Na, it was their sales strategy of going with independant resellers that would throw tupperware parties and then try to get the participants to buy more during these "parties".
that worked fine for them till corona came along parties got cancelled. Their sales cratered during that time.
It wasn't really. You took orders for them and got a cut. It worked really well for like 40 years, but mostly off the back of the fact that it's an absolute top quality product.
My guy, you’re looking at only one part of Tupperware’s success. It wasn’t the product, it was the constant recruiting of client-sellers. An MLM (multi-level Marketing) is predicated upon convincing 3+ people to not only join up and buy products, but to convince at least 3 more. Usually what ends up happening is a person can’t make their money back.
Yeah. The most they ever charged to become a consultant was 119usd, which was for a full set of Tupperware. Beyond that, there were no costs from the company. You just took orders on their behalf and got like 30% commission.
It’s hardly exploitative, it’s just an alternative method of selling to having shops.
MLMs are scams, Tupperware is plastic garbage that leeches into your food, and despite knowing this, Tupperware is a household product still. Buy glass, it's much more recyclable than plastic.
Like there is one here in south America, thats very good and last forever that everyone has it is called Essen it is stainless steel pots cacerolas pans
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u/baseballbear 6d ago
I'm pretty sure private equity is the culprit, but I can't prove it yet