you re watching bbc news. now the dark side of direct sales. the world of door to door sales and selling on the street has been rebooted for the social media age. young people are being promised big money, glam work trips abroad and the chance to work with some of the biggest brands in the uk. but the reality can be very different. i m lora jones and, for the past year, i ve been investigating the dark side of the direct sales industry. are young people chasing a dream they can never achieve? just, like, chews you up and spits you out. i probably blew about £2,000 in, like, road trips and stuff. wow! and i don t think i made that in the whole three months i was there. can t afford shampoo. you were trying so hard to project a kind of wolf of wall street image. i don t want to sound dramatic but it was like selling your soul. and could direct sales companies be breaking the law? i m speechless. if they were here right now, . i would ask them what on earth they think they re u
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Before looking forward, it’s worth recapping the era that has just closed at Collingwood.
If you had to pick a starting point for it, it was back in 2009.
Eddie McGuire hastily concocts the succession plan, with many of the finer details to be ironed out later. Share
In 2010, Collingwood grows to be a powerhouse, but experience a hiccup in the grand final, escaping with a draw. They convincingly win the replay.
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Dear Eddie,
You came to Collingwood when the club was on its knees – just ten years after their historical drought-breaking 1990 flag, the club was now a wooden spooner, struggling financially, and rudderless.
You poached premiership coach Mick Malthouse from his West Coast contract, and rebuilt Collingwood into an off-field powerhouse. Share
You had to oversee the heartbreak of the 2002–03 grand final losses but, amazingly, after just two years out of the finals, the club was already trending back upwards. Despite losing a swath of experienced champions over 2007–09, Collingwood made the preliminary final in 2009, and won the flag in 2010.