Direct selling defies recession

12 December 2011 Last updated at 07:15 ET Help

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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