LEHI, Utah, December 6, 2021 — Gene Hughes (September 28, 1930 – December 3, 2021), co-founder of Nature’s Sunshine Products (parent company of Synergy WorldWide), passed away peacefully at the age of 91, the company announced. 

“Loved by both his immediate family and all of his Nature’s Sunshine family, Gene will be dearly missed, and his legacy will continue to leave an impact across our business,” said Nature’s Sunshine Chief Executive Officer Terrence Moorehead. “Gene loved this company, and his personal interactions with Consultants and employees forged relationships around the globe.”  

Gene’s personal experience with the healing power of nature was the catalyst for the company’s founding and his pioneering spirit was integral to the growth of Nature’s Sunshine. For nearly 49 years, he helped revolutionize the herbal and natural wellness industry and gave rise to the modern supplement industry. 

With his wife, Kristine, and family, Gene began encapsulating herbs and traveling the western United States to sell them to health food stores. They quickly found a market for their products among a growing number of complementary and alternative healthcare practitioners across the country, and the company blossomed, spreading to over 40 countries around the world.  

Gene’s passion for quality, integrity, and service, together with a boundless energy and desire to share nature’s power with the world, propelled the company from a small, family-owned business to a multi-million-dollar global enterprise. 

Having served as the first president of the company, Gene remained active with Nature’s Sunshine throughout his life. Known for his welcoming smile and heartfelt laughter, he formed lasting friendships with many employees and leaders in the field. Gene viewed the business as an extension of his family, and he created a culture of caring for employees, distributors and customers that endeared him to those with whom he worked.  

“Gene dedicated his life to helping others discover greater wellbeing and opportunity through Nature’s Sunshine,” said Moorehead. “We will continue to honour his life and memory through our efforts to share nature’s healing power with the world.” 

Gene joins his wife and fellow Nature’s Sunshine co-founder, Kristine, who passed away in February 2020. He is survived by fellow Nature’s Sunshine co-founder, Pauline Hughes, as well as his seven children, Craig Hughes, Chris Hughes, Heidi Hughes Hastings, Sherston Hughes Faux, Julie Hughes King, Jeni Hughes McCoard and Kristi Hughes Dowding, and 37 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren.  

For those wishing to honour his memory, Gene’s family has asked for donations to the Impact Foundation on his behalf in lieu of gifts or flowers. 

Nature’s Sunshine Products (NATR), a leading natural health and wellness company, markets and distributes nutritional and personal care products in more than 40 countries. Nature’s Sunshine manufactures its products at its state-of-the-art facilities to ensure its products continue to set the standard for the highest quality, safety, and efficacy on the market today. Synergy WorldWide is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nature’s Sunshine Products and shares the company mission to transform lives around the globe.

Last week we proudly launched the Synergy Team Member APP for Europe. This tool not only makes it easier and faster to enrol new team members, but also provides better support in managing and growing your business. If you have not already downloaded the APP, click here to learn more. 

 

The next tool to be made available is our new Synergy Europe website, specifically focusing on customer enrolment and ordering. After a year of development, it is in the final steps of end to end testing and validation. We will roll out this new website in a phased approach, market by market, adding new functionality over the coming months in phases.

As mentioned, the first phase of the website is focused on the shopping journey for customers. You will find that the new website is more customer friendly, with a fresh and modern look. Based on our current deployment status, we expect to make it available shortly, starting with the UK, and continuing with Austria, Finland, Germany, Italy, Norway, and Slovenia. Following those markets, we will continue rolling out the new customer website for the remaining European markets day by day.

 

Phase 1 key components we can’t wait for you to try and use:

 

Who does not love a little makeover? We wanted to accompany the new tool with a fresh, modern look. As Synergy WorldWide continues to grow, we are thrilled for this new visual language to support and bring higher energy in all that we do.

 

A quick, easy and convenient shopping experience. The new website is focused on an improved user experience and user friendliness. We cannot wait to hear from you and your customers about this improved experience. 

You can now automatically earn the retail bonus through the use of the new website. As you enrol new customers, they will pay the customer price, which is 20% higher than the Team Member price for regular orders, or 10% higher than the Team Member price for subscription orders, pre VAT. The difference in price that they pay goes straight back to you as their sponsoring Team Member and paid as a retail bonus with that month’s commission earnings. 

Please note that you will continue to use the old website pages for Team Member enrolment until the new phase of the website is launched early in 2022.  However, we recommend that you use the new Team Member APP for an improved Team Member enrolment experience in the interim.

And remember, there is much more coming as we continue to roll out our complete digital transformation, including the new affiliate program, where your customers can get free products through sharing and recommending to others.

And as the year end is approaching, please remember to take advantage of the current pricing ahead of the small price increase that is scheduled for January 1st.

We wish you the best of health and success in this holiday season and beyond.

Regards,

Forget about complex description. We are making it simple for you, your team, and your customers. Team Members and customers will have access to regular prices, known separately as Wholesale (for Team Members) & Retail (for customers). 

Subscribe and Save (previously known as Autoship) is a monthly subscription designed to help automate and secure easy delivery of your favourite products. Not only does it simplify life, but your subscription also comes with benefits. Any Subscribe and Save order is 10% less than regular price. If you are a Team Member, this is calculated on the wholesale price. If you are a customer this is calculated on the retail price. Not enough? We are proud to announce that any Subscribe and Save orders will have possibility of free shipping.  

If you are a Team Member on Subscribe and Save, you will get free shipping on your monthly Subscribe and Save order above 200 CV. You will also get the same pricing on any additional orders placed when you have an active Subscription.  

As a customer you get free shipping on your Subscribe and Save order (regardless of size). Any additional orders will be given regular pricing.  

Local Currency	Current Rate	New Rate	Difference	Current Payout	New payout
Euro	0.74	0.795	7.4%	€ 740	€ 795
UK Pound	0.6	0.65	8.3%	£ 600	£ 650
Norwegian Krone	6.1	7.5	23%	Kr 6100	Kr 7500
Polish Zloty	3.3	3.55	7.6%	Zloty 3500	Zloty 3766

Terms and examples 

Example: Jane is a customer and purchases a product online as a one-time order with regular price for 108 euro (pre-vat). Her Team Member sponsor (James) gets the retail bonus based on this purchase. This is the difference between what the customer paid and the Team Member regular price. In this case Jane paid 108 euros (pre-vat) and the regular Team Member price would be 90 euro (pre vat), hence the retail bonus would be 108-90 = 18 euros directly as a bonus to the Team Member.  

Welcome to the last webinar of 2021. In our Christmas webinar we will look back at what has happened in 2021, and we will look forward at what we predict for 2022. What products did we launch this year? What promotions have we had? What have we worked on, and what will we work on moving forward?

This will be an informal webinar with a Christmas twist, so feel free to join in the Christmas spirit. Perhaps in a Christmas jumper, or with some Christmas cakes or brew. Welcome to Synergy’s Christmas party. 

What: Nordic Webinar: Christmas Special

Where: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/9628408464

When: Wednesday 15th of December at 8pm (Norwegian time) in Norwegian

            Thursday 16th of December at 8pm (Finnish time) in English translated to Finnish 

We are proud to announce that our Synergy app is now available and ready to use! Countless hours and work has been dedicated to the development of this APP, so you take your business to the next level.

 

This is one of the first steps we are taking for the Synergy Europe relaunch. With this new tool, you will be able to work from anywhere, be on top of your business, orders and shipments at any time, and expand your team with just a click. 

Esteemed Team Members,