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Water Tower Research is a leading equity research firm that provides research on micro, small and mid cap companies.

Water Tower Research was founded by Wall Street veterans after witnessing a fundamental shift in the investment research industry with the result being a declining knowledge base among investors, a lack of awareness and a shrinking pool of fundamental research being conducted on companies across the small-cap and micro-cap spectrum. The same issues are now increasingly occurring in the mid-cap space. This sea change within the investment community is impacting not only the companies themselves but also current shareholders and potential investors. With significantly less active sell-side sponsorship by Wall Street, a substantial information gap has developed between companies and various constituents in the financial community. The net result is fewer channels for insight and information to flow between companies and investors.

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<ul><li>The GIG economy has been viewed as a disruptor to the direct selling channel with respect to the business opportunity.</li><li>However, GIG concepts are top-down, have a specific formula, and assign tasks to their independent contractors for a fee, while direct sellers are micro-entrepreneurs who find a way to build their own businesses.</li><li>Herbalife has been successful in taking some of the best business models developed by distributors at a local level, and then globalizing them, such as. the Nutrition Clubs that arose in Mexico in the early 2000s.</li></ul>

The GIG economy has been viewed as a disruptor to the direct selling channel with respect to the business opportunity.However, GIG concepts are top-down, have a specific formula, and assign tasks to their independent contractors for a fee, while direct sellers are micro-entrepreneurs who find a way to build their own businesses.Herbalife has been successful in taking some of the best business models developed by distributors at a local level, and then globalizing them, such as. the Nutrition Clubs that arose in Mexico in the early 2000s.

Herbalife Ltd. - Uniquely Well Positioned Among Direct Sellers