Direct selling defies recession
Unemployment is at its highest level for fifteen years and no-one is expecting much good news when the latest figures come out on Wednesday.
But one area which has seen massive growth recently is so-called direct selling, either door-to-door, or through party plans.
The BBC's Jenny Hill has been to meet some of today's salespeople.
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