[Elle:] Most people will have heard of Usborne Books at some point in their lives, whether as a parent or child. I’ll give you a brief overview of this multi-level marketing scheme (with credit to the Usborne Wikipedia entry).
Founded in the UK in 1973 by Peter Usborne, Usborne Publishing is a well-known publisher of children’s literature. It has a sister company known as Usborne Books at Home, founded in 1981 and operating an MLM/direct sales model selling to families, schools and communities. The USA wing was established in 1989 and based in Tulsa, OK.
The EDC’s president, CEO, and board chairman is Randall W. White.
In the US, schools contact Usborne Books through their website to be connected with a consultant who deals in schools. To become this consultant, you have to purchase an Educational Consultant Kit in addition to the Business Kit.
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Holy heck. Over here in the UK they seem really legit because you see them in loads of shops and stuff. When I heard people saying it was an MLM I thought “surely they mean something else” but no! Really got me down a rabbit hole here
same, i had a couple of language picture books from them in the 80s. illustrated by Richard Scarry. i hope that they weren’t quite so exploitive here in the uk at that time but yuck, i am very disappointed.
This info is really outdated. Curious what a current consultant would say.