DAY 1: Market America World Conference at the American Airlines Arena

JR Ridinger with Serena Williams
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Market America every year brings its annual World Conference and 20,000 attendees to beautiful Miami to showcase its innovative ways to shop. This year is no exception as they announced the purchase and integration of SHOP.com to the Market America family.

JR and Loren Ridinger, long time residents of our city, own Market America, a product brokerage and internet marketing company specializing in one-to-one marketing.

This weekend is sure to be of great announcements, showcases and many of the couple's celebrity friends. Stay tuned...

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Emilio Estefan presents his success story at the MA World conference at the American Airlines Arena

(l-r) JR Ridinger, CEO of Market America, with Emilio Estefan and Loren Ridinger backstage at the arena
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Emilio Estefan presented his book The Rhythm of Success: How an Immigrant Produced His Own American Dream to more that 20,000 convention attendees of the MA World Conference at the American Airlines Arena.

After speaking, Emilio signed more than 2,500 books pushing his book onto this week's best sellers list. Congratulations!!!

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Eva Longoria and celebrity friends Rally for Kids in Miami

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Desperate Housewive's Eva Longoria and her celebrity friends hosted Rally for Kids with Cancer event in Miami to benefit the Jackson Memorial Foundation, International Kids Fund (IKF) and Holtz Children’s Hospital.

Among the celebrities that attended the welcome reception at the home of JR and Loren Ridinger, and winner's gala at the Eden Roc included: Bai Ling, Vivica Fox, Eva LaRue, Gilles Marini from Sex in the City, Vanessa A. Williams (Actress, Imagine That), Bai Ling (Actress, Crank: High Voltage), Lennox Lewis (Former World Heavyweight Champion), Sofia Milos (Actress, CSI: Miami), Tiny Lister (Actor, “Friday” series).

Many of the celebrities also participated in the all day scavenger making stops at The Collection pitstop at Bicentannial Park that included a demonstration by the Miami Police Department.

Market America Brings Out the Stars to a Sold-Out Crowd at the American Airlines Arena

More than 20,000 attendees along with big celebrity names Eva Longoria Parker and Alejandro Sanz attended the 2009 Market America World Conference at the American Airlines Arena.

The Internet Marketing and Product Brokerage company that specializes in One-to-One Marketing, unveiled a host of new products and services including the launch of new Motives® and Cellular Laboratories® products by Loren Ridinger, the introduction of Market America's digital newsstand that allows advertisers to take users directly to their product on marketamerica.com.

"While other companies are laying workers off, we are hiring, while others are cutting budgets, we are investing millions in new technologies that will make marketamerica.com the most state-of-the-art site on the web," said James Ridinger, president and CEO of Market America.

Market America's entertainment website mamyworld.com features a new music platform that will allow unsigned and independent music artists to sell their own music and will offer professional services to help emerging artists break through to the mainstream.





Among the VIP guest included: David Bisbal and girlfriend Elena Tablada, Tommy and Michelle Pooch, Alonzo and Tracy Mourning, Cheryl Tiegs and Paulina Rubio.

Star-studded Leadership School for Online Powerhouse Market America

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Market America held its annual Leadership Conference February 7-9, 2008 at Miami’s American Airlines Arena. The conference was highlighted by the appearance of Kimora Lee Simmons and the launch of her “Fabulosity” skin care line through marketamerica.com, the announcement of an initiative with Google, and a rare Miami performance by Grammy nominated artist Paulina Rubio. Also in the audience Shakira's boyfriend Antonio de la Rua, Paulina's husband Colate and Grammy winning superstar Alejandro Sanz, who attended both Thursday and Friday.

Simmons, who appeared on stage with Loren Ridinger, senior vice president of Market America, spoke about her new product line that is available exclusively on marketamerica.com. Simmons was also accompanied by cameras from her reality show Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane for airing on an upcoming episode.


Market America also announced at Leadership School an initiative that marketamerica.com would now be powered by Google’s leading search engine capabilities. The partnership will allow real time comparison shopping among the millions of products offered on Market America’s website. Customers will be able to search for exclusive Market America products and those from over 2,000 partner stores and have all results shown in an easy to compare format, including the price of each product on one page. Shoppers will also have the ability to use advanced search features, including sorting products by price, brand and store. Google representatives were on hand to take part in the announcement.


Market America closed Leadership School with Rubio performing some of her biggest hits in front of over 23,000 Market America Distributors. The concert kicked off Market America’s launch into the Latin market. Marketamerica.com already features a Spanish web portal and the company plans to expand into Mexico and other Spanish speaking countries within the year. The concert not only signified Market America’s launch into the Latin market, but also punctuates Rubio’s involvement with Market America’s entertainment portal where customers can purchase CD’s and products associated with their favorite artists, buy concert tickets for upcoming shows, download music, and will be a platform for interaction between fans and their favorite artists

Happy Birthday Amber!!!!

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9/23/07--Amber Ridinger, daughter of JR and Loren Ridinger, celebrated her 16th birthday aboard the Market America yacht, Utopia II at Chelsea Piers. Among the guest, Amber's best friend Brooke Hogan, uncle Mark Ashley with girlfriend Maria Checa, DefJam founder Russell Simmons, producer's Swizz Beatz, Chris Gotti, Damian Dash, Haute Living magazine co-publisher Kamal Hotchandani, and designer Esteban Cortazar. 100 guest enjoyed the breeze through the Hudson. The Ridinger's are back at there winter home here in Miami. Welcome Back!!!