USANA HEALTH SCIENCES INC
For the period ended Dec 30, 2023. Filed Feb 27, 2024.
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FY2023 · Filed Feb 27, 2024
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General
USANA Health Sciences, Inc. is a global direct-selling nutrition, personal health and wellness company. In 2023, we generated $921 million in net sales and finished the year with approximately 483,000 active Customers worldwide. We were founded in 1992 by Myron W. Wentz, Ph.D. and since that time, we have developed and manufactured high quality, science-based nutritional, personal care and skincare products with a primary focus on promoting long-term health and wellness. In so doing, we are committed to continuous product innovation and sound scientific research. We have operations in 25 geographic markets worldwide, where we distribute and sell our products by way of direct selling. Mainland China (“China”) is our largest market and single largest source of revenue, representing approximately 46.4% of net sales and approximately 48.9% of active Customers. Late in the fourth quarter of 2023, we commenced operations in our newest market, India. We distribute our products through the direct selling channel, because we believe it is the most conducive sales channel to meeting our vision, which is improving the overall health and nutrition of individuals and families around the world. As a U.S.-based multi-national corporation with an expanding international presence, our operating results are sensitive to currency fluctuations, as well as economic and political conditions in markets throughout the world. Additionally, we are subject to the various laws and regulations in the United States, China, and the other markets in which we operate with respect to the products that we manufacture, and sell, and our method of distribution. We are a U.S. public company listed on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") and subject to the rules of the SEC.
Our customer base is primarily comprised of two types of customers: “Associates” and “Preferred Customers” referred to collectively as “active Customers.” Our Associates also sell our products to retail customers. Associates share in our company vision by acting as independent distributors of our products, in addition to purchasing our products for their personal use. In 2023, we launched our Affiliate program in the United States, Canada, and Mexico and are evaluating introducing the program in other markets. This program offers another sales and compensation opportunity to individuals who are interested in selling USANA products. Affiliates are discussed and reported in this report as part of our Associates. Preferred Customers purchase our products strictly for personal use and are not permitted to resell or to distribute the products. We only count as active Customers those Associates and Preferred Customers who have purchased from us at any time during the most recent three-month period.
This “Item 1. Business” provides detailed information about our world-wide business, including who we are, what we do and where we are headed. Unless otherwise specified, current information reported in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2023 (this “report” or “Annual Report”) is as of or for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2023. We also discuss the development of our company and the geographic areas where we do business. For the year ended December 30, 2023, there were no material changes to our corporate structure or our method of conducting business.
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