like we can go back and, gosh, we can just
pick spots that we can go into detail about.
Caruth: Let's do that then.
Rogers: Alright. Just so we . . . we follow this list. Any
legal problems encountered? Yes, we live in legal
problems. We're involved in an industry that's very
popular to legislate. We're very active with the Direct
Selling Association, which is headquartered in Washing-
ton, D.C. They have about a hundred member companies,
and that includes everybody like Tupperware, Avon,
Stanley Home Products, Kirby, Electrolux, Mary Kay,
Vanda Beauty Counselors, Vivian Woodward, and on and on
and on; not just cosmetics but all sorts of direct
selling companies. Really, that organization, as it
has taken shape since the late sixties, has become very
important as it has done quite a lot in the area of
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Caruth, Donald L. & Rogers, Richard. Oral History Interviews with Richard Rogers, November 1974, book, November 1974; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306801/m1/61/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Oral History Program.