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Q&A with DSA CEO on Election Results
BY Dave Grimaldi | November 04, 2026 | read / Daily News / U.S. With Democrats set to take control of the House and Senate, Direct Selling Association (DSA) CEO Dave Grimaldi discusses what the results could mean for direct selling, how DSA has prepared, and what DSA is asking of the direct selling channel. Q. What is DSA’s reaction to the election results? DSA congratulates the newly elected members of Congress and those returning to serve.
A New Congress. A Shared Responsibility.
When political power shifts in Washington, industries often ask what they stand to lose. Direct selling should also ask what it can achieve. On November 3rd, Americans will determine the balance of power in Congress. New lawmakers and shifting priorities give us a chance to strengthen support for independent entrepreneurship. The opportunity comes with real risks. Consider the parent building a business around family responsibilities. The retiree finding renewed purpose and community.
Standing Watch Over the Business Model You Built
Direct selling is moving on two fronts in Washington. In a major development, Senator Mike Lee has introduced Senate companion legislation to H.R. 3495, the Direct Seller and Real Estate Agent Harmonization Act. The bill would give qualifying direct sellers specific recognition under federal wage-and-hour law. Its introduction marks one of the most consequential Senate developments for the channel in decades and advances one of DSA’s two long-running priorities in Washington.
The Direct Selling Industry’s Most Important Consumer Protection Story Isn’t Being Told
BY Dave Grimaldi, CEO, DSA | June 29, 2026 | read / Daily News / Insights In her June 13, 2026, Washington Post “Color of Money” column, personal finance columnist Michelle Singletary chronicled the devastating impact of a fraudulent scheme that left thousands of participants facing significant financial losses.
The Architecture of Independence: How Direct Selling’s Past Will Define Its Future
By Dave Grimaldi, CEO, Direct Selling Association When choosing to start your direct selling business, you likely did it for one primary reason: the ability to build something on your own terms. Whether you are serving customers, growing a team or setting your own schedule around family commitments, personal independence and flexibility are the foundation of everything you do.
The FTC’s Bias Against Direct Selling Suppresses Job Growth in the US
BY Dave Grimaldi | April 10, 2026 | read / Feature Articles The US direct selling industry is a $40‑billion economic engine, empowering over 13 million Americans—75 percent of whom are women—to earn supplemental and full-time income that helps pay for groceries, utilities, childcare and other everyday essentials.
Congress Needs to Hear from Us: The Direct Selling Case for H.R. 3594
Traci L. Clever/shutterstock.com BY Dave Grimaldi, CEO, Direct Selling Association | July 30, 2025 | read / Daily News What do a real estate agent and a direct seller have in common? At first glance, not much. One helps families buy homes. The other might sell wellness products, cosmetics, or household goods. But dig a little deeper, and the connection becomes clear: both are independent entrepreneurs who build businesses on their own terms.
Delaware’s Direct Sellers Deserve Better
Delaware House Bill 162 unsurprisingly passed the House last week—but the real fight lies ahead in the Senate. As it moves forward, it’s vital that lawmakers hear directly from those who stand to lose the most: Delaware’s direct sellers. That’s why I’m calling on every direct selling company with a presence in the state to act now: identify and prepare your Delaware-based sellers. We need their voices—in Dover, in their communities, and in their legislators’ inboxes.
Ad Industry to Congress: Protect Data-Driven Journalism
COMMENTARY The Prussian military analyst Carl von Clausewitz famously described the confusion and uncertainty around military operations as “the fog of war.” Over the last several weeks, it often has felt like a similar fog has rolled over daily life for all Americans, as millions of people sit isolated in their homes, worried about the ongoing health crisis and dreading its economic and social impacts on our country.
IAB to Congress: Create “Do-Not-Track Plus”
In testimony before Congress last week, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Joseph Simons said, “We urge Congress to enact privacy and data security legislation, enforceable by the FTC.” All five members of the FTC appeared at the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, and they unanimously supported a tough new federal data privacy law. We couldn’t agree more. This may seem surprising.
Tom Wheeler’s moment of truth
The past decade in Washington has been marked by a series of titanic battles over the future of the internet and the best way to protect and empower people online. But as the FCC considers sweeping new broadband privacy rules that would radically change the rules for consumer data, a remarkable consensus has emerged warning the FCC against an ill-considered policy shift that would threaten the free internet every one enjoys.
How the Trans-Pacific Partnership Benefits Digital Advertising
If you've been following the presidential race in recent weeks, you have undoubtedly heard the Republican and Democratic nominees express their objections to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, an international trade deal among the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Japan and eight other countries in the Pacific Rim. Republicans have argued that the trade deal was poorly negotiated and fails to prevent countries from manipulating their currencies and harming U.S. exporters.
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