Tupperware Ladies and Tupperware Parties became an icon of midcentury suburban living and an early form of multilevel marketing. Above, a party sometime in the 1950s. Getty Images About eight years ...

Irene McLaughlin says she can spot the difference – even with her eyes closed. A dealer of Tupperware products for the past 15 years, McLaughlin swears she could detect the difference in quality ...

Tupperware may be on the verge of collapse, but the 77-year-old business’ potential demise isn’t necessarily a harbinger of worsening economic conditions. While sales data shows the rest of the US ...