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'''Conglomo''' is a [[Corumm]]ese multi-level marketing (MLM) company that sells health, beauty, and home care products. The company was founded in | '''Conglomo''' is a [[Corumm]]ese multi-level marketing (MLM) company that sells health, beauty, and home care products. The company was founded in 1985 by Donkey-Kong Dave and Tony Yoink and is based in Pianqu, [[Corumm]]. It conducts business through a number of affiliated companies in several countries and territories. It follows its own patented business model dubbed the '''Trapezoidal Ladder to Success™'''. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Tony Yoink and Donkey-Kong Dave have been friends and associates since at least the 1970's when they both employed by a telemarketing firm named Cintranex Limited. Eventually both were fired for attempting to falsify call reports to get unearned sales commissions. After Cintranex, the pair became distributors of Cloroxil, a company that sold soap infused with various herbs and spices, marketed as contributing to healthier, smoother skin. The business practices of Conglomo are clearly patterned after Cloroxil's, with a few adjustments such as the use of a trapezoid instead of a pyramid to describe the business structure. After realizing the were not going to make it big in the Cloroxil pyramidal scheme and were just feeding their 'sponsor', Tony got the idea to start their own soap company with the same strategy, to outcompete Cloroxil. | |||
After taking on significant bank debt, Conglomo corporation was formed in 1985 with its main business focus being the import and commercialization of rose petal oil soaps from [[Rusana]] under the brand name of Venus Soap. At the same time they began filing a massive number of complaints with the Ministry of Economy, alleging breaches of health standards, disloyal competition, and other unfair business practices against Cloroxil. While hundreds of these complaints were thrown out, the one or two that stuck quickly became a problem for Cloroxil's operation, as they were not entirely unfounded. They also hired thugs from the [[Central Confederation of Corummese Trade Unions|National Union of Road Transport Workers]] to disrupt the delivery trucks of Cloroxil and intimidate the drivers. | |||
==Brands== | ==Brands== | ||