My bachelor thesis is focused on describing direct sales as one of the methods of distributing and selling goods and services. I analyze production of the American company called Southwestern and suggest ways how to improve their production. My theoretical part is focused on the description of direct sales, history, profiles of dealers and current position of direct sales on the world market. I also describe the multilevel marketing, the marketing mix, essential parts of the cycle of selling and the sales talk. The purpose of my analytical part of the bachelor thesis is to analyze the production of Southwestern company dealers. It is one of the companies, which still use direct selling for distribution and selling their goods and services. ...